90 25. STERCFLIACRai. 



4. Sterculia platanifolia, Linn.f. Suppl. p. 423 ; DC. Prodr. i. 

 p. 483 ; Benth. Fl. HongTc. p. 36 ; Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 193 ; 

 Debeaux, Fl. Tients. p. 13, et Fl. Shangh. p. 21. 



Hibiscus simplex, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, ii. p. 977- 



Sterculia pyriformis, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 9 ; Walp. Rep. i. 

 p. 335. 



Firmiana platanifolia, Schott et Endl. Meletem. Bot. p. 33; Walp. Rep. 

 v. p. 104. 



Chihli: Peking (Bunge\ Bretschneiderl); Kiangsu : Shanghai 

 (Maingay\); Kian gsi : Kiukiang (Shearer !) ; Formosa : Tamsui 

 (Oldham, 52!); Skvnsi (Piasezki ex Maximowicz, MSS.); Yunnan 

 (Anderson ex Kurz) ; Hongkong, naturalized ( Champion !). Mus. 

 Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



1. Heritiera littoralis, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. p. 546 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 484 ; Benth. Fl. Hongh. p. 36 ; Maxim, in Engler, 

 Jahrb. vi. p. 61. 



Formosa (Oldham, 51!); Hongkong (Hance\ Lamontl); 

 Luchtt Archipelago (Tachiro ex Maximowicz). Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Littoral in tropical Asia, Australia, Polynesia, and E. Africa. 



1. Reevesia thyrsoidea, Lindl. in Brande's Journ. n. s. ii. 

 p. 112, et Bot. Beg. t. 1236 ; Fl. BZongh. p. 37. 



Kwangtfng : Canton (Beeves !), Macao (Millett ! Vachell !) ; 

 Hongkong (Champion ! Wilfordl Lamontl). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



1. Kleinhovia Hospita, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 1365 ; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 488 ; Sance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. 



Hainan (Henry ex Sance). 



Now widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and Polynesia, 

 though often existing only as a colonist. 



1. Helicteres angustifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 963 ; Osbeck's 

 Toy., Eng. ed., i. p. 376, t. 5 ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 476 ; Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch. p. 530 ; Benth. Fl. BZongh. p. 37. 



South-eastern China and Formosa, common. Mus. Brit. ; 

 Herb. Kew. 



Malayan peninsula and archipelago. 



2. Helicteres spicata, Colebr. ex O. Don, Gen. Syst. i. p. 507 ; 



