*CENT. IV. 11 



L. auct. fol. ovatis, ped. axil. inv. Sphylo Shrub 

 of Antilles, flowers with red calix, yellow co- 

 rolla. 



396. LopJialix coccinea Raf. Besl. do Aubl. 

 auct fol. ovat. acum. carnosis, fl. corvmbosis, 

 invol. 2phylo Guyana. 



397. Hematophyla Raf. (bloody leaf) Dahl- 

 bergia Tussac non alis'dilF. Besl. cal. 5phyl. la- 

 ciniatus, cor. tubul. gibbosa, subbilab. bacca 

 iiniloc. sem. pariete affixa. Herha, In Besle- 

 ria the seeds are in the pulp, same family, 



398. Hematoph, villosallnf. Besleria sangui- 

 nea Turp. Pers. Kunth villosa, fol. obi. serrat. 

 macula sanguinea H^tyti. 



399- FiMBROLiNA Raf. difF. Besleria, cor. ven- 

 tricosa, 5fida, laciniis reflexis inequalis fimbria- 

 tis. Perhaps only a subgenus, plant not shrub. 



400. Fimbrol, incarnata Raf, Besleria do 

 Aubl. auct. tomentosa, fol. ovat. crenatis petiol. 

 ii. solit. axil, Guyana. The two sp. of Knnth 

 with corolla campanulate are akin or form 

 another subgenus. x 



.CENTURIA V. 

 401. Sterculia L. this G. is now the type of 

 a family Sterculides differing from Malvacea 

 and Bombaxides by no corolla, and pistil on a 

 podogyne. Ventenat, Smith and liamark have 

 given Monographs of it, increasing it to 20 sp. 

 while Linneus had only 3, but their sp. are a 

 medley of trees without hardly any common 

 character except that of the family. The types 

 must be those having the linnean characters of 

 calix 5part. rotate patent, stamens 15, pcdog 

 terete solid concave, ovary Slobed, one style and 

 stigma capsule formed of 5 poly sperm lignosen 

 follicles. Such is St. foctida and the next. 



