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denlale, clothed with silky wool on the outside and yellowish 

 on the inside. 



Var. a, I'ndicum (D. C. prod. 1. p. 479.) flowers in fascicles 

 from a short peduncle ; yellowish on the inside, white on the 

 outside. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Rheed. rnal. 3. 

 t. 49. and 51. Humph, amb. 1. t. 80. 



Var. ft, Africanum (Brown, cong. p. 10.) flowers large, 

 crimson, fascicled. Jj . S. Native of Guinea. This is the 

 largest and tallest tree in Guinea, the trunk of which is made 

 into very large canoes. 



Winding-angered Wool-tree. Clt. 1739. Tree 150 feet. 



3 E. OCCIDENTA'LE ; anthers anfractuous, versatile; leaflets 

 7, serrulated, smooth and green on both surfaces; flowers fas- 

 cicled, pentandrous, woolly outside, and rose-coloured on the 

 inside ; trunk prickly, fj . S. Native of the Caribbee islands 

 and South America. Bombax pentandrum, Jacq. amer. 191. 

 t. 176. f. 70. B. occidental, Spreng. syst. 3. p. 124. Eriod. 

 anfractuosum ft, Caribae um, D. C. prod. 1. p. 479. The flowers 

 are said to be in short compound racemes by Jacquin. 



Western Wool-tree. Clt. 1739. Tree 30 to 60 feet. 



4 E. SAMAU'MA (Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 89. t. 98.) anthers 

 anfractuous, versatile ; leaflets 5-7, oblong, quite entire, acumi- 

 nated ; trunk prickly ; petals obovately-spatulate, covered with 

 fulvous down on the outside, fj . S. Native of Brazil near 

 the river Japura, Bombax Samauma, Spreng. Flowers on the 

 tops of the branches, solitary, lateral, or subterminal, cream- 

 coloured. The wool contained in the fruit is called Samauma 

 in Brazil, with which the natives stuff pillows and bolsters. 



Samauma Wool-tree. Tree 80 to 100 feet. 



5 E. aiscuLiFonuM (D. C. prod. 1. p. 479.) anthers an- 

 fractuous ; leaflets 7-8, sharply serrated ; trunk unarmed, fy . S. 

 Native of New Spain by the sea-shore near Campeche. Bom- 

 bax axillare, Moc. et Sesse. fl. mex. icon. ined. Bom- 

 bax assculifolium, H. B. et Kunth. Leaflets lanceolate- 

 oblong, acuminated and mucronate, smooth. Petals rose- 

 coloured, hairy on the outside, equal in length with the stamens. 

 Flowers, according to the figure in the fl. mex., axillary, and 

 usually solitary, on very short thick pedicels. Flowers pentan- 

 drous, covered with rusty tomentum on the outside and rose- 

 coloured and smooth within. (Kunth.) 



Horse-chesnut-leaved Wool-tree. Tree 60 feet. 



6 E. JASMINODORUM (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 265. t. 52.) 

 anthers anfractuous ; style jointed ; leaflets 3, ovate, acute, 

 apiculated, with entire undulated margins ; petals reflexed, 

 puberulous ; tube of stamens thickened at the top and entire ; 

 filaments 1-anthered ; petals reflexed, puberulous. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil in the province of Minas Novas. Trunk un- 

 armed. Peduncles solitary, axillary, and on the naked branches. 

 Flowers smelling of jasmine. Petals white, obovate. 



Jasmine-scented Wool- tree. Fl. May. Tree. 



Cult. These trees thrive best in a rich loamy soil, and cut- 

 tings, not too ripe, taken off at a joint, not deprived of their 

 leaves, will root freely if planted in sand under a hand-glass, 

 placed in a moist heat; but plants raised from seeds make 

 better trees. The trees grow to a large size before they 

 flower in their native countries, it is therefore not likely they 

 can ever be brought to flower in the stoves of this country. 



XII. CHORI'SIA (in honour of J. L. Choris, an eminent 

 artist who went round the world with Kotzebue, at the expense 

 of Count RomanzofF, see Romanzbvia). Kunth. diss. malv. 

 p. 6. nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 295. D. C. prod. 1. p. 480. 



LIN. SYST. Monadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx campanulate, 

 2-5-lobed, with 3 permanent bracteas at the base. Petals 5, 

 elongated. Staminiferous tube double, inner one slender, terete, 

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bearing on the outside at the apex 5 2-anthered lobes, adnate to 

 the base of the outer one, which is short and of 5 bifid sterile 

 lobes. Ovary sessile, ovate, 5-celled ? Style 1 , filiform, ex- 

 ceeding in length the stamens, crowned by a 5-lobed capitate 

 stigma. Capsule 5-valved, 1-celled ? many-seeded. Seeds 

 enveloped in wool. Prickly trees with digitate leaves and large 

 flowers, which are solitary, twin, or tern, in the axils of the upper 

 leaves, with 2 or 3 bracteas under each. Petals villous. Wood 

 soft, spongy. 



1 C. INSI'GNIS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 297. 

 t. 485. f. 1.) petals oblong-spatulate, emarginate at the apex, 

 with flat margins. Tj . S. Native on the banks of the river 

 Amazon. Trunk ventricose. Leaflets 5, obovate-oblong, acu- 

 minate, smooth, glaucous beneath, obsoletely and undulately-cre- 

 nated towards the top. Flowers white. 



Remarkable Chorisia. Tree 50 feet. 



2 C. SPECIOSA (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. no. 63. fl. bras. 1 . 

 p. 267.) petals ovately-spatulate, emarginate at the apex, with 

 rather undulated margins ; leaflets 5-7, lanceolate, acuminated, 

 entire at the base, but the rest acutely serrated. Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the provinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes, where 

 it is called by the inhabitants Arvore de Paina. Petals white 

 on the outside from down, but reddish and smooth within. 

 The wool which accompanies the seeds is used to stuff bolsters 

 and pillows in Brazil. 



Shervy Chorisia. Fl. March. Tree 40 feet. 



3 C. VENTRICOSA (Nees. et Mart. act. bon. xi. p. 101. t. 9.) 

 petals lanceolate-linear, acute, waved, pubescent outside ; leaflets 

 5-7, ovate, acuminated ; calyx 2-lobed. T; . S. Native of 

 Brazil on the banks of Rio das Contas and Rio Itiquirica. 

 Trunk bulged in the middle, covered with spine-like processes. 

 Flowers white. Bombax ventricosa, Arrud. in Kost. trav. p. 

 489. Neuw. bras. reis. 2. p. 247. 



Ventricose-stemmed. Chorisia. Tree 20 feet. 



4 C. CRISPIFLORA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. t. 485. f. 2.) petals 

 linear, blunt, with undulately-curled margins; leaflets 5-7, 

 lanceolate, acuminated, acutely serrated, reticulately nerved. 

 fy . S. Native of Brazil in woods near Rio Janeiro. Flowers 

 white on the outside from down, but smooth and reddish within. 



Curled-flowered Chorisia. Tree 40 feet. 

 Cult, The species of Chorisia require the same treatment 

 as that recommended for Eriodendron and Bombax. 



XIII. DtPRIO (from Duryon, the name of the fruit in the 

 Malay language, which comes from dury, a thorn, in the same 

 language, in allusion to the prickly fruit). Lin. syst. 698. but 

 not of Allans. D.C. prod. 1. p. 480. Konig, in Lin. trans, 

 vol 7. p. 266. 



LIN. SYST. Polyadelphia, Polydndria. Calyx 5-lobed (f. 87. 

 &.), girded by a 2-lobed, concave involucel (f. 87. a.). Petals 

 5, joined together at the base into a tube, longer than the 

 calyx, with a spreading limb (f. 87. c.). Stamens numerous, dis- 

 posed in 5 bundles (f. 87. d.), each of these bundles is divided 

 into 5 1-anthered filaments (f. 87. /) Anthers anfractuous 

 (f. 87. e. d.). Ovary scaly (f. 87. h.). Style filiform (f. 87. L). 

 Stigma roundish (f. 87. j.). Fruit roundish (f. 87. g.), muricated, 

 about the size of the bread-fruit, 5-celled (f. 87. &.) ; cells 

 filled with pulp, 4-5-seeded (f. 87. /). Seeds shining, ovate- 

 oblong. A large tree with oblong, acuminated leaves, rounded 

 at the base, of a lurid-silvery colour beneath and lepidoted. 



! D. ZIBETHINUS (Lin. syst. 698. Lam. ill. t. 641. Konig, 

 in Lin. trans, vol. vii. t. 14, 15, and 16.). Jj . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. Rumph. amb. 1. p. 99. t. 20. Rheed. rnal. 

 Leaves like those of the cherry, green and smooth above and 

 covered with brownish scales beneath. The fruit is about the 

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