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Bomarea — continued. 



raised in a warm house without difficulty. They germi- 

 nate in a few weeks ; and when the young plants are '2in. 

 or Sin. high, thoy should be placed separately in small 

 pots, shifting them on as necessary, or planting them out. 

 In favoured southern localities, several species have proved 

 hardy, but they are much the host when grown in a green- 

 house. 



B. acutlfolla Elirenberglana (Hhrenherg's acute-leaved). Jl. 



undulate, outer .segments deep orange, the inner ones paler 



.ind Hpottt'il. Spring. I. lanceolate acute, smooth. Mexico, 1878. 



(B. M. 6444). 



B. Caldaslana (Caldas's).* fl. orange yellow, spotted crimson. 



t. ovate-lanceolate, acute. Perxivian Andes, 1863. 

 B. Carder! (Carder's).* Jl. 2Sin. long hy IJin. in breadth at the 

 widest part, regidarly bell-shaped, with six segments, the three 

 outer rose-coloured, the three inner nearly equal in length, crenu- 

 late, and spotted with purplish-brown ; intiorcscenco pendulous, 

 and consisting of a large terminal lunbellate cyme, surro\iuiU'd 

 at the base by a .series of crowded leaves. I. oblong lanceolate, 

 acuminate, about Tin. by 23in. Columbia, 1876. See Fig. 262, for 

 which we are indebted to Mr. Bull. 

 B. chontalensis (Chontalese). Jl. IJin. long, sub-campanulate, 

 obtusely trigonous ; outer seginents thick, fleshy, wavy, rose-red, 

 with afew brown spots round the margin at the tip, very convex ; 

 inner segments a little shorter, pale yellow blotched with brown ; 

 umbels surrounded by a whorl of leaves, and composed of several 

 peduncles, each bearing four to six nodding flowers. August. 

 I. lanceolate or ovate oblong, acumhiate. Nicaragua, 1871. 

 (B. M. 5927). 

 B. conferta (dense-flowered).* A synonym of IS. palococeiisis. 

 B. edulis (edible). Jl., outer segments rose, green tipped ; inner 

 spotted with rose. St. Doudngo, Ac. One of the oldest specu-s 

 in cultivation. The tubers are s.aid by Tussac to be eaten m St. 

 Domingo, like those of the Jerusalem Artichoke. See Fig. 263. 

 B. flrondea (leafy). Jl. 2in. long, tuliulate-campanulate ; outer 

 segments narrow, oblong, yellow ; iimer segments ^iu. longer than 

 the outer ones, canary yellow, spotted with red ; cymes uudjel- 

 late, many-flowered, about 8in. across, base leafy, i. lanceolate, 

 acuminate. Bogota, 1881. (U. C. n. s. 17, p. 669.) 

 B. oligantba (few-flowered).* Jl. regidarly funnel - shaped, 

 about lin. long ; outer segments shghtly shorter than the 

 inner, oblanceolate, under Jin. abroad, obtuse, unspotted, 

 reddish on the outside, yellow within ; one or two to an 

 umbel, on simple, flexuous, glabrous pedicels, about lin. 

 long. I. long, acute, about 2in. long, bright green on the 

 upper surface, ciliated on the ribs beneath. Peru, 1877. See 

 Fig. 264. 

 B. patococensls (Patococha). /. 2in. to 2Hn. long, elongate- 

 funnel-shaped ; the three outer segments ovate lanceolate, abo\it 

 one-fourth shorter than the inner segments, both of a rich crimson 

 colour ; numerously borne in drooping, contracted tufts at the 



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ends of the shoots ; peduncles about 2in. to 2iin. long, intermixed 

 at tne base with broadly ovate. acute, leafy liracts. August and 



Fig. 253. Flowkkino Branch of Bomauk.v houlis. 



Fin. 264. FiowEai.vG Bua.nch of Bomakea ougantha. 



September. I. scattered, sliortly stalked, broadly lanceolate, tail 



pointed. Bogota, 1881. (G. C. n. s. 17, p. 187.) 

 B. salsilla (Sulsilla). fl. purple, about Jin. long, the two inner 



segments having a darker sp<it at the base, and all of them tinged 

 with green towards the points ; collected 

 into a terminal umbel. June. I. few, 

 lanceolate. South America, 1806. This 

 lias proved quite hardy under various 

 conditions. 



B. Shuttlcworthii (Shuttleworth'.s).* 

 Jl., periantli .about 2in. long, funnel- 

 sh.aped or elongate bell-shaped ; seg- 

 ments nearly equal, ohlonj^ acute, outer 

 ones orange vermilion, slightly tinged 

 with green and dotted with sukiU dark 

 spots at the tips ; inner o!ies more 

 acutely pointed, canary yellow, with a 

 red midrib, and green >vith dark spots 

 at the tips ; cymes umbellate, pendu- 

 lous. I. ovate lanceolate, 5in. to 6in. by 

 2in., glabrous. Bogota, 1881. (G. C. 

 n. s. 17, p. 77.) 



B. Williamsii (Williams's).* Jl. rose- 

 coloincd, about 2in. long, elongate fun- 

 nel shape ; disposed in a compound 

 umbellate cyme. I. lanceolate, very 

 acute, and tapering to a very short 

 twisted petiole. New Grenada, 1882. 



BOMBACE2:. A divi.siou of 



Slf'rridiare(E. 



BOMBAX (from bombax, one of 

 the Greek names for cotton ; the 

 pods are filled with a tine silky sub- 

 stance like cotton, but which it is 

 impossible to spin into thread, in 

 consequence of the edges being per- 

 fectly smooth). Silk Cotton Tree. 

 Oed. MalvacecE. A genus of large 

 soft-wooded stove trees. Flowers 



