Hibiscus— Melochia. 131 



502(i. Ceiba Mcdili. 



Ceiba pentandra Giirtn. Fruct. 11 (1791). 244 t. 133. 



Kriodciidron anfraduosum DC. Prod. I (1824) 479; Oris. Fl. 88; 

 Duss SO ; Millspaugli 510. S i 1 k c o 1 1 o n t r e e. 



St. Eustatius: Top of the Quill 400 M. : n. 224 B.; iu a garden 

 in Oranjestad: n. 321 H. 



I iilso saw Ceiba iientaiidra ; at the seaslKire near Oiaiijestad : BntlDiii 

 of the Qnill. 



St. Martin: Cul de Sac: n. 2619 B. 



I also saw Ceiba pcntantlra: near Grande Case; Vallee des Peres. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugli. 



Me.xico, AntilL, Guiana, Afr., Malay. (E. a. P.). 



Also cultivated. 



5038. Quararibea Aubl. 



Quararibea turbinata Poir. Encycl. Suppl. IV. 636. 



Mjirodia tnrhinala Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. (1788) 102 : Oris. 

 F\. SS: Duss Si'; Millspaugli 510. Mi Her wood. 



St. Eustatius: Bottom of the Quill: n. 424a B., 89t;« B., 113 H., 

 217 G., US, 119, 120, 121, 122. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 



Brazil. (Ind. Kew.). 



178. Sterculiaceae. 



5057. Melochia Linn. 



Melochia nodiflora Sw. Prod. Veg. Ind. Occ. (1788) 97; Gris. 

 Fl. 94; Duss s? : Millspaugh 510. 



St. Martin: Top of the hill on the northern side of Guide Sac 

 200-::i00 M.: n. 2989 B.; Tintamarre: n. ;3;392 B. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 



Antill., Mexico, Panama. (Gris. Fl.). 



Melochia pyramidata Linn. Spec. (1753) ()74; Gris. Fl. 93: Duss 

 S6; Millspaugli 510. 



St. Eustatius: along roads in Oranjestad: n. 1076 B.; slope of 

 the Quill: n. 198, 199; Cultuurvlakte: n. 197, 200; in a garden 

 in Oranjestad: n. 200, 39 G. 



St. Croix ex Millspaugh. 



Baham., Antill., Mexico, Texas, A'enezuela, Guayaquil, Brazil. 

 (Gris. FL). 



