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lance propriis distincte involutis ; cortice diu viridi : tubo 

 staminali 1-seriali, segmentis 5, 1— 3-antheris, petalis alter- 

 nis; floribus minoribus sordide luteo-albis... Bombax pentandrum (Erioden- 



dron anfractuosum). 



[In India peninsulari et in insnlis Andamanensibus, indi- 

 gena et sylvestris ; in India boreali, in Indo-China et 

 prsesertim in Malaya late culta et forsan inqnilina.] 

 Fructus segmentis ligneis, lana endocarpii vix in sareinis 

 distinctis segregata ; cortice mox cinerascente ; floribns 

 maximis, seepissime rubris : — 



Tubo staminali 5-seriali, serie interiori segmentis 5, 

 2-antheris, petalis alternis, cum serie altera stamini- 

 bus simplicibus, 1-antheris, 10 per paria petalis 

 oppositis fascem centralem stylum amplectentem 

 formante ; ceteris in phalangibus 2-cruralibus 5, 

 petalis oppositis dispositis, staminibus phalangium 

 singularum sub-12, omnibus binis 1-antheris ; folio- 

 lis longius petiolulatis, laminis acuminato-caudatis 

 subtus viridibus ; stylo longibracbiato ; capsula 



velutina Bombax malabaricum. 



[In India peninsulari et boreali, in China australi et Indo- 

 China, in archipelagine Malayana, insulis Philippinensi- 

 bus et Australia boreali-orientali frequens.] 



Tubo staminali multiseriali, staminibus omnibus binis 

 1-antheris, serie interiori (forsan cum serie altera 

 tantnm speciei prtecedentis comparanda) stamini- 

 bus 20 petalis oppositis annulum stylum amplecten- 

 tem formante ; ceteris in phalangibus 2-cruralibus 

 5, petalis oppositis dispositis, staminibus phalangium 

 singularum numerosis ; foliolis breve petiolutatis 

 vel sessilibus, laminis acutis ; stylo brevibrachiato ; 



capsula glabra Bombax insigne. 



[In India peninsulari occidentali ; in Indo-China et in 

 Malaya.] 

 Bombax pentandrum and B. malabaricum are wonderfully uniform in the number 

 and arrangement of the elements of their staminal whorl ; B. insigne, while equally 

 uniform as regards the arrangement, varies considerably as regards the number 

 of stamens in its phalanges. The subjoined key shows the distinguishing features 

 and relative position of the most important of these varieties. 

 Tubo staminali ovario plus duplo longiore 

 foliolis subsessilibus late lanceolatis, 

 subtus viridibus glabris ; floribus albis ; 



(capsula ignota) Bombax insigne, sub.-sp. anceps {B. 



anceps Pierre). B. malabarici var. 

 albiflora Wall. [Cat. n. 1840/3 et 

 1810/4] vel ad hanc sub-speciem, 

 vel ad B. insignis genuini var. 

 albam referenda est. 



