190 XIV. BixiNEJi;. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Cochlospemmm. 



1. C. Gossyplum, DC. Prodr. i. 527 ; leaves palmately 3-5-lobed 

 tomentose beneath, lobes acute entire. Wall. Gat 1843 ; Wight in Hook. 

 Bot. Misc. iL 357, Suppl. t. 18 ; W. & A. Prodr. 87 ; Plarwh. in Hook. Keuo 

 Joum. Bot. vi. 306. Bombax gossypium, Linn.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iiL 169. 

 ."Dry hills Gaewhal, Bundelkund, Behae, Oeissa and the Dekkan; also com- 

 monly planted near temples. 



A small naked tree; bcanchlete tomentose. Leaves 3-8 in. diam., old glabrous; 

 petiole slender. Flowers 4r-b in. diam., in few-flowered terminal panicles, golden yellow. 

 Sepals silky. Petah obovate, notched. Oapsvle 2-3 in., 5-lobed. 



\* BXXA, linn. 



A tree. Leaves simple ; stipules minute. Flowers in terminal panicles, 

 2-sexual. Sepals 5, imbricate, deciduous. Petals 5, contorted in bud. 

 Anthers opening by 2 terminal pores. Ovary 1-celled ; style slender, curved, 

 stigma notched ; ovules many, on 2 parietal placentas. Capsule loculici- 

 daUy 2-valved, placentas on the valves. Seeds many, funicle thick, testa 

 pulpy ; albumen fleshy ; embryo large, cotyledons flat. 



B. OEELLAifA, L.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 31 ; W. & A. Prodr. 31. (Anatto.) 



Cultivated throughout India, and the tropics generally, for the red dye afforded by 

 the testa. — Native of America. 



A small evergreen tree. Leaves 4-8 by 2J-5 in., cordate, acuminate,, glabrous; 

 petiole slender, 2-8 in. Ji'lowers 2 in. diam., purple or white. Oapsyle 1 j in., ovoid 

 or subglobose, base intruded, softly prickly. 



2. SCOZ.OFIA, Schreber. 



Trees, spinous in India, spines often compound. Leaves alternate, entire ; 

 stipules minute or 0. Flowers small, racemed, axillary, 2-sexual. Swals 

 4r-&, slightly imbricate in bud. Petals 4^6, subsimilar, imbricate in bud. 

 Stamens many; anthers ovoid, opening by slits, connective produced. 

 Ovary 1-celled ; style erect, stigma entire or lobed ; ovules few/ on 3-4 

 parietal placentas. Berry 2-4-seeded. Seeds with long funicles, testa hard ; 

 cotyledons fohaceous. — Distrib. Species about 15 ; Australian, Asiatic, and 

 African. 



1. S. rliinantliera, Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Ser. 4, viiL 252; leaves 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate crenulate 5-plinerved, petiole 2-glandular at 

 the top, racemes pubescent, sepals and petals 4 each, fruit pisiform 2-6- 

 seeded. Miqml Fl. Ned. Ind. i. pt. 2, 107. Phoberos rhinanthera, Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Rar. 187, t. 39. P. macrophylla, W. & A. Prodr. 30. Flacoiirtia 

 inermis, Wall. Gat. 6673 G, E, only. 

 Mai/AOCA, Griffith. — Disteib. Java, Borneo. 

 . A tree. Leaves 3-6 by lJ-24 in., coriaceous, shining, base rounded or acute, teeth 

 glandular ; petiole ^ in. Bacemes 8-i in. ; flowers 1- or more-bracteate. Sepals downy. 

 Petals twice as long, glabrous, oiliate. Connective of anthers glabrous. Ovary 



2. S. Xtoxbur^hii, Glos. I.e. 250 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acuminate 

 subcrenate glabrous 3-5-plinerved at the base, petiole 2-glandular at the 

 top or not, racemes softly pubescent, sepals and petals 6 each, fruit olive- 

 formed. Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. i. pt. 2, 107. Phoberos Roxburghii, Benn. PL 

 Jav. Rar. 192. Ludia spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 507. Flacourtia stigma- 

 rota, Wall. Gat. 6678, in part. 



