CII. 
ABROMA FASTUOSUM. 
Proud Abroma. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Malvacex. Juss. Gen. p. 271. 
Sect. v. Stamina varie connexa, numero definita aut rarius indefinita. 
Calyx 5-partitus, persistens. Petala 5, ovalia basibus unguium late fornicatis, decidua. Anthere 15, 
sub interstitiis Cymbali 5-fidi 3 una glomerate, didyme. Nectaria 5, sub fasciculis antherarum 
toro inserta, callosa. Pericarpium membranaceum, 5-loculare Valvis tot alatis, e centro axis villis 
contexti solutum, Septis in 2 lamellas cum Colis secedentibus. Stigmata 5, cuneata, inferne in ur- 
gentia.S Colis 2 lamellaribus imbricata, obovata, Arillum fungosum 
pedicellatum ad latus hili exserentia. Arbores humiles. Folia 7-5-loba, in ramis florentibus sensim 
ovato-cuncata et minora, pilis simplicibus stellatisque nunc pungentibus armata. Stipule 2, persistentes. 
Flores nutantes; in Paniculis brevibus, 2-4-floris, oppositifoliis. Pedicelli in_fructu erecti, Bractee 
2, persistentes. Duas species vidi, preter quas, in fallor, tertiam detexit Rtvs. BROWNE, 
1. dugustum. A. caule pubescente : cymbali staminei laciniis retusis: pericarpii alis subtruncatis, 
p. 1424. A. Wheleri. Willd, Sp. Pl. 0. 3. p. 1425. A. Wheleri. 
Hort. Vind. 0. 3. p. 3.t. 1. A. augusta. Linn. Suppl. 
A. augusta. Willd. Sp. Pl. v. 3. 
Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 
Retz Obs. Fasc. 5. p. 27. A fastuosum. Jacq. 
p. 341. Theobroma augusta. J. Mull. Tllustr. cum Ic, Theobroma augusta. 
13. p. 223. 
Sponte nascentem in Bengal, ad margines dumetorum, legit R, WILLT Ms. 
9, Fastuosum. A caule hispido muricatoque : cymbali staminei laciniis obtusis: pericarpii alis longe 
acuminatis. 
A. fastuosum. Gertn. Fruct. v. 1. p. 307. t. 64,f. 1. Althza Luzonis peregrina altera. Camel. Luz. 
in Ray. Hist. v. 3. p. 12. 0. 23. Althea Luzonis, &c. Pet. Gaz. t. 102. f- 
Sponte nascentem juxta fluvium Endeavour, legit J. Banxs, Baronettus : in Ins. Luzon, legitJ.KameEL. 
Floret apud nos, a Junio, in Octobrim. Ze 
No figure of this Abroma has yet been published, except feet 
venr’s reduced branch: it was communicated adame La ComTesst DE VANDES, and wi l 
WILLD $ ; t: he appears to have been 
led into this blunder partly by INNE’s wrong description of Peduncull x and eet 
Rerzivs’ calling the leaves ovato-lanceolata. Retzius specimen was sent PY oo meg te 
flowering branches, which are Linne’s Pe i oe 
The true Pedunculi, I believe, come out opposite to the 
a oe of a is not quite accurate: he says they are inserted “‘ margini 
dissepimentorum tncrass ilar receptacles noticed by oe hin’ ane 
species, which are fully as promi ; he did not examine the Arillus gs a rete —_ 
this appendage being neither “‘incompletus” nor “* a incisus, buta As inagens Seretens 
to one side of the seed, and attached by @ special pedicellus at the hilum. 
~ Stem of our plant 10 feet high, divided near the top ito several bra 
immediately producing flowers upon short pedun 
