TERNSTROMIACE^:. 



Nat. syst. ed. 2. p. 79. 



COCHLOSPERMUM. 



Calyx of 5 oval, oblong, unequal sepals, at length reflexed ; 

 the two exterior smaller : bracteoles none. Petals 5, emargin- 

 ate, unequal-sided: aestivation twisted. Stamens numerous: 

 anthers linear-acuminated, attached by the base, opening by a 

 pore at the apex. Ovary seated on an elevated disk. Styles 

 united up to the apex into 1 long and filiform. Capsules shortly 

 obovate, 3-5-celled, 3-5-valved : valves bearing incomplete dis- 

 sepiments in the middle. Seeds numerous, somewhat reniform, 

 covered with cotton : albumen fleshy : embryo slender. Trees 

 or shrubs. Leaves lobed. Flowers large, yellow, panicled, with 

 the peduncles jointed at the base. W. and A. 



235. C. Gossypium DC. prodr. i. 527. Wight in Hooker's 

 Bot. misc. ii. 357. t. 18. W. and A. i. 87. Bombax Gossy- 

 pium Linn. syst. veg. 517. Cav. diss. 5. t. 157. Coromandel, 

 Travancore, Ceylon, on low coast ground. 



A large tree. Shoots downy. Leaves 5-6 inches long, 5-lobed, hoary 

 beneath, on cylindrical downy stalks. Panicle terminal. Flowers large, 

 bright yellow. The trunk yields the gum Kuteera, which in the north- 

 western provinces of India is substituted for Tragacanth. Royle. 



236. C. insigne Aug. de St. H.fl. bras. i. 297. pi. us. No. 57 

 Wittelsbachia insignis Mart. nov. g. et sp. i. 81. t. 55. Maxi- 

 miliania regia Mart, in hot. zeit. 1819. p. 452. Brazil in the 

 plains on the western desert part of the province of Minas Geraes, 

 and also in the Catingas of Minas Novas. (Butua do curvo.) 



Leaves coriaceous, palmate, 5-lobed ; the lobes folded together, 

 coarsely and sharply double-serrated, when full grown nearly smooth. 

 A decoction of the roots employed in internal pains, especially such as 

 are produced by falls or accidents; it is also asserted to heal abscesses 

 already commenced. 



THEA. 



Calyx without bracts ; the sepals imbricated, equal. Petals 

 5-9, unequal, the outer shorter. Stamens adhering to the very 

 base of the petals, indefinite in number, smooth. Style simple 

 at the base, trifid upwards. Capsule spheroidal, 3-celled, often 

 by abortion 1-2-celled ; cells opening at the apex, 1- or rarely 

 2-seeded. Seeds spheroidal, wingless. 

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