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white or green ; raceuied, panicled. Ev. or decid. treei, 100° high. 30 

 spec, trop. Am. Tribe 3. 4 gen., 7-8 spec, both worlds. 1. Prockia. 

 Berry small, dry. Pet. ; fls. sometimes unisexual ; small, racemed, 

 fragrant. 2 or 3 spec, ev-. shrubs, trop., both worlds. P. Orucis (Kel- 

 lettia odordta), W. Ind., Panama. Tribe 4. 2 gen., 7 spec, Af., 

 Am. 1. Apeiba. Boll woody, bristly; fls. yellow, racemed. 5 spec, 

 ev. trees, shrubs. Mex., W. Ind., trop. S. Am. Tribe 5. 12 gen., 

 80 spec, both worlds. 1. Tilia, Lime, Linden. Boll small, nut-like, 

 1-2-seeded. Pet. 5. . Fls. small, yellow, fragrant, oymose ; peduncle 

 with a long bract. Decid. trees, 100° high ; Ivs. cordate, inequilateral. 

 8 species. N. hemisphere. T. europaea, Bur. ; bark (called Bast, Bass) 

 fibrous ; made into mats, etc. Pig. 117. T. americarea, Lin, Linden, 

 Lime. Lvs. smooth. 60°-80° high. Can. to G-a. T. alba (hetero- 

 phglla), lvs. large, canescent beneath. 50°-90° high. Mts., Penn. to 

 Ky., S. to Gulf. 2. Cdrchorus. Boll siliquose or oblong. Pet. 5. Pis. 

 small, yellow, sol. or clustered. 35 spec, evergreen shrubs, herbs; 

 tropics, both worlds. C. capsuldris, C. olitorius, 0, 10°-12° high, 

 yielding Jute fibre. Asia. C. siliqubsus, 2°-3° high. W. Ind., 

 Mobile, New Orleans. Tribe 6. 7 gen., 132 spec, both worlds. 1. 

 Triumfetta. Shrubs, herbs, 40 spec. Trop. Am. 2. Grewia. Small 

 ev. trees, shrubs, wood valuable. 80 spec. Asia, Malaysia, Af. Tribe 

 7. 7 gen. , 10 spec. , ev. trees : 1. Cardodiptera, Cuba ; 2. Berrya, trop. 

 Asia; 3. Christiana, trop. Af. ; 4. Pityrdnthe, Ceylon ; S. Diplodiscus, 

 Philippines, aremonotypic ev. trees. 6. Pentace, 2 spec, one Malacca, 

 one Java. 7. Brownlbwia, 3 spec, fine trees; lvs. like Tilia, but 1° 

 long. E. Ind. 



Ord. 126. Sterculiaceae. — Pis. reg., § or unisexual, often large, 

 showy. Infl. various. Pet. 5-4-3-0. St a. 5-4-3 or multiple; often 

 with staminodes ; monadelph. into a column, rarely free. Ova. 1-3- 

 5-10-12-carpelled ; carpels sometimes winged, or twisted together. Fr. 

 dry or fleshy; boll, or follicles, or cocci. Lvs. simple or digitate. 

 Trees, Shrubs, or climbing Herbs; wood soft. 43 gen., 520 spec, 

 trop. and sub-trop. regions, both worlds; chiefly S. Af., Australia. 7 

 Tribes : 



Tribe 1. SJ . Pet. or scale-like. Calyx petaloid. Carpels free ; 

 or boll. 9 gen., 64 spec, Australia; 2 anomalous gen., Am. 1. 

 Lasiopetalum. Sta. monadelph. or free; fls. woolly. 25 spec, low 

 ev. shrubs. Australia. American gen., monolypic ; apetalous ; 

 placed by Bentham and Hooker in Malvdcece ; 2. Fremontia caHfdr- 

 nica. pis. large, yellow, sol. Calyx 5-lobed, bell-shaped, persist. 

 Sta. 5, monadelph. in a cup. Boll of 5 woody, few-seeded carpels 

 separating when ripe. Shrub fig-like, 6°-10° high ; lvs. 5-7-lobed, 

 bark mucilaginous. Cal. 3. Cheirostemon platanoides. Hand 

 Flower. Fls. large, 2' long, rusty red. Calyx deeply 5-fid, leathery. 

 Sta. 5, monadelph. one-third of their length (4 inches), bright red, 

 resembling long-nailed fingers or claws. Style clavate. Boll 5-cor- 

 nered; dehisc Lvs. plane-like, 5' wide. Ev. tree, 30°-40° high, 

 making forests in Guatemala. Bare in Mex. Held sacred by Aztecs. 

 Tribe 2. g. Pet. 5, concave or hooded, often produced. Boll. 9 

 gen., 94 spec, both worlds. 1. BuettnSria. % herbs, climbing ev. 

 shrubs. 45 spec, trop. Asia, Af., Am. 2. Theobroma. Small ev. 

 trees ; fls. adventitious, sol. or clustered ; boll large, 5-10-grooved, oo- 

 seeded, fleshy, indehisc. ; sds. large ; cotyledons ground are the Choco- 



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