STERCULIACE*. 105 



Sterculice not referable to Schott. and Endl. genera I. c. 

 a. villosa, Roxb. (ft. ind. Z.p. 153 ; — DC. pr. 1.;/, 483 ; — tV. and A. 

 pr. \. p. 83 ,• — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 18.) b Peninsula of India. 

 Forests from Hurdwar to the Jumna. Fl. smallish, pale yellow- 

 scarlet, March ; fr. 0. 

 |3. guttata, Roxb. (/. ind. 3, p. 148 .—DCpr. l,p. 482 ,— fV. and 

 A. pr. I, p. 62;— Wight, ic. 2, t. 487 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 17; — Rheed. 4, t. 61.) b Peninsula of India. Fl. middle-sized, 

 yellow, inside with purple glands, Dec. ; fr. June. Bark fibres 

 tough, adapted for cordage. — The Natives of the lower coasts of 

 Wynaad contrive to make a sort of clothing from them. (Roxb.) 

 y. lanceoefolia, Roxb. (/. ind. 3, p. 150. — S. Roxburghiana, Wall. pi. 

 as. rar. 3, t. 262.) b Khassya Mountains. Fl. middle-sized, scar- 

 let, C. S. ; fr. H. S. (Rozb.) 

 ^. aceri/olia, Cunningh. (S.heterophylla, Cunn. MSS.; — S.diversifolia, 

 G. Don.) b Fl. middle-sized, whitish- sulphur, somewhat scented 

 like the common Primrose, H. S. ; fr. 0. 

 e. pollens, Wall, b Nepal. ") 



p. campa«M^«^a. b Khassya Mountains. /"^''^ "°^ ^- ^^'^ ^^ y^^. 

 tf, ornata. Wall. MSS. b Burma. In H. C. G. 



C. Bombece (Bombacese, Schott. and Endl. I. c. p. 34.) 

 OcHROMA, Swz. {DC. pr. \, p. 480 ; — Schott and Endl. I. c.) 



1. Lagopus, Swz. (DC /. c.) b Mountains of Jamaica, Portorico, 

 xMexico. &c. In H. C. G. fl. April ; fr. C. S. (Roxb.) 

 DuRio, L. {DC.pr. I, p. 480 ;— Schott. and Endl. I. c.) 



1. zibethinus, L. (DC. I. c. ; — Roxb.fl. ind. 3, p. 398 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 17 ; — Linn. Trans. 7. t. 14, 15 and 16. — Rumph. 1. t. 29.) Duri- 

 an Tree, b Moluccas, Indian Archipelago. Was introduced into 

 H. C. G. in 1809, but had not fl. in 1814.— Fl. largish, white ; fr. re- 

 markably fetid, but its taste considered delicious. — Flowering speci- 

 mens of a second species have lately been sent us from Malacca, by 

 Dr. Oxley. 

 GossAMPiNUs, Buch {Scott, and Endl. I. c.) 



1. Rumphii, Schott. and Endl. (/. c. — Eriodendron anfractuosum, DC. 

 a. indicum, pr. 1, p. 479; — W. and. A. pr. 1, jo. 61 ; — /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 17 ; — Wight, icon. 2, /. 400. — Bombax pentandrum, L. ,• Roxb. 

 fl. ind. Z,p. 165. — Ceiba pentandra, Gartn.fr. 2, t. 133 ; — Rheed. 3, t. 

 49, 50, 51 ;— Rumph. 1, t. 80.) (T^^f^f^ Shwet Shimool, White Cot- 

 ton Tree. L. b Moluccas, both Peninsulas of India, Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore,) Hindoosthan. Fl. largish, whitish, Feb. and March ; fr. 

 April and May. The woolly cotton that envelops the seeds of this 

 species, as well of those of the Red Cotton Tree, is much esteemed for 

 stuffing cushions and bedding, being unfit for the loom. The wood 

 yields a gum, which is given with spices in certain stages of bowel 

 complaints. {Ainslie.) 



