25. STEECULIACE.S. 91 



Walp. Rep. i. p. 332; Mast, in Rook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 

 p. 366. 



Kwangtung : Canton {Reeves ! Millett !). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Widely dispersed in tropical Asia ; often cultivated. 

 Var. ? hainanensis, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1885, p. 322. 

 Hainan (B. O. Henry ex Hance). 



1. Pterospermmn heterophylliim, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, 

 p. 112. 



Pterospermum acerifolium, Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 39, vix Willd. 



Kwangtung : in dense woods around a Buddhist temple, 

 Eiloitze, on the North river (Sampson Sf Hance, 13743 !) ; Hokg- 

 kong (Champion \). Herb. Kew. 



Flowers unknown ; apparently different from the Indian 

 P. acerifolium. 



1. Pentapetes phcenicea, Linn. Sp. Fl. ed. 1, p. 698; DC. 

 Prodr. i. p. 498 ; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 409; Bot. Reg. t. 575. 



China, without locality (Millett !) ; cult, ex Loureiro. Herb. 

 Kew. 



Widely spread in India ; cultivated in many countries. 



1. Melocbia corchorifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 675 ; Hance 

 in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 9 ; Mast, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 

 p. 374. 



Melochia concatenata, Linn. loc. cit. 



Riedleia corchorifolia et R. concatenata, DC. Prodr. i. pp. 491, 492. 



South-easteen China and Foemosa. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. 

 Kew. 



A common tropical weed. 



1. Waltheria indica, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 673; DC. Prodr. 

 i. p. 493 ; Hance in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 100. 

 Waltheria americana, Linn. loc. cit. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 38. 

 South-easteen China. Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Very widely dispersed in tropical regions. 



1. Abroma fastuosum, Jacq. Hort. Vindb. iii. (1776), p. 3, 1. 1, 

 non Salish. Parad. Lond. t. 102, nee DC. Prodr. i. p. 485, nee 

 Orcertn. Fruct. i. t. 64. 



Theobroma augusta, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, App. p. 233. 



