COCHLOSPERMUM. i TERNSTR(EMIACE E. 87 
longitudinally. Style single, crowned by 2-3 stigmas. Fruit baccate, 2-3- 
celled. Seeds 2 in each cell, pendulous from the summit of the axis, wing- 
less: albumen fleshy : embryo curved.—Evergreen shrubs with axillary pe- 
duncles. Flowers of a moderate size, white or yellowish. ' 
310. (1) C. gymnanthera (W. & A.:) glabrous: leaves cuneate-obovate, 
obtuse or shortly and obtusely pointed, coriaceous, entire: peduncles twice 
as long as the petioles, 2-edged: bracteoles persistent: anthers dotted with 
little points on the connectivum, without bristles.— Wight ! cat. n. 300. 
Formerly sent to Dr Wallich, marked “ Mesua?” but we do not find it 
noticed in his List. It is closely allied to C. ochnacea 8, DC., and Wall. ! L. 
n. 1460 (C. ochnoides and C. Lushia of G. Don in Mill. dict. 1. p. 566), but 
the flowers in that species are smaller, the bracteoles caducous, and its an- 
thers retrorsely hispid. C. Millettii, Hook. and Arn. in Bot. Beech. Voy. 
P. er is also readily distinguished by bristles on the anthers pointing up- 
wards. 
IIT. COCHLOSPERMUM, Kunth. 
Calyx of 5 oval, oblong, unequal sepals, at length reflexed; the two exte- 
rior smaller: bracteoles none. Petals 5, emarginate, unequal-sided : sestiva- 
tion twisted. Stamens numerous : anthers linear-acuminated, attached by the 
base, opening by a pore at the apex. Ovary seated on an elevated disk. 
Styles united to the apex into one long and filiform. Capsules shortly obo- 
vate, 3-5-celled, 3-5-valved: valves bearing incomplete dissepiments in the 
middle, Seeds numerous, somewhat reniform, covered with cotton: albumen 
fleshy : embryo slender.—Trees or shrubs. Leaves lobed. Flowers large, 
yellow, panicled, with the peduncles jointed at the base. 
311. (1) C. Gossypium (DC. :) leaves palmately 5-lobed ; lobes acumina- 
» quite entire ; upper side becoming glabrous; under tomentose.—DC. 
prod. 1. p. 527; Spr. syst. 2. p. 596; Wall.! L.n. 1843; Wight! in Hook. 
bot. misc. 2, suppl. t. 18; Wight! cat. n. 301.—Bombax Gossypium, Linn. ; 
ex eri 5. t. 157; Rowb. in E. I. C. mus. tab. 661.——Coromandel. Tra- 
re. 
IV. GORDONIA. Ellis. 
Calyx of 5 rounded coriaceous outwardly-silky sepals, with similar exter- 
nal deciduous bracteoles. Petals 5, connected togetherat the base. Stamens 
numerous: filaments united at the base with the claws of the petals (and 
hence monadelphous or somewhat 5-adelphous, according to the degree of 
union among the claws of the petals): anthers ovate, oscillatory. Styles com- 
bined to the apex, crowned with a peltate 4-5-lobed stigma. Capsules 4-5- 
celled, 4-5-valved, loculicidal. Seeds 2-4 in each cell, attached to the cen- 
tral column, terminated by a leafy wing: albumen none: embryo straight : 
radicle oblong: cotyledons foliaceous, wrinkled and plaited lengthwise — 
Trees or shrubs, with the appearance of Camellia or Thea. Peduncles axil- 
> 1-flowered. 
312. (1) G. obtusa ball :) leaves cuneate-oblong, obtuse or with a blunt 
acumination, with shallow serratures, glabrous: peduncles short, not so long 
as the petioles: petals obcordate, slightly united at the base: stamens some- 
= pentadelphous.— Wall. ! L. n. 1459; Wight ! cat. n. 342.——Neelgher- 
