Herrania
(named in honour of General Herran, a President of the Republic of New Grenada). ORD. Sterculiaceae. A genus comprising three or four species of greenhouse evergreen trees, with palm-like heads, natives of tropical America. Flowers fasciculate, growing directly from the trunk. Leaves digitate, five or six-foliolate. Few of the species are yet in cultivation. For culture, see Sterculia.
H. albiflora (white-flowered). fl. white, the thick concave petals terminated by a long strap-shaped appendage. l. palmate, clothed with rusty-coloured hairs. Shrub. The seeds of this plant are said to be mixed with those of the Cacao, and the product thereby improved.