Ochroma
(from ochros, pale; referring to the colour of the flowers). ORD. Malvaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a stove evergreen tree. It thrives in a rich sandy loam. Propagated by cuttings of half-ripened side-shoots, inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. O. Lagopus (hare's foot). fl. pale brown or yellowish, large, erect; peduncles solitary, terminal, one-flowered. Capsule more than 1ft. long. l. cordate, five to seven-angled, rather lobed, toothleted, downy beneath. h. 40ft. West Indies, &c., 1802.