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TJIALAMI FLORAE. 
1. Ochroma Lagopus. Down-Tree. 
Leaves cordate 5-anguIato-sublobate denticulated 
pubescent beneath. 
Swartz, FI. Ind. Occ. 1 1 -14. t. 23. — Browne, 286. 
HAB. Common in the lower mountains and in damp situa- 
tions. 
FL. January, February. 
A tree 20-40 feet in height : stem smooth, ash coloured : 
branches comparatively few, patulous, fragile. Leaves large: 
petioles horizontally spreading, twice the length of the leaves. 
Peduncle terminal, solitary, thick, terete, 3—4 inches long, one- 
flowered. Flowers erect, 3-4 inches in length, of a pale 
rufescent or yellowish colour. Involucre 3-leaved, deciduous. 
Calyx tubulose, approaching to funnel-shape, coriaceous, of a 
red-ferruginous colour, internally incano-tomentose, externally 
tomentulose with minute stellated hairs : lobes keeled on tbe 
back ; 2 of them subacute ; the other 3 rounded by the margin 
being membranaceo-expanded. Petals twice the length of the 
calyx, lineari-oblong, wedge-shaped at the base, with the limb 
somewhat expanded, thinnish, longitudinally veined, minutely 
pnberulous, undulated. Filaments united to form a simple 
cylindrical angular column ; anthers 5, cohering, spirally twisted 
marked with labyrinthine lines, slightly 5-fid at the apex. 
Ovary conical, 5-sided ; style cylindrical, 5-sided, enclosed in 
the tube of the filaments : stigmata 5, an inch in length, pro- 
truding beyond the anthers, spirally twisted and sulcated. 
Capsule a foot or more in length, longitudinally channelled, 5- 
celled, 5-valved ; valves woolly within, revolute at the margin; 
wool of a pale rufous colour. Seeds many, oblong. 
This tree is very rapid in its growth, attaining its full height 
in twelve or thirteen years. Its appearance bears some resem- 
blance to the Mahoe ; but unlike it, the wood is soft and spungy, 
and only adapted as a substitute for cork. It hence is known 
by the names of the bombast- Mahoe , and Cork-wood. The bark 
is well adapted for the purpose of making ropes. The down, 
which envelopes the seeds, is collected, and is employed for 
stuffing pillows, mattresses, &c. There is no doubt but that it 
might be made into cloth, and employed in hat-making and 
other manufactures. A gummy juice is said to exude from the 
branches when broken. 
ORDER XXVI. BYTTNER1ACE/E. 
Calyx naked or surrounded by an involucrum ; se- 
pals 5 , more or less united at the hasp ; aestivation 
