GUAZUMA TOMENTOSA. (Nat order Sterculiacese.) 



GEN. CHAR. : Calyx 2-3 parted, petals 5 subunguiculateat the base cucullato-concave produced at the apex iuto a linear ligulate bifid append- 

 age, staminal tube or urceolus with 5 sterile acute lobes alternate with the petals, in the Binuses of which are the fertile filaments (each opposite to a petal) 

 connate at the base and trifid above each bearing 3 antbers, ovary sessile 5 lobed 5 celled, cells many ovuled, styles 5 more or less connate, stigmas simple, 

 capsule subglobose woody tuberculoso-muvicate or echinate with long hairs, imperfectly loculicidally 5 valved at the apex, seed albuminous, embryo slightly 

 curved, cotyledons plaited, radicle near the hilum. Trees stellately pubescent or glabrescent, leaves unequally toothed often oblique, cymes axillary shortly 

 pedunculate, flowers small. Diuroglossum, Turcz. 



GrUAZUMA TOMENTOSA. (DC.) A middling sized tree, leaves ovate oblong acuminate cordate and unequal at the base 

 toothed, upper side stellately pubescent, under with a stellate white tomentum, about 3-4 inches long by 1\ broad, petioles 3-4 lines 

 long. DC. 1. 485, Boubroma tomentosa, Spr. Quazuma ulmifolia, Wall. 



This tree has been naturalised in India, being of American origin; it is now very common throughout the Presidency, being largely 

 planted in avenues and topes, <Stc. The wood, which is known, as Bastard Cedar, is light and loose grained, and of a light brown color, and is 

 used for furniture, and by coach makers for pannels, and for packing cases, pannelling, &c. It weighs about 40-45 lbs. per cubic foot unseasoned, 

 and 32 lbs. when seasoned, and its specific gravity is - 512 ; the leaves are an excellent fodder for cattle. 



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