DIGITATED CAROLINEA, 
THIS magnificent plant is a native of Mex- 
ico, Surinam, and Guiana. It is a large tree 
of the Monadelphia Polrandria class; and 
ranking in the natural order of Columniferae. 
k is called, by the French, Cacao Sauvage, 
or the Wild Cocoa-Tree, jussieu names k 
Malvaceae 
Linnaeus makes a genus of these plants, 
consisting of two species, and comprehended 
under the generical appellation of Carolinea, 
This name he bestowed on these trees in ho- 
nour of Sophia Carolina, Marchioness, of Ba- 
den, who was an illustrious patroness of the 
Botanical science. 
The first species he calls Carol inea Frin- 
ceps; and the second, Carolinea Insignis. 
The former, which is represented, in our 
annexed figure, is the Digitated Carolinea of 
the Hortus Kewensis; and has sometimes. been, 
called the Pachira Aquatica : the latter, a, na- 
tive of Tobago and Vera Cruz, is named by 
Hernandez, the Xiloxochitl Flora Capillaceo;- 
and, by some others* Bombax Grandiflorum* 
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