Order XXV
BYTTNERIACEÆ. 1492 Bombax W. 1493 Myródia W.
Much the same kind of plants as those of the two last orders, from which they were not formerly distinguished; and from which they scarcely differ, except in their bilocular anthers. Many of the Stercúlias are fine umbrageous trees, the seeds of which are large and eatable; especially those of the famous Kola , which possess the property, being chewed, of rendering bad water pleasant to the palate. The seeds of the Chicha, another and very noble species of the genus, are highly esteemed in Brazil for the dessert . Astrapæ'a , and several other genera related to it, are among the most beautiful in the world. The flowers of a species of Pentapétes, called by the Indians, Machucunha, give out a mucilaginous refrigerant juice, which is employed in gonorrhæa. Guazúma ulmifólia has its fruit filled with a pleasant mucilage, which is sweet and very agreeable; an extract of the bark of the same plant is used in Martinique to clarify sugar; its old bark is 3Y 2 NATURAL ARRANGEMENT. employed in the form of a strong decoction, as a sudorific. Waltheria Douradínha contains a great deal of mucilage, and is employed by the Brazilians as an antisyphilitic. Tribe 1.
Tribe 1. STERCULIACE. 2036 Stercúlia W. 2037 Heritiéra W.
Tribe 2.
BYTTNERIEÆ. 1607 Theobróma W. 1608 Bubróma W. 704 Rulingia R. Br. 527 Ayénia W. 1609 Abróma W. 526 Buttnéria W. 1098 Kleinhófia 523 Lasiopétalum Sm. 525 Seríngia Gay. 1445 Hermánnia W. 1489 Ruízia W. 1468 Pentapétes W. 703 Commersónia W.
Tribe 3. LASIOPETALEE. 524 Thomasia Gay.
Tribe 4. HERMANNIACEE. 1456 Melóchia W.
Tribe 5. DOMBEYACEE. 1467 Dombéya J. 1457 Melhánia J.