52 BUETTNERIACEAE. [ Waltheria. 
Orpen XIV. BUETTNERIACEAE (STERCULIACEAE). 
Stamens monadelphous, generally definite, the column often divided into 
alternate staminiferous and naked lobes, the former opposite the petals. 
‘0 a. 
To it belong the Cacao tree, Theobroma Cacao, Abroma augusta, Guazuma tomentosa, 
Commersonia echina ata. shaggy guard Sntapaten Phadnenes Visenia Indica, and 
other introduced spec 
1. WALTHERIA, L. 
Calyx 5-lobed. Petals oblong-spathulate, flat. Stamens 5, opposite the 
petals, united at the base, with 2 parallel anther-cells. Ovary sessile, 0 
a single carpel with 2 erect ovules. Style excentrical, with fringed stigma. 
Capsule opening at the back into 2 valves. Seed usually rst with 
albumen. Embryo ila a cotyledons foliaceous. — Herbs or shrubs, 
with stellate tomentum mixed with simple hairs. Leaves esha Sti- 
pules narrow, deciduous. * Figwekd axillary, ae 
Abou i spel American, a few 
Leaves ovate-oblong, n both fac 1. W. Americana. 
. Leaves obovate or lbereansse labo on he upper face ; ‘flowers 
larger 2. W. pyrolaefolia. 
Lew. PoE Se L.—DC. Prod. I, 492. — A atte with a woody 
base, 1—2 ft. high, densely tomentose or softly villous in every part. 
Lonce ovate-oblong, 1—2‘ > 3/4—11/4', on petioles of 6, obtuse, dentate, 
feather-veined. Flowers small, sessile in close clusters along axillary 
peduncles of 1—11/2‘, Bracts linear. Calyx 2”, villous, with acute lobes. 
Petals little longer, unguiculate, orange-colored. Ovary and style villous. 
Se aaa _— Mrs. inclair, pl. 38. 
weed, occuring spel in nat tropical countries and in many Polynesian 
Seay a Nat. ae. «Hialoa 
2, W. pyrolaefolia, Po. Bot. U. 8S. E. Exp. p. 190. — An under- 
shrub, 3 ft. high, gray-villous. Stipules setaceous. Leaves coriaceous, 
obovate to orbicular, 8—15” in diameter, on petioles of 3—6”, usually 
retuse at both ends, finely toothed, plabrius above, or slightly pubescent 
when young, gray below with a fine and close pubescence which disap- 
wit 
age. rowded a 
on a short peduncle. Bracts somewhat obtuse, 3”. Calyx 3”, silky- 
villous, cleft to the middle into obtuse lobes. Petals 1/3 longer, glabrous, 
natrow-spathulate, Filaments '/3 the length of the petals, monadelphous 
at the base. Ovary and style villous. Stigma trune 
ate. 
Mi sandhills near Wailuku, Maui. Only found by the members of the U. S. E. Expe- 
on. 
