12 THALAMIKU>Ri«. 



malvacea:. 



54. GossTpium herbaceum, L- 



a. Twigs with tlowor and fruit and detached seeds. 

 Cultivated, Larnaka, Cyprus, 24 Sept., 1860. D. II. 



55. Pachira aquatica, Aubl. ? (pi. 291, 292 ?) 



a. Twig in flower. 



No. 13. " Payne amarell.i." " Gelber WoUbauni." Theodor 

 Peckolt, Cautagallo, Brazil, 1867. 



56. P. sessilis, Benth- 



a. Twag, with fruit and detached flower and leaves. 



In woods and on slopes of hills near Panama, 2.5 Jan., 1862. 

 " A tree 20 to 50 feet high ; the natives call it 

 " Barrigon bianco," and use the down of the pods 

 for stuffing pillows ; " S. Hayes. 



stekci:liace.+;. 



57. Basiloxylon Rex, Schumann, [in Fl. Bras, xcvi., p. xlj. Obs.] 



a. Flowering twigs. 



No. 18. "Pao rei vel Farrinha secca" (gutes Bretterholz) ; 

 Theodor Peckolt, Cantagallo, Brazil, 1867. [Schumann 

 remarks that this is not a Steiculia — Peckolt identifies 

 it as Sterculia Eex, Mart. (Pharm. Journ. (2), xiv., p. 87) 

 — but that the plant probably belongs to a new genus, 

 for which he proposes the name Badloxylon.] 



58. Byttneria lanceolata, D.C 



fl. Twgs with flowers and detached root. " Sarsaparilla 

 Negra," Sonsonat6, State of San Salvador; Dr. Charles 

 Dorat, Oct., 1860. 



b. Ditto, vdih portion of prickly stem and root "Sarsaparilla 



Coloiada " (red) ; flowers white. 



59. Cheirostemon platanoides, H.B.K. 



a. Twig with flowers and detached flowers laid open, 

 Bot. Gardens, Palermo, 17 Maj*, 1872. 



60. Guazuma tomentosa, HB.K. 



a. Twig with flowers. 



" Caulote " ; bark much used to clarify sugar-cane juice 

 Dr. Dorat, Sonsonati^, 1863. 



