Cmlostegia.] xxvi. malvace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 853 



1. C. Griffithil, Bentk in Bentk <k Ilooh. Gen. PI i. 213. 



Matacca, Griffith. 



^iy?a»e5 2^3 in., glabrous, acuminate, base rounded; petiole \ in. Flowers \ in. 

 Jam., produced from the old wood, covered with scales. 



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. Order XX VII. STERCULIACE^. (By Maxwell T. Master s,F.R.S.) 



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tlerbs, shrubs (rarely climbing), or trees, herbaceous portions usually 



fil?^^ ^^ T^^^ pubescent. Bark usually abounding in mucilage, inner 

 aorous. Leaves alternate, simple, lobed or digitate, stipulate. Inflorescence 

 axillary or terminal, usually cymose. Flowers regular, uni- or bisexual 

 •'C/xife 5, more or less connate, rarely completely so. Petals 5 or 0. Andrcecium 

 . ™^^r ^r tubular, of many stamens, or rarely stamens few, free ; anthers 

 in heads, or in a single ring at the apex of the column, or dispersed on the 

 l^itside of the tube, or arranged along the edge of a cup or tube, with interven- 

 a ^^^^^^^^s or sterile stamens ; anther-cells always 2, parallel or divergent. 

 ^'^^^ free, 2-5-ceIIed, rarely of 1 carpel, sessile or stalked ' styles consoli- 

 dated, or as many as the cells of the ovary. Ovules many or few, attached to 

 I'ie inner angle of the carpels, anatropous, ascending or horizontal, raphe 

 ventral or lateral. -PrwtY dry or fleshy, dehiscent or indehiscent. Seeds some- 

 iimes arillate, albuminous or exalhuminous; cotyledons leafy, flat, folded or 

 ^nvolute, radicle pointing in various directions in different species.— 

 ^ISTRIB. Abundant in the tropics of either hemisphere and in subtropical 

 ^irica and Australia. Genera 40-45 ; species between 500 and 600, largely 

 ^presented in India and its islands, to which 2 or 3 genera and numerous 

 species are peculiar. 



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And^^' ^' SteroulieaB. Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Petals 0. 

 ^^roecium columnar or sessile ; anthers clustered or disposed in a ring. 



-^^^thers numerous. 



cw!7 ^^^'j,^ ^^ ^*>re ovules in each cell : fruit dehiscent ... 1. Sterculia. 

 ^anan cells l-ovuled ; fruit indehiscent .,..,,... 2. Takrietu. 



Anthers 5, whyrled : fruit indehiscent. 



3, Heritiera. 



d^^ II- HellcteresB. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals deciduous. An- 

 " arT?l"'^i'°i^'°'^*^ ^^^ow, dilated above into a cup, on the margin of which 

 Placed the anthers usually alternating with staminodes. 



Anthers sessile , . 4. Eekveha. 



Anthers stipitate. 



ff "1^ membranous, inflated 5. KLKranovu. 



psule more or less woody, not inflated. 



^n her-ceils divaricate ; seeds not winged 6. HELrcTERES. 



, Anther-celJs parallel ; seeds winged 7. PrEROsrERMOM. 



aIS?- Ill- Eriolwne». Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals deciduoxis. 

 ^S2 ^^^^^^^' conical, antheriferous for nearly its whole length ; 



8. Eeioljena. 



And^^-^' ^^^"iicyesB. FfoM'ers hermaphrodite. Petals flat, persistent. 

 ^oniTT *^I>^^ar, antheriferous at the margin ; anthers solitary or in 

 V(i, 'i-"^^'^"g with staminodes, ...;. .'fc^s^^aS^^ 



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^^i^s, alternating with staminodes, 



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