' *)4 IYLYA TELLtfR. 



Ferronia by Correa, a good name previous to 

 mine but not to that of Rheede, Necker changed 

 Ivira into Theodoria, both being good the pre- 

 vious of Aublet must be preferred. 



419. HELICTERES L. akin to Sterculia, and of 

 same family not Bombaxides, having petals and 

 a podogyne. Containing many blended Genera 

 also, Necker had 3 ; put by the Linneists into 4 

 of their classes by turns. If they had chosen to 

 give the true character it ought to have been, 

 petals 5 or 10 or none, stamens 10 or 20 or 

 many,capsules stellate or spiral,evalve or bivalve, 

 such is the absurdity of these medleys. Adan- 

 son called the whole G. Isora. 



420. HELICTERES Raf. calix tubul. tereto bi- 

 labiato 2-3fido, petalis 5 equalis, stam. 10 tubo 

 5fido extus inserta, podog. filif. incurvo, stylo 

 5fido, stig. 5, caps. 5coalitis contortis spiralis uni- 

 valvis polyspermis Types several trees of tro- 

 pics, JEf . baruensis, angustifolia^ &c. 



421. ANISORA Raf. (not equal) diif. cal. cla- 

 vato bilabiate, petalis 5 ineq, Two types blen- 

 ded in Helict. isora. 



422. Anisora murri Raf. fol. toment. cor da- 

 tis serratis, multifl. Malabar, figured in Rheed 

 6 t, 30. 



423. Anisora angulata Raf. arborea toment. 

 fol, cord. ineq. dentato angulatis India, the 

 var. c. figured in Plukenet t. 245. 



424. NISORALIS Raf.diff. cal. campanul. 5dent. 

 obliquatus, petalis 5 ineq, caps, coalitis in fructo 

 tereto acuminato vix contortis. 



425. Nisoralis jamaicensis R. Helict. do 

 W. Lam. ramis glabris, fol. ellipt. subcord. ser- 

 ratis, pedunc, unifl. Jamaica, made a var. of 

 Helict. isora ! by L. and others. 



