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&-cleft: petals slightly toothed at the apex: stamens united into a 
column cleft at the apex, the fertile ones mixed with sterile fila- 
ments: styles 5: carpels 1-celled, many-seeded, dehiscing on the 
inside, usually twisted together spirally : albumen none. 
(1) H.1sora, (Linn.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 60.—Dec. prod. I. p. 475.—Roxb. 
fi, Ind. ITI. p. 148. 
Syn. Isora corylifolia, Schott. §& Endl. 
Engrav. Rheede Mal. VI. t. 30.—Wight’s Icon. I. t. 150.— 
, Rumph. Amb. VII. t. 17. f. 1.—Bot. Mag. XLVI. t, 2061. 
Srsc. Cuar. A small tree or shrub: leaves slightly cordate, 
roundish-obovate, suddenly acuminated, toothed, scabrous above 
and tomentose below: pedicels 2-4 together, forming an almost. 
sessile corymb: petals reflexed: fruit spirally twisted, pubescent : 
flowers red-brick-coloured. 
This species extends from one end of India to the other, espe~ 
cially along the foot of the Hills. . 
GENUS TI. SALMALIA. 
Monadelphia Polyandwria. Sex: Syst: 
Gen. Cuan. Calyx ebracteolate, unequally 2—-5-lobed: petals 
5, united and somewhat connected with the staminiferous column: 
anthers inserted by the middle: capsule large, woody, 5-celled, 5« 
valved: seeds albuminous, embedded in silky cotton: flowers 
scarlet or white, usually springing from the trunk or branches, 
either singly or several together. 
(1) S. Marasarica. (Schott, & Endl.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod. I. p. 61. 
Syn. Bombax Malabaricum, Dec. prod. I. p-. 479.—B. hepta- 
phyllum, Cav. Roxb. fl. Ind. III. p. 167.—B. ceiba, Burm, fi. 
Ind. 
Engrav. Wight’s Ill. I. t. 29.—Roxb. Cor. III. t. 247,— 
Rheede Mal. IIT. t. 52. 
Spec. Cuar. Large tree: trunk prickly: leaves palmate: leaf- 
lets 5-7, quite entire, acuminated at both ends: fruit oblong: 
flowers very large, deep-red. 
This species extends from one end of India to the other, flower- 
ing in February and March, 
