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STEItCULI A.CEiE . 
[Dombega. 
only a shade-loving form of the same species, with less pubescence and deeper narrower* 
leaf-lobes. B. angulata , Cav., UC. Prod. i. 498, appears to be founded on specimens 
in which the forking of the inflorescence is obliterated ; and D. tiliccfolia, Cav. Diss. 
tab. 39, fig. 2, to be same as 1). cordifolia , DC. (D. angulata, Bot. Mag. t. 290o), and 
to be a variety in which the leaves are not at all lobed, running into palmata by 
insensible transitions. 
2. D. populnea, Baker. A tree 20-25 feet high, glabrous throughout, 
with slender terete branches. Leaves thin, round-cordate, acute or 
acuminate, 3-4 in. loug, shallowly inciso-crenate ; petiole slender, as 
long as the blade. Peduncles as long as the petioles ; pedicels 1-3 times 
length of calyx ; bracteoles minute, deltoid, naked, persistent. Sepal's 
-§- inch long, lanceolate, reflexed. Petals i-L in. long, oblanceolate or 
obverselv deltoid. Anthers 3-4 between each staminode. Capsule gla- 
brous, depresso-globose, £ in. thick. Assonia populnea, Cav. Diss. tab. 
42, Jig. 1 ; DC. Prod. i. 498. Dombeya globosa, Bojer MSS. 
Mauritius, in dry and rocky soil at Bois Rouge and Montagne Longue. Also 
Bourbon. Bois de senteur bleu. 
3. D. ferruginea, Cav. Diss. tab. 42, jig. 2. A much-branched 
shrub, 5-10 feet high, with branchlets and leaves beneath clothed with 
ferruginous or whitish tomentum. Leaves firm, ovate, shortly cordate, 
smooth and green above, 3-5 in. long, acute, inciso-crenate ; petiole 
1-2 in. long. Peduncles longer than the petioles, sulcate, clothed with 
brown or white tomentum ; pedicels very short ; bracteoles linear, 
minute ; inflorescence a dense bifid cyme. Sepals J in. long, tomen- 
tose. Expanded corolla whitish, in. broad. Fertile stamens about 
15. Styles free to the base. Capsule depresso-globose, tomentose, £ in. 
thick. 
Mauritius, in exposed woods of the Pouce, Grand Bassin, etc. Also Bourbon. 
M. Bouton sends a variety with subentire leaves, broader and more deeply cordate, 
which Dr. Balfour also found in several places in Rodriguez. Bois pipe. 
4. D. umbellata, Cav. Diss. tab. 4&,Jig. ±. A tree with branchlets, 
peduncles, and pedicels densely clothed with spreading hairs. Leaves 
firm, smooth, round, deeply cordate, acute, 3-4 in. long, obscurely cre- 
nate ; petiole 1-1 1 in. long. Peduncles 2-3 times length of the petioles ; 
inflorescence an umbel of 10-20 flowers on pedicels |-1 in. long ; 
bracteoles minute, linear, caducous. Sepals linear-lanceolate, } in. 
long, sharply reflexed, tomentose on the back. Petals rather longer 
than the sepals, obversely deltoid. Ovary densely tomentose ; styles 
free to base. DC. Prod. i. 499. 
Mauritius, at Flacq and Bois Rouge, Bojer. We have it at Kew from Bourbon 
only. 
5. D. punctata, Cav. Diss. tab. 4&,jig. 1. A much-branched shrub, 
with branches, leaves beneath, peduncles, and sepals, rough with short 
grey bristly hairs. Leaves thick, rigid, scabrous above, round-cordate, 
subacute, dentate, 1-3 in. long and broad; petiole £-1 inch long. 
Peduncles 3-4 times the length of the petioles; flowers in dense 
