Cochlospermum.] BIXINE. 229 
Seeds usually few, arillate or with pulpy testa; albumen fleshy, 
rarely scanty ; ones straight or incurved, axial. 
Sepals free ; imbri 
Petals, if eset aia any basal scale 
Petals large, broad, contorted ; sieilihaadll — by pores ; flowers 
large or aa ium, always hermaphrodite 
Leaves deeply digitately lobed or divided ; capsule smooth, 3-5- 
valved ; seeds cover net with cotton ; flowers large, yellow, appear- 
ing before the leaves ...........seseeeeseeceneetenrersne® hlospermum 
Leaves entire ; secant softly prickly ; seeds covered with dye- 
yielding pulp; flowers medium, white or pink, appearing wath the 
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Petals 0; anthers opening by slits; flowers very small, usually 
diceciou 
yaiy's with 2-8 cells ; branches almost always spiny ; leaves (ot 
our species) never more than twice as long as broad... ns pare 
cited 1-celled, with parietal placentas ; branches rarely arme 
ves (of our species) thrice as long as bro ad.. y — ea 
Petals small, with fleshy cuneate basal ame -like -sichds “with cilia 
ges ; flowers rather small, usually dicecious......------ arakto ene 
Sepals connate in a valvately toothed or seedblials bursting cup; petals 
rather large, with basal ciliate scales; flowers conspicuous, dicecious ; 
anthers opening longitudinally ; ovary globose, 1-celled ...Chaulm: 
55. Cochlospermum Kunth. 
Trees and shrubs, with yellow or reddish juice ; leaves — 
lobed or divided. Flowers very large, yellow, egigeR e 
din 
woolly ; ; embryo cur 
88. Cieiis evaedtied Gossyirom DCG: Fi eas = D. 
C. 1512. Bombax gossypium F. I. iii. 169. a 
W. Bengal; Behar; Chota Nagpur; Orissa : elsewhere 
planted 
A small tll bare when paca = flowers, vet con- 
spicuous, in os 98 ason. Ben abdi; Santa es ; 
ind, Kumbi 1. Galgal; Cae Konto palas. 
Yellow rare The gum,—Katir 
