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 NOTES ON CEIBA. 175 C. Mandoni, sp. n. Arbor ? Bamuli IsBves teretes. Petiolus quam lamina foliolorum longior IsBvis teres. Folia palmatim 6-7- foliolata, subtus pallidiora. Foliola petiolulata ovata vel ovato- lanceolata acuminata membranacea utrinque glabra, raargine argute serrata, 2^-4 poll, longa. Flores breviter pedunculati leviter zygomorphi. Calyx campauulatus lobatus extus glaber lobis tri- angularibus interne albo-tomentosus. Petala circiter 3^ poll, longa, calycem 3-plo superantia oblongo-ovata praecipue extus albo-sericea. Tubus stamineus cylindricus calyci subaequilongus ad apicem coro- nula staminodiorum cinctus. Stamina petalis subsequilonga vel paulo breviora. Antherae anfractuosse. Hab. Viciniis Sorata ad radicem collis Catarguata in scopulis. Prov. Larecaja, Bolivia, G. Mandon, No. 825 ; alt. 2550 metres. This plant is closely related to Ceiba boliviana, the chief points of difference being the leaflets in C. Mandoni are more numerous, more membranous, slightly more longly petiolulate, and with strongly marked serrations like the teeth of a saw ; and the main petiole is much longer than the longest of the leaflets, while in our specimens of C. holiviana it is shorter. There is considerable similarity in the calyx of the two species. The position of the staminodial annulus differs ; in C. boliviana it is about the centre of the joined portion of the filaments, while in the present species it is much nearer the apex. Petiole (of C. Mandoni) 4-6 in. long. Leaflets 2^-4 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad at the broadest part, which is about or a little above the centre. Petiolules J-| in. long. Peduncle ^-| in. long. Calyx f-1 in. long. Petals 3^ in. long. Sect. I. — Campylanthera Endl. a. Flores mediocres. 1. C. Casearia Medic. Malv. 16 (1787). C. pentandra Gaertn.; K. Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xii. pt. iii. 209. For extended syn- onymy see p. 170. Hab. Widely spread in the tropics of both hemispheres. p. Flores maximi. H- Tubus stamineus in medio inflatus. 2. C. Samauma K. Schum. I. c. Hab. Brazil. Peru or. ■+- -^ Tubus stamineus cylindricus. 8. C. BuRCHELLii K. Schum. I. c. Hab. Brazil. Burchell, No. 8514 ! 4. C. ScHOTTii Britten & Bak. fil. Hab. Yucatan, Schott, sine no. 1 5. C. TOMENTosA. EHodendroti tomentosum Robinson in Proc. Am. Acad. xxi. (1894), 314. Hab. Mexico, Pringle, No. 5300 (1892), and No. 4738 (1894) I Has a slight annular ring. 6. C. ^scuLiFOLiA. Bombax cBscuJifolium H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. V. 298. Hab. Campeche. Mexico, Pringle^ No. 6324, ex Robinson, l.c.