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Bracteoles caducous ; antters 15 9- Pentapetes. . . \ 



Bracteoles persistent ; anthers 5 10. Melhania. 



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Tribe V. Kermannleae. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals marcescent, 

 flat. Andrcecium tubular at the base only; stamens 5, staminodes 0. 



Ovary 5-celled 11. Melochia. 



Ovary of 1 carpel v . 12. Waltheria. ,J ^ 



Tmbe VI. Buettnerieee. Petals concave at the base. Andrcedum tu- 

 bular j anthers marginal, solitary or in groups between the staminodes.. : 



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Stamens \-seriate, anthers 2-4 between each staminode. 



Petals with a stipitate ovate blade 13. Abboma.^ 



Petals with a linear 2.fid blade 14. Guazuma. 



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Stamens l-seriate, anthers solitary between each staminode. 



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Petals with an eutu-e or 3-fid blade; staminodes short-obtuse . 15. Buettkeria. 

 Petals with a linear blade; staminodes linear-lanceolate . . . 16. Commerboitia. 



*** Stamens pluriseriate, petals orbicular without appendage. 



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17. Leptonvchu 



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1. STERCVZiXA, Linn. 





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Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, palmately lobed or digitate, i^j*^ 

 rescence panicled, axillary or terminal. Flowers polygamous. Calpxinmi ) 

 4-5-parted, often coloured. Petals 0. Staminal column bearing a heaa o 

 ring of sessile, 2-celled anthers. Pistil sessile or stipitate, of 4-5 carpe^ 

 opposite the sepals, each 2-many-ovuled ; styles connate at the base, ^^^&\ 

 as many as the carpels, free, radiating. Ripe carpels distinct, ft)llicular. s 



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natives 



remote from the hilum.— Distrib. A genus of about 60 species, "^f^r^ ,p 



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Sect. I. Eusterculia, Endl Follicle coriaceous or woody. K^^^i 



remote from the hilum. 



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1. S. foetida, X. ; DC. Prodr, i. 483 ; leaflets 7-9 elliptic-lanceoja^^^^ 

 adult glabrous beneath, calyx deeply 5-parted. Br. m Benn^^ -r^- «r 

 Har. 227 ; Cav. Diss. v. t. 141 ; Roxh. HorL Beng. 50 ; Fl. Did ul l^^> ; 

 l^ A. Prodr. I 63 ; Wall. Cat. 1137; Wight Ic. t. 181, 364 ; Tlmfe^^^^^^ 

 29; Miqiiel Flor. Ind. Bat. i, pt. ii: p. 17±-Rumph. Herb. Am^^ ^ 

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Western Pekinscla, in the Cor.can, Malabar; Birma, Ceylon.— D^tbib. 

 tropical Africa, Moluccas, North Australia. jg of the 



A tall tree. Branches whorled, horizontal. Leaves crowded at the^ ena ^^. j^g 

 branches; leaflets about 6 by 2 in., pubescent when young; P^*l*^^® ^ ^^'til* umler 

 eneiform, caducous. Panicles erect, oo-flowered, spreading (formed i"^?^?^^* \^ -Ldicels 

 the young leaves of the present year, Boxb.), branches glabrous, ""^^^g jjfdiam., 

 Bhorter than the flower, jointed in the middle. Bracteoles minute. Calyx « * j^^jing, 

 dnll orange coloured, campanulate, deeply 5-parted ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, p ^^^^^j^ 

 villous within, much longer than the tube. Anthers 12-15. ^^Car^^ejs 5, ^^, v^j^aked, 

 curved.v Follicles as large as the fist, woody, oblong, boat-shaped; shoriiy 



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