CILNT. IV. 71 



L. auct. fol. ovatis, ped. axil. inv. 5phylo^-Shrub 

 of Antilles, flowers with red calix, yellow co- 

 rolla. 

 39G. Lophalix coccinea Raf. Besl. do Aubl. 

 auct — fol. ovat. acum. catnosis, fl. corymbosis, 

 invol. 2phylo — Guyana. 



397. Hematophyla Raf. (bloody leaf) Dahl- 

 bergia Tussac non alis diff. Besl. cal. 5phyl. la- 

 ciniatus, cor. tubul. gibbosa, subbilab. bacca 

 uniloc. sem. pariete alfixa. Ilerba, — In Besle- 

 ria the seeds are in the pulp, same family. 



398. Hematoph. villosa Raf. Besleria sangui- 

 nea Turp. Pers. Kunth — villosa, fol. obi. serrat. 

 macula sanguinea — Hayti. 



399. FiMBROLiNA Raf. diff. Besleria, cor. ven- 

 tricosa, 5fida, laciniis reflexis inequalis fimbria- 

 tis. — Perhaps only a subgenus, plant not shrub, 



400. Fimbrol, incarnata Raf, Besleria do 

 Aubl. auct. tomentosa, fol. ovat. crenatis petiol. 

 fl. solit. axil, — Guyana. The two sp. of Knnth 

 with corolla campanulate are- akin or form 

 another subgenus. 



CENTURIA V. 

 401. Sterculia L. this G. is now the type of 

 a family Sterculides differing from Malvacea 

 and Bombaxides by no corolla, and pistil on a 

 podogyne. Ventenat, Smith and Lamark have 

 given Monographs of it, increasing it to 20 sp. 

 while Linneus had only 3, but their sp. are a 

 medley of trees without hardly any common 

 character except that of the family. The types 

 must be those having the linnean characters of 

 calix 5part. rotate patent, stamens 15, podog. 

 terete solid concave, ovary 51obed, one style and 

 stigma capsule formed of 5 polysperiti lignose 

 follicles. Such is St. foetida and the next. 



