cylindrical tube, which includes the ovary and part of the style. 
Anthers kidney-shaped, one-celled, opening vertically. Ovary 
ovate, five-ribbed. Sty/e longer than the dense mass of stamens, 
rather short, red upwards. Stigma obsoletely five-lobed. W..7.H. 
Cur. This is one of the magnificent Silk-cotton trees of 
Brazil, but without the brilliant-coloured flowers of some allied 
species. ‘The plant from which the drawing was made is a very 
old inhabitant of this garden, having for many years shown itself 
conspicuously in the great old hothouse, where, on account of its 
strong tendency to grow upwards, it was necessary to cut it 
back every year to prevent its branches growing through the 
glazed roof. It is now removed to the palm-house, where it 
will have ample room for some years to come. Being a rude 
and fast grower, it requires no particular treatment. It is a 
deciduous tree, losing its leaves during the winter, and pro- 
ducing its flowers in the spring just before the expansion of the 
new leaves. It can be increased by cuttings of ripened wood, 
placed under a bell-glass and plunged in bottom-heat, care being 
taken that they are not kept too wet, for, being thick and some- 
what soft-wooded, they are liable to rot. J. S. ‘ 
Fig. 1. Section of a portion of a flower, showing the staminal tube, &c. :— 
natural size. 
Ms, 
