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5. HELICTERES, Z. 



Calyx 5-fid, usually bilabiate. Column filiform, connate with the included carpophore, 

 terminated by 10- oo mouantherous filaments, the interior of which are sterile: anthers 

 bUocular, with the cells united at their ends. Ovary surrounded by the filaments, 5-locular : 

 cells many-ovulate. Stigma subcapitate. Carjnds at length distinct, follicular («. b. dehis- 

 cent along the ventral line), many-seeded : seeds glabrous. — ^Trees or shrabs ; leaves simple ; 

 flowers usually fascicled. 



Sect. 1. SpiEOCABP.ffiA.— Ca»y«'(fe contorted into a woody cone. Anthers 10. 



B. H. jatuaieensis, cTizcj. Shrubby, furfuraeeous-tomentose ; leaves cordate, pointed, 

 crenate (sometimes somewhat lobed) ; fascicles peduncled, terminal and axillary, few-flowered ; 

 calyx camjtaiiulate, bilabiate, 3-4 times shorter than the column ; lobes ovate, pointed ; 

 petals white, asymmetrical, nearly twice the length of the calyx, anricled at the base of the 

 oblong limb ; anther-cells ohlong ; cone twisted, miaie-ollong. — Jacq. Amer. Fid. t. 226 ; 

 Desc. Fl. 6. t. 407. — H. Isora, Desc. Lun. — A shrub, or low tree, 4-15' high; leaves 

 velvety, hoary beneath ; calyx 8'" long ; cone 1J"-1" long, tomentose, variable in shape, 

 either rounded or somewhat pointed at the top, but in both cases rounded or subtruncate at 

 the base ; circumvolutions about -10. — Hab. Jamaica !, Macf.; Pd., March, among shrubs, 

 on limestone; [Haiti, S. Thomas I, Panama!]. i 



6. H. baruensis, Jacq. Shrubby, furfuraceous-tomentose ; leaves cordate, pointed, 

 seiTate, at length glabrestent above ; fascicles peduncled, terminal and axillary, few or one- 

 flowered; caiyx tubular, bilabiate, 2—4 times shorter than the column: lobes lanceolate, i 

 acuminate ; petals white, nearly twice the length of the calyx, auricled at the base of the re- j 

 flexed, linear limb ; anther-cells linear ; cone twisted, linear-oblong. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 

 337. — H. althseifolia. Lam. — A shrub, about 18' high; leaves variable in shape, either cor- 

 date-rounded or cordate-oblong, hoary-tomentose beneath ; calyx 8'" long ; cone 1 V long, 

 4"'-6"' diam., blunt at the base, bluntish or pointed at the top ; circumvolutions about 5, 

 the upper part of the carpids being less twisted. — Has. Trinidad I, Sieb. Tr. 98, Loekh., 

 Or.; [Mexico!, Venezuela!, Guiana!]. 



Sect 2. Oethocarpjsa. — Carpids straight. Anthers 5-10. 



f 7- H. semitriloba, Berter. Shrubby, furfuraceous ; leaves cordate-roundish or ovate, 

 ' sinnate-toothed (sometimes somewhat 3-lobed), at length glabresceut above ; flowers in a 

 dense, terminal corymb : pedicels short, glandular at the base, surrounded by two linear 

 bracts ; calyx campanulate, shortly 5-lobed, six times exceeded by the column : four inferior 

 lobes rounded, uppermost one longer ; petals (turning reddish on being dried) halt-exceeding 

 the calyx, not auricled : limb obovate, reflexed ; anther-cells oblong-ovoid ; fruit straight, 

 linear-oblong. — Bich. Cub. t. 19. — H. trapezifolia, Mich.: the shape of the leaves, by which 

 Richard would distinguish this from his H.furfuracea, is subject to variation. — A shrub, 8'- 

 12' high; leaves l"-3" long, hoary by appressed down beneath ; calyx 3'", fruit 1"-14" long. 

 — Hab. Bahamas !, A'wam*. ; [Haiti!, Cuba]. ^ 



XXVII. STEECULIACE^. 



• Flowers unisexual, apetalous. Calyx coloured, valvate. Staminiferous column hypogy- 

 nous (sometimes reduced) : anthers bilocular. Carpids definite, at length distinct, follicular. 

 — iTrees. 



The seeds of Cola (called Bichy, or ColcC) are employed as a condiment by the Negroes. 



1. STERCULIA, L. 



Calyx rotate-companulate, 5-fid. Column filiform, terminated by 10-20 anthers : anther- 

 cells parallel. Carpids 5, inserted to the top of a carpophore, united by a simple style. 

 Seeds albuminous. — Flowers paniculate, -usually cernuous. Leaves toothless. 



1*. S. carthageneusis, Cav. Leaves cordate-rounded, 5(,-S)-lobed to the middle, 

 glabrate above, velvety beneath : lobes elliptical, blunt, or oblong ; ealyx h-fid to the 



