POLYADELPHIA. DEC. 1422. DODEC. 1423, 1424. 1255 



ORDER I. BECANDRIA. 



1422. THEOBROMA. Calyx 5-leavedi petals 5, 

 vaulted: nefiary cup-fhaped, 5 -horned: fila- 

 ments 5 of them bearing 2 antherse each, and 5 

 barren : fiyle filiform : ftigma 5 -parted: capfule 

 5-celled, without valves: feeds imbedded in a 

 butyraceous pulp. 



uao* Leaves very entire* glabrous. Chocolate -Tree. 



South America. Sioane Jam. t. IOO, Catejby carol, 3. /. 6. 

 Tree 20 feet high : leaves oblong t flowers red. 

 Chocolate is prepared from the bruiied kernels. 



Leaves pointed, repand- toothed, downy underneath, 

 Guiana. AubL Gui. 2. /. 275. Fruit reddifli-downy. 



HW/tf. 



Vhelet 



ORDER II. DODECANDRIA. 



1423. BUBROMA. Calyx 3-leaved: petals 5, 2- 

 horned: netlary campanulate, 5 -cleft: filaments 

 5, growing outwardly to the nectary, each 

 bearing 3 anthers : fiyle fimple : capfule woody, 

 tubercledj without valves, with 10 rows of 

 perforations. 



Bubsoma. Bafiard Cedar* 



Jamaica. Cavan. ic, 3. t. 299. Trevj, Ehret. t. yb< 

 Tree 40 feet high : leaves oblong-hearted, alternate, pointed,, 

 ferrate, dependent : flowers racemed. 



3424. ABROMA. Calyx 5-leaved: petals 5: nec- 

 tary cup-fhaped, 5 -cleft: filaments 5, inferted 

 between the divifions of the nectary, each bear- 

 ing 3 antherse: ftyles 5, fubulate: capfule mem- 

 branaceous, 5 -winged, 5 celled: feeds winged. 



Leaves 7-angled ; the floral ones ovate-lanceolate > pointed, 

 flightly toothed : peduncles axillary. 

 Eaft Indies, Jac^ hort. 3. t.\ Miller illuflr. 

 Stem fimple: leaves ferrate, reticulate : flowers drooping* 



Leaves ovate- lanceolate, pointed, more or left toothed: pe- 

 duncles oppofite the leaves. 

 Eaft Indies. Retx.atf, 5. /. 27. Shrub . bra f bed. 



