Helicteres
(from helikter, a twisted bracelet; so called from the screw-shaped carpels). ORD. Sterculiaceae. A genus comprising about thirty species of pubescent or tomentose, stellate or branched, stove trees or shrubs, distributed over the warmer regions of both hemispheres, the majority being American. Flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate. Capsules often stellato-tomentose. Leaves entire or serrate. The undermentioned is the species best known to cultivation in this country. Helicteres thrive in a mixture of loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings, taken off at a joint, and inserted in sand, under a glass, in heat.
H. Isora (Isora). fl. orange-red, axillary. September. l. much resembling, in form and substance, those of the Hazel Nut; when young, tomentose on both sides; the old leaves lose their subescence on the upper surface. h. 6ft. India, Australia, &c. (B. M. 2061.)