174 NOTES ON CEIBA. 



1|^-1| poll, longus, petioliili ^-i poll, longi. Flores actinomorphi. 

 Calyx coriaceus bilobatus, externe glaber, interne pallida aureo- 

 brunneo-sericeus, circiter 1-lh poll, longus. Petala baud expansa 

 late linearia externe rufo-tomentosa, apice subobtusa, circiter 

 21 poll, longa. Stamina (iramatura ?) petalis breviora, filamenta 

 glabra medium versvis in tubuni cylindricum connata, tubus fere 

 1 poll, longus. Antberffi ut in Cucurbitaceis undulato-plicatfe. 

 Stylus glaber, stamina superans. 



Hab. Merida, Yucatan, Schott. " Pochote." 



We are unable to determine the number of leaflets, they having 

 become detached from the common petiole. It is allied to C. (bscuU- 

 folia {= Bovihax cBsculifnlium H. B. K. [KrioiJcndron'DG.)) and C. 

 tomentosa. The former differs by its leaflets being serrated at the 

 margins ; in the latter the leaflets are also serrated, and the 

 staminal column is much shorter, and correspondingly the free 

 filaments are longer. Also allied to C. BurcheUii K. Schum., from 

 Brazil, but this plant has a more cylindrical calyx. There is a 

 plant in the Kew Herbarium, collected by Bernoulli and Carlo in 

 Guatemala, No. 8128, which is very closely allied, but the lobes of 

 the calyx are slightly mucronate. 



We have two sheets in the British Museum Herbarium from 

 Herb. Pavon, labelled " Bombax erianthos de Mexico." These 

 seem to agree very nearly with the description based upon imperfect 

 material of Bombax msculifoVmm (H. B. K. Nov. Gen. v. 298). The 

 leaflets are not, however, smooth below, but slightly ferruginous 

 tomentose on the veins and at the base. The petals are broadly 

 linear and ferruginous hirsute externally, and about 3 in. long, 

 whereas Kunth describes those of (Bsmlifolium as " subquinque- 

 pollicaria " ; he adds, however, " nonnisi fragmenta floris vidi." 

 In the Pavon plant the style is hirsute towards the apex, while in 

 B. ascuUfolimn it is described as glabrous. 



C. boliviana, sp. n. Arbor. Eamuli baud armati cortice 

 iglabro plurabeo-rubro. Folia 3-4-foliolata. Foliola obovata vel 

 late oblanceolata, apice acuminata ad basin attenuata utrinque 

 glabra, margine integra vel parce serrulata, 2^-3 poll, longa, subtus 

 nervo medio prominente venis tenuibus subparallelis breviter petiolu- 

 lata (petiolulus 2-2i lin. longus). Petiolus communis strictus, 

 11-11 poll, longus. Flores inter maximos generis zygomorphi. 

 Calyx crassus coriaceus, externe glaber vel glabriusculus, interne 

 pallide tomentosus, 1^ poll, longus, 3-lobatus, lobi rotundati vel 

 subacuti. Petala crassa obovata, circiter 3^ poll, longa, staminibus 

 paulo breviora externe et interne prfecipue superne tomentosa. 

 Staminum columna basi ovarium cingens sursum in filamenta 

 quinque divisa, tubo stamineo quam calyce paulo longiore in medio 

 coronula staminodiorum cincto. Stylus curvatus glaber, staminibus 

 subfequilongus, stigmata capitato. Fructus immaturus, IJ poll, 

 longus, rubro-fuscus, pedunculus fructigerus validus, circiter ^ poll, 

 longus, glaber. 



Hab. Bolivia, Vic. Cochabamba, M. Bamj, No. 1154. 



Allied to C. puhifora K. Schum., but the flower is considerably 

 larger in all its parts. 



