PACHIRA (the native name of the trees in Guiana). SYN. Carolinea. ORD. Malvaceae. A genus comprising about fifteen species of very handsome, dense-foliaged, stove trees, inhabiting tropical America. Calyx cupshaped, truncate or obsoletely toothed; petals white or reddish, oblong or linear, occasionally 6in. to 12in. long, often tomentose without; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, bi-or tri-bracteolate. Leaves digitate, with three to nine entire leaflets. The species (of which the four here described are the best) are commonly known as Carolineas; they thrive best in a rich, loamy soil. Propagated by large cuttings, taken off at a joint, with the leaves intact, and inserted in sand, under a bell glass, in heat. PACHIRA alba (white). fl. white, strong-scented, disposed at the tops of the branches; clayx flowing with honey. July. h. 20ft. Brazil, 1817. A magnificent tree. (B. M. 4508.) PACHIRA insignis (remarkable).* fl. pale red, downy without and smooth within; petals erect, spreading at the top; anthers white; style red. July. l., leaflets five to seven, obovate-oblong. h. 60ft. West Indies, &c., 1796. (L. B. C. 1004, under name of Carolinea insignis.) PACHIRA macrocarpa (large-fruited). fl. large; petals very long, white, silky outside; tube of calyx short, truncate, glandular at base; stamens yellowish-red, equal to the petals. June. l., leaf-lets seven to eleven, oblong-obovate, cuneated at the base, acuminated at top. Mexico, 1840. Small tree. (B. M. 4549.) PACHIRA minor (smaller). fl., petals green, erect; filaments red; anthers yellow. July. l., leaflets seven, elliptical-oblong, acute at both ends. h. 10ft. Mexico, 1798. (B. M. 1412, under name of Carolinea minor.)