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portions of the tree are, of course, burned. It also yields a 

 resin, but I am ignorant in what manner this is prepared : it 

 is not used on this coast, though I think it is employed in 

 Malabar like Copal, being nearly as pure, and found in con- 

 siderable masses. The odour of the flowers is considered 

 beneficial in relieving difficulty of respiration, caused by cold 

 in the head. 



SuppL. Tab. XVII. Calophyllum Inophyllum. Fig. 1, 

 Stamen. Fig. 2, Pistil: — magnified. 



XVIII. 



COCHLOSPERMUM GOSSYPIUM. 



PoLYANDRiA MoNOGYNiA. Nat, Ord. Ternstrosmiace^. 



Trib. IV. Laplace^. 



Gen. Char. Cal. 5-sepalus persistens demum reflexus ; sepalis 

 ovali-oblongis obtusis inaequalibus. Pet. 5 subovata 

 apice emarginata. Stam. plurima, filam. ima basi sub- 

 monadelphis ? antheris acuminatis. Stylus simplex. Cap- 

 sula ovato-globosa 5-locul. Semina plurima, subcochleata, 

 lanigera. — Arbores fjliis palmatifidis, floribus fiavis. DC. 



Cochlospermum Gossypium ; foliolorum lobis integerrimis. 



Cochlospermum Gossypium. De Cand. Prodr. v. I. p. 527. 



Bombax grandiflorum. Lomi. Voy. v. 2. p. 235. t. 133. 



Bombax Gossypium. Linn. Syst. Veget. p. 517. Cav. Diss. 

 V. 5. p. 297. t. 157. 



Bombax Congo. Burm. Ind. p. 145. 



Congo Marum. Tamul. 



A large tree^ with thick, smooth, furrowed, externally 

 cinereous, internally dark reddish-brown hark; its branches 

 large and, ascending; the extreme foliaceous and floriferous 

 branchlets smooth, tomentose, and of a pale chestnut colour; 

 Leaves alternate, borne on cylindrical downy petioles, which 

 are five or six inches long, 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, acute, 

 entire, smooth, and green above, tomentose and white beneath, 

 veins prominent. Panicle terminal, bearing, during several 

 weeks, a succession of large, bright-yellow^aM^ers; at first 



