NOTICED IX THE PRECEDING TOUR. 3<>7 



tcrs, five or six, sessile, and crowned with the en- 

 larged permanent calyx, some retaining the whole 

 of the dry f ructitication, perfect enough for exami- 

 nation, and Mdiich exhibit the foUoM' ing characters. 

 Calvx four-parted, above : divisions ovate, obtuse, 

 concave. Corol, petals four, rather obovate, ob- 

 long, t\rice the length of the divisions of the 

 calyx (1 inch tt), truncated at the base, stamens, 

 iilaments very numerous (300), capillary conjoined 

 below in a ring, and seated on the receptacle co- 

 vering the germ. Style longer than the stamens, 

 thicker, filiform. Stigma headed. The berry is 

 composed of a spongy \diitish pulp. Seeds, six, 

 eight, or more, nestling, about the size of the seeds 

 of a citron, and of that form, a little compressed* 

 Leaves, terminating the branches, subsessile, sub- 

 rotund, attenuated at the base, ending in a short 

 acumen above, serrated large, a perfect description 

 and figure of this plant, may be expected from the 

 extensive and invaluable collection of Mr. 11. 

 Bruce, where it has been for some years, and forms 

 one of the many new genera, wherewith that gen- 

 tleman is about to enrich the science of botanv. 



IVIONADELPHIA DECANDRIA. 



Geranium. — A very slender herbaceous kind, growl- 

 ing among weeds and bushes on the highest moun- 

 tains about Nataana. Leaves petioled, from threo 

 to five lobed, lobes tiifid ; petioles very long, fili- 

 form. Peduncles axillary, solitary, resembling the 

 petioles, one flowered. Flowers pale rose, with a 

 deep purple eye at the base of each petal. 



MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



BombcLv Ceiba.—Gxow^ in the vallies of these moun- 

 tains to a very considerable tree, none exceeding 

 it. in size, and regularity of growth : its wood is 

 converted to many uses, where lightness more 

 than strength is sought for. Por the scabbards 

 c^f swordsj it is niueli used, and canoes of large 



size 



