io88 MONADELPHIA. POLYAND. 1316—1318. 



ORDER VIII. POLYANDRIA: many ft amino, 



13 1 6. CAROLINE A. Calyx fingle, fomewhat 

 truncate: filaments branched: ftyle very long: 

 ftigmata 6: capfule woody, I -celled, many- 

 feeded. 



princeps. Leaves in 3 or 5 finger-like divifions; leafets ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. 

 Guiana. Cwvan. dijf. 3. t.jz.f. I. Aubl. Gui, 2. 1.291, 292. 

 Tree with very entire leaves: fionuers axillary, folitary, feflile, 

 very large, yellow : filaments red ; anther* purple. 

 imignis* Leaves in 5 or 7 finger-like divifions ; leafets ovate-oblong. 

 South America. Cwvan. dijf. 5. /. 154. Bombax. 



1 3 17. ADANSONIA. Calyx fingle, deciduous: 

 ftyle very long : ftigmata numerous : capfule 



woody, 10-celled: feeds numerous, imbedded 

 in farinaceous pulp. 



digitata. Adansonia. Sour gourd. Monkies* bread. 



Senegal ; Egypt. Ca<van. difs. 5. /. 157. Alp. Egypt, t. 57. 

 Tree with a vaft trunk : leaves in 3 or 5 finger-like divifions : 

 fruit of a very pleafant acid flavor. 



1318. BOMBAX. Calyx fingle, 5-cleft: ftamina i 

 or more : capfule woody, 5 -celled, 5-valved : 



feeds woolly: receptacle 5-iided. Silk-cotton, 

 pcntandrum Flowers pentandrous : antherae anfractuous: leaves in 7 

 finger-like divifions. 

 Eaft Indies. Jacq, Amer. t.\j6.f 70. C irwrtU difs. 5. /. 151. 

 Erianthos. Flowers pentandrous: anthers fimple, ered : leaves in 7 

 finger-like divifions. 

 Braiil. Cavan, dijf. 5, tab* 152. /. 2. 

 Ceiba. Flowers polyandrous : leaves in 5 finger-like divifions. 



America. Ca<van*diJJ. 5. t. 152. f. 2. Jacq. Amer. /.176. f.yi % 

 Trunk prickly, and made into Canoes by the natives. 



heptaphyl- Flowers polyandrous: leafets 7. 



ium. America. Meed. Mai 3. t. 52. Pluk.alm. t. 188./. 4. 



gkbosu?n % Flowers — : leafets 5 or 7, obovate, emarginate: fruit 

 ' globular. 

 Cayenne. Cavan. dij< 5. /. 155. Aubl. GuU 2, /.281. 

 gossypinum. Flowers polyandrous : leaves $-lobed, pointed, down/ 

 underneath. 

 Eaft Indies. Cavan* difs, 5. U 156. Sonner, it % I. f. 133. 



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