. A year of Costa Rican natural history. hrina sp.) in spiteof the similarity of the vernacular names. Nor must it beconfounded with the corteza described below, a largertree which also covers itself with brilliant yellow flowers inits leafless condition and is equally conspicuous. Coch-lospermum hibiscoides belongs to the Bixaceae; its leaves arepalmate. The flowers have five sepals (two green, threepale yellow) five bright yellow petals, numerous greenish-orange stamens which are chiefly grouped in five massesopposite the petals. Sepals, petals and stamens persist asshrivelled remains at the
. A year of Costa Rican natural history. hrina sp.) in spiteof the similarity of the vernacular names. Nor must it beconfounded with the corteza described below, a largertree which also covers itself with brilliant yellow flowers inits leafless condition and is equally conspicuous. Coch-lospermum hibiscoides belongs to the Bixaceae; its leaves arepalmate. The flowers have five sepals (two green, threepale yellow) five bright yellow petals, numerous greenish-orange stamens which are chiefly grouped in five massesopposite the petals. Sepals, petals and stamens persist asshrivelled remains at the base of the fruit. This is a five-valved ellipsoidal capsule, opening on the tree so as to showthe papery ridges inside the valves, bearing the dark brownkidney-shaped seeds to which are attached masses of whitecottony fibers. The mature seeds appear to be but a smallproportion of the ovules as many more undeveloped seedswere usually found in the fruits. The poro-poro belongsto the lower Pacific slope; the highest point at which we saw.
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