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ad 2 lin. longis, basi vix articulatis, dilatatis. Flores solitarii, axillares, pedunculati, pedun- 
culis crassis ad poll. longis, 1-2-floris; calyx glaber ‘seu in alabastro sparse puberulus, hemi- 
spherico-cupulatus truncatus, ad 6 lin. latus et profundus ; corolla (perfecte evoluta non visa) 
fulvo tomentosa; stamina numerosissima, 4-5 poll. longa, filamentis filiformibus, basi in tubum 
brevem connatis. Capsula 14-2 poll. longa, extus glabra corrugata, intus densissime albido 
lanata, seminibus nigris, levibus, glabris, reniformibus. 
Sourn Mexico, region of Orizaba (Bowrgeau, 2515). Hb. Kew. 
| 26. ERIODENDRON. 
Eriodendron, DC. Prodr. i. p. 479; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 210. 
About eight arboreous species—seven American, and one native of Tropical Africa 
and the East Indies. 
1. Eriodendron esculifolium, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 298; DC. 
Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 94, 
Sour Mzxico, on the sea-coast, Campeche (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
9. Eriodendron occidentale, Tr. et Pl. Prodr. Fl. N. Gran. i. p. 194. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum 8. caribeum, Seem. 
Eriodendron anfractuosum, Cav. Diss. t. 151; Jacq. Amer. t. 182. 
Sour Mexico, near Tantoyuca (Ervendberg, 361), Acapulco (Hinds); Panama, David, 
_ Veraguas (Seemann).—CotomsBia. Hb. Kew. 
Many botanists regard this as being the same as the Old-World species. 
27. MONTEZUMA. 
Montezuma, DC. Prodr. i. p. 477; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 212. 
Only the following arborescent species, described from Mogino’s drawing. 
1. Montezuma speciosissima, DC. Prodr. i. p. 477; Calques des Dess. Fl. Mex. 1. 
Mexico, without locality (Mogino). 
28. OCHROMA. 
Ochroma, Sw. Prodr. p. 97; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 212. 
The genus is limited to the following arboreous species :— 
1. Ochroma lagopus, Sw. FI. Ind. Oce. ii. p. 1144, t. 28. 
Bombazx pyramidale, Cav. Diss. v. t. 153. . 
Mexico, according to DC. Prodr.; Panama, common in the forests of the Isthmus.— 
Also in the West Inpres, from TrinipaD to Cusa, and in VENEZUELA. | 
29. CHORISIA. 
_Chorisia, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 295, t. 485; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 210. 
Three arboreous species, restricted to Tropical America. 
