TERNSTRGEMIACE^:. IX. APATELIA. X. COCHLOSPERMUM. XI. LAPLACEA. 



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Tivice-serrated-leaved Apatelia. Shrub 12 feet. 



5 A. SCA'BRA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. under Palava, 

 7. p. 221. t. 648.) branches, panicles, petioles, and calyx setose ; 

 leaves cuneate, oblong, denticulated, scabrous. Tj . S. Native 

 of- New Grenada. Panicles axillary. Filaments adhering to the 

 base of the petals, but free from each other. 



Scabrous Apatelia. Tree 24 feet. 



Cult. See Saurauja for cultivation and propagation. 



Tribe V. 



LAPLA V CE^E (plants agreeing with Laplacea in many im- 

 portant characters). D. C. prod. 1. p. 526. 



Calyx bractless, of 3-5 sepals. Petals sometimes exceeding 

 the number of sepals. Stamens numerous, free, or connected at 

 the base ; anthers adnate or versatile Styles connected or free. 

 Fruit 3-5-celled. Albumen fleshy or wanting.. The tribe con- 

 tains elegant trees, with fine leaves, and large shewy flowers. 



X. COCHLOSPE'RMUM (from tco X Xw, cochlo, to twist, and 

 crireppa, sperma, a seed ; in allusion to the seeds being rather 

 curved, f. 97. A.) Kunth, diss. mal. p. 6. nov. gen. amer. 7. 

 p. 526. D. C. prod. 1. p. 527. 



LIN. SYST. Poly&ndria. Monogynia. Calyx of 5, perma- 

 nent, oval-oblong, blunt, unequal, imbricate sepals (f. 97. a.), 

 which at length become reflexed, 2 outer ones smallest (f. 97. b.). 

 Petals 5 (f. 97. d.\ permanent, somewhat ovate, emarginate at the 

 apex, unequal-sided, twisted in the bud. Stamens numerous ; 

 filaments filiform, smooth ; anthers fixed by the base, linear, 4- 

 sided and 4-celled, opening by a single pore at the "apex. Style 

 long, filiform, hooked at the top (f.97. c.). Capsules girded by the 

 permanent calyx, petals, and stamens, ovate-globose, 3-5-celled, 

 3-5-valved (f. 97. f.). Valves bearing incomplete dissepiments 

 in the middle. Seeds numerous, somewhat cochleate or kidney- 

 shaped (f. 97. h. g.), covered with wool. Albumen fleshy. Em- 

 bryo slender, with the radicle at the sharpest end of the seed 

 pointing towards the hylum ; cotyledons entire, incumbent. 

 Trees or shrubs, with alternate, stipulate, lobed leaves, with the 

 petioles jointed at the base. Flowers large, yellow, panicled, 

 with the peduncles articulated at the base. 



1 C. OOSSY'PIUM (D. C. prod. 1. FIG. 97. 



p. 527.) lobes of leaves 5, very en- 

 tire. Ij . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Bombax ' grandiflorum, 

 Sonn. voy. ind. 2. p. 235. t. 133. 

 Bombax gossypium, Lin. syst. 517. 

 Cav. diss. 5. p. 297. t. 157. Bom- 

 bax C6ngo,Burm. ind. 145. Leaves 

 almost like those of Gossypium 

 religiosum, tomentose beneath. 

 Flowers large, yellow, (f. 97.). 



Cotton - like Cochlospermum. 

 Clt. 1822. Tree 50 feet. 



2 C. ORINOCE'NSE (Mart, fl.bras. 

 1 . p. 83.) lobes of leaves 5-7, digi- 

 tate, smooth, entire. ~fy . S. Na- 

 tive of New Spain. Bombax 

 Orinocense, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 5. p. 234. Flowers large, yellow. 



Orinoca Cochlospermum. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



3 C. INSI'GNE (St. Hil. pi. usu. bras. no. 57.) leaves 

 coriaceous, palmately 5-lobed ; lobes conduplicate, coarsely, 

 sharply, and doubly serrated, adult ones smooth. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of Brazil in the provinces of Minas Novas and Minas 

 Geraes. Flowers large, yellow. Maximiliana regia, Mart, et 

 Schrank, bot. zeit. regensb. 1819. p. 452. Wittelsbachia insignis, 

 Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 81. t. 55. C. hibiscoides, H. B. et 



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Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 223. C. serratifolium, D. C. prod, 

 l.p. 527. Bombax hibiscifolium, Willd. herb. In Brazil this plant 

 is called Butua do Curvo, where a decoction of the roots are used 

 against internal pain, especially that which is the result of falls 

 or other accidents ; this decoction will cure an abscess although 

 of considerable standing. 



Shervy Cochlospermum. Fl. May, Sept. Tree 30 feet. 



4 C. VITIFOLIUM (Spreng. syst. app. p. 206.) lobes of leaves 

 crenate-serrated, smooth on both surfaces. Tj . S. Native of 

 New Spain. Bombax vitifolium, Willd. enum. p. 720. Wittels- 

 bachia vitifolia, Mart. nov. gen. 1. p. 83. Flowers large, yellow. 



Vine-leaved Cochlospermum. Clt. 1820. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. Cochlospermum is a genus of magnificent trees. The 

 species thrive well in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings 

 should not be too ripe, and they should be taken off at a joint, 

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

 in a moist heat. Plants raised from seeds make finer trees. 



XI. LAPLA'CEA (in honour of Marquis La Place, the cele- 

 brated French mathematician). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 

 5. p. 207. t. 461. B.C. prod. 1. p. 527. Hsemocharis, Sal. 



LIN. SYST. Polydndria, Monogynia. Calyx of 4 or 5 deci- 

 duous, rather orbicular, concave, imbricate, unequal sepals. 

 Petals 5-9, free, but unequal-sided, twisted in the bud. Sta- 

 mens numerous, disposed in 3 rows, adnate to the base of 

 the petals in L. speciosa, but free in the rest ; anthers versatile, 

 2-celled, bursting lengthwise behind. Ovary sessile, 5-7-celled ; 

 cells 3-seeded. Styles 5-7, joined into 1 or free. Capsules 

 woody, 5-7-celled, 5-7-valved from the top to the middle ; cen- 

 tral column thick, bearing the seeds. Seeds oblong, pendulous, 

 ending in a wing. Albumen wanting. Embryo linear, straight, 

 with a short, superior radicle, and ovate, entire cotyledons. 

 Trees or shrubs ; leaves scattered, exstipulate, entire, coria- 

 ceous, with the petioles articulated at the base. Flowers axil- 

 lary, solitary, bractless, with the peduncles jointed at the base. 



1 L. SPECIOSA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaves oblong, quite 

 entire, coriaceous, smooth ; flowers large, axillary, solitary, 

 on peduncles ; styles 5, connate ; capsule 5-valved, 5-celled. 

 Tj . S. Native of South America between Gonzana and Loxa. 

 Flowers large, white, very shewy. Petals 9. 



Shewy Laplacea. Tree 20 feet. 



2 L. SEMISERRA'TA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 306.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, dentately-serrated, glabrous ; calyx and corolla silky on 

 the outside ; styles free. Tj . S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 

 vinces of Rio Janeiro and Minas Geraes. Haemocharis semi- 

 serrata, Mart, et Zucc. fl. bras. 1. p. 107. t. 66. Wikstrce'mia 

 fruticosa, Schrad. in goatt. anz. 1821. p. 710. Lindleya, Nees in 

 bot. zeit. 1821. p. 299. Petals 5-8, white, unequal-sided. 

 Styles 5-7, crowned by bifid stigmas. Capsule 5-7-valved from 

 the top to the middle. 



Far. ft, acuminata (St. Hil. 1. c. p. 301.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, sharply serrated, very narrow at the base, cuneated, 

 longer than the petioles. Province of St. Paul. 



Half-serrated-\ea.ved Laplacea. Fl. year. Tree 30 feet. 



3 L. HJEMATO'XYLON ; leaves ovate, acuminated, serrated ; 

 styles 5, distinct ; fruit oblong, somewhat pentagonal j pedicels 

 very thick, short ; petals 5. Tj . S. Native of Jamaica. Gor- 

 donia haematoxylon, Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1199. Flowers 

 white to flesh-coloured. 



Red-wooded Laplacea. Tree 1 6 feet. 



4 L. TOMENTOSA; leaves obovate, unequal-sided, nearly en- 

 tire, smooth above, but tomentose beneath ; flowers terminal, 

 solitary; petals 5. Jj . S. Native of Brazil in the province of 

 St. Paul. Haemocharis tomentosa, Mart. fl. bras. 1. p. 106. t. 

 67. Flowers white. Styles 5, free. Capsule 5-celled. 



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