rest rose-coloured. Stigma obscurely 6 or 7-lobed, distinctly so in LoD- 
DiGEs' figure, so that perhaps mine was injured in the carriage. 
First noticed by Messrs Loddiges in their Botanical Ca- 
binet, and figured there nnder the name of Carolinea alba ; 
but unfortunately without any specific character, or indication 
of marks, by which it'miglit be distinguished from other spe- 
cies of the same genus. 
Native of the Brazils, and communicated to me by my at- 
tentive friends Messrs Shepherds of the Liverpool Garden, 
in the month of January. The blossom exhales a faint and 
unpleasant smell. 
On comparing this plant with some noble specimens of Ca- 
rolinea insignis, which I received from my valued correspon- 
dent the Reverend Lansdown Guilding of St Vincent's, 
a very striking similarity was observable between them. The 
leaves are very nearly the same, and so is the general aspect of 
the inflorescence ; but in the C. insignis, the flower is almost 
twice the length of that of C. alba, the tube of the stamens is di- 
vided into a number of bundles of filaments, and the outside of 
the corolla is wholly and minutely pubescent, and by no means 
fasciculato-pubescent. 
Very nearly allied to the present plant, is likewise tlie 
Bombax heptaphyllum ; the flower of which, in the specimens 
sent to me by Dr Carey of Serampore, has the petals clothed 
on the outside with a similar fasciculated pubescence ; but of 
which the calyx is deeply lobed, the petals are short and broad- 
er, and the filaments, though decidedly forked, have only a very 
short tube at the base. Still, I should think, in spite of these 
differences, that the two plants properly belong to the same 
genus. Indeed, as it appears to me, the genera of Bombax, 
Carolinea and Pachira, require a thorough revision, and ample 
descriptions to be made from fresh specimens. In having cells 
to the fruit, this plant departs from the generic character of 
Carolinea. 
Fig. 1. Forked filament. Fig. 2, 3. Anthers. Fig. 4. Double anther. Fig. 5. 
Pollen. Fig. 6. Calyx cut open, shewing the pistil. Fig. 7- Section of 
the germen. Fig. 8. Portion of a petal, to shew the tufts of hairs. 
Fig, 9- Tuft of hairs. — All ntorc or less magnified. 
