156 MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA. Dombeya. 
hairy. Radicle ovate, pointing to the end of the seed most 
remote from the umbilicus. : 
On the Peninsula, where the tree is indigenous, the seeds 
are roasted, and eaten like chesnuts, though not much 
esteemed, 
ABROMA. Schreb. gen. N. 1217. 
Calyx five-leaved. Petals five, with cucullate base. Sta- 
miniferous tube five-cleft, the bottom of each fissure bearing 
three anthers. Styles five. Capsules five-winged, five-cell- 
ed, gaping at top. Seeds many. 
A, augusta, Willd, iii, 1424. 
Abroma fastuosa. Gert, 307.1.64. 
Beng. Ullat kumul. 
_ Theobroma augusta. Mill, Lllustr. iii, p. 583. ; 
_Abroma, Wheeleri, Retz, v.27. Willd. iii, 1425, is no dona 
the same, : 
Gossipium demonum, Rumph. Amb. iv. t. 14. 
A native of various parts of India, growing to be a small 
tree. Flowers most profusely during the rains, and the 
seeds ripen in the cold season. The bark abounds with | 
strong, white fibres, which make a very. good substitute for — 
hemp, and as the plant grows so quickly, as to yield two, 
three, or even four crops of cuttings annually fit for peeling, 
it may be advantageously cultivated for its fibres, which 
though not so strong as — make good common cord- 
age, &c. 
DOMBEYA. (Cavan.) 
Calyx five-parted, exterior bractiform, Petals five. Sta- 
mina twenty, of which five are barren. Style five-cleft, Cap- 
sules five, coloured, one-celled, one or more seeded, 
