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MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 
Class XVI. 
1488. LAGUNE'A. IV. Lagunea. 
99351obata W. Mapel-leaved 
1489. RUFZIA W RuiziA. 
9936 variabilis W. various-leaved 
1490. CAROLI'NEA. W. Carolinea. 
roi un 
5 aspi 
Malvacece. Sp. 1 — 4. 
3 jl.au W Bourbon 1787. 
Byttneriacece. Sp. 1 — 3. 
Bourbon 1792. 
S CO Ca.dis.5.t.l36.f.l 
9937 alba Lodd. white 
9938 princeps JV. digitated 
9939 minor H. K. lesser 
9940 ins'ignis W. great-flowered 
1491. ADANSO'NIA. W. Adansonia. 
9941 digitata TV. Sour Gourd 1 
1492. BOM'BAX. W. Silk-Cotton-Tree. 
9942 erianthos Cav. wooUy-fl. 
9943 pentandrum W. five-stamened 
9944 Ceiba W. five-leaved 
9945 heptaphyllum W. seven, leaved 
1493. MYRO'DIA. W. Myrodia. 
9946 turbinata W. short-flowered 
1494. GORDO'NIA. W. GordoiVia. 
9947 Lasianthus W. smooth 
9948 pubescens W. pubescent 
Lacathea florida P. L. 56. 
1495. STUAR'TIA. W. Stuartia. 
9949 Malachodendron W. Common 
9950 pen tagyna W. curled 
Malachodendron ovdtum Cav. 
1496. CAMEL'LIA..K^er. Camellia. 
9951 Bohea Bohea Tea 
9952 viridis Green Tea 
1 □ tm 
1 Qtm 
1 Dtm 
1 ntm 
iff □ or 
^ or 
or 
0 my W 
Bombacece. 
20 jl.au W 
20 ... W 
20 jl.au W 
20 ... R 
Bombacece. 
60 ... W 
BombacecB. 
60 ... W 
60 ... -Y.w 
100 ... W 
50 ... W 
Bombacece. 
6 ... W 
C p.l Jac.schoe.3.t.295 
Sp. 4—5. 
Brazil 1817. C p.l Bot. cab. 752 
W. Indies 1787. C p.l Aub. gui. t.291.2 
Guiana 1798. C p.l Bot. mag. 1412 
W. Indies 1796. C p.l Cav. diss. 5. 1. 154 
Sp. 1. 
Senegal 1724. C p.l Cav. diss. 5. 1. 157 
Sp. 4—7. 
Brazil 1818. C p.l Ca.dis.5.t.l.'32.f.l 
E. Indies 1739. C p.l Jac.am.pic.t. 176 
India 1692. C p.l Ca.dis.5.t.l52.f.2 
America 1699. C p.l Plu.alm.t.l88.f.4 
Sp. 1—3. 
p. 1 
W. Indies 1793. C p.l 
Ternstromiacece. Sp. 2—4. 
6 au.n Y N. Amer. 1739. L p.l 
4 au.n W Carolina 1774. L s.p 
Ternstromiacece. Sp. 2. 
10 my.au W N. Amer. 1742. L l.p 
9 jl.au W N. Amer. 1785. L l.p 
CamelUcce. Sp. 6—8. 
4 au.d W China 1768. 
4 f.n W China 1768. 
Bot. mag. 668 
Vent. malm. t. 1 
Bot. rep. 397 
Exot.bot.2. t.ll0 
Bot. cab. 226 
Bot. cab. '■I'll 
History, Use, Propagation, Culture, 
1488. Lagunea. Named after Andreas Laguna, a Spanish naturalist, who published, in 1543, a work upon 
plants. It may be treated like other tender annuals. 
1489. Ruizia. In honor of Don Hippolito Ruiz, author of Quinologia, Madrid, 1792, and other works, and, 
in conjunction with Pavon, of the famous Flora Peruviana. A plant of easy culture, but of little merit. 
1490. Carolinea. Named by the younger Linnseus, in honor of the Princess Sophia Caroline, of Baden j a 
name which, he says, will always be cherished by botanists. A splendid family, which thrive in loam ; and 
large cuttings, well clothed with leaves, root in sand under a hand-glass. 
1491. Adansonia. In honor of Michel Adanson, a famous Firench botanist, born in 1727, and author of 
various works, of which his voyage into Senegal, and Families des Plantes, are the most remarkable. He was an 
eccentric man, but certainly far more learned for his time than many of his modern detractors. Monkies'- 
bread, or Boabab, is considered the largest or rather broadest tree in the world. Several measured by Adanson 
were from sixty-five to seventy-eight feet in circumference, but not extraordinarily high. The trunks were 
from twelve to fifteen feet high, before they divided into many horizontal branches, which touched the ground 
at their extremities ; these were from forty-five to fifty-five feet long, and were so large, that each branch was 
equal to a monstrous tree ; and where the water of a neighbouring river had washed away the earth, so as to 
leave the roots of one of these trees bare and open to the sight, they measured one hundred and ten feet long, 
without including those parts of the roots which remained covered. It yields a fruit which resembles a gourd, 
and which serves for vessels of various uses ; the bark furnishes a coarse thread, which they form into ropes, 
and into a cloth, with which the natives cover their middle from the girdle to the knees ; the small leaves 
supply them with food in a time of scarcity, while the large ones are used for covering their houses, or, by 
burning, for the manufacture of good soap. At Sierra Leone this tree does not grow larger than an orchard 
apple-tree. 
The ligneous part of this tree appears to be of little or no use as timber. In our stoves it grows in rich soil 
in heat, and cuttings root in sand, covered and plunged. 
1492. Bombax. From l3o/u,l2v^, one of the Greek names of the cotton ; the seeds of the plants now so called 
are enveloped in a cottony substance. B. pentandrum bears oval fruit larger than a swan's egg, having a 
thick woody cover, which, when ripe, opens in five parts, and is full of a short dark cotton, inclosing many 
roundish seeds as large as small peas. 
B. Ceiba has a spiny trunk, and is one of the tallest trees of both Indies ; but the wood is very light, and not 
much valued, except for canoes. Their trunks are so large as, when hollowed, to make very large ones. In 
the West Indies they frequently carry from fifteen to twenty hogsheads of sugar, and from six to twelve 
hundred weight each. "When sawn into boards, and then well saturated with lime-water, the wood bears 
exposure to the weather many years ; it is also formed into laths for roofs, curing-pots, and hogshead-heading. 
"When the tree decays, it becomes a nest for the Macaca beetle, the caterpillar of which, gutted and fried, is 
esteemed by many persons one of the greatest delicacies. The down which is enclosed in the seed-vessels is 
seldom used, except by the poorer inhabitants to stuff pillows or chairs j and it is generally thought unwhole- 
some to lie upon. 
