

358 xxvn. sTERCULiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Stercidia. 



Tropical Eastern Himalaya; SikKm, 3-6000 ft., 7. i>. H".; Bhotax, (?nj^A; 



Assam, and the Khasia Mts. ,i . 



A small tree. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3 in., quite entire, sometimes with sc^^^J ^^^^. ^^ 

 hairs beneath ; petiole 1 in., hairj, apex thickejied ; stipules sub'ilate. -^^"^r* 

 equalling the leaves, ultimate pedicels capillary, as long as the flowers, i^rocteow 

 subulate. Flowcr-luds lanceolate from a broad base ; 6 flowers \\ in. diam., 8^^®"^,' 

 ternallv, pink wiihin. SeiJols incurved, woolly tips coherent or free, sometimes spreaa- 

 ing. Follicles 4-5 in., lanceolate, beaked, downy externally, crimson on both flurtaces, - 

 Seeds 4-8, ovoid, smooth, albumen scanty, bipartite.— On some specimens dimorpw^t 

 male fl. may be seen, the majority similar to those above described, others in w^'*^° J^ . 

 sepals are united for the greater part of their length, forming a distended some^^^ 

 fleshy, pink, accrescent bell-shaped calyx, ultimately attaining a length of 2 m. 

 hypertrophy may be the result of insect or fungus growth. : ' ; 



15. S. nobllis, R. Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 231; leaves gj^brous 

 oblong acuminate, panicles pendulous, calyx-segments as Jong as tee 

 .shaped tube linear incurved, Mio. Fl Ind. Bat. I part 2, 175. ^ talan^na^, 

 Boxb. FL Ind. iil 144, not of WiUd. ; Wall. Oat. 1118, B, C, E. Souths euia 

 nobilis, Scdisb. Par, Bond, t 69. , 



Malabar, at Qiiilon, Wight ; doubtfuHf wild.— Distrib. China and Sumatra. 

 - A tree; bart brown. Leaves 2-12 by 2-6 in. ; petiole 1 in. Panicles Vi.^, fUt- 

 .many-flowered; ultimate pedicels filiform, glabrous, spreading honzontally. .^^ 



luds fusiform. S flowers 4 in. diam., fragrant, campanulate, hoary-tomentose ou , 

 red witbin. Stuminal column slender, curved. ^ flowers few. Ovarv very nau), g^^ 

 tate, 5-lobed, style curved. FolUcles woody, ovoid, beaked. Seeds tew, ^«'^.^^_ 

 chestnut, clammy, inner coat coriaceons, duUTjlack; albumen 0; cotyleaons • 



-.7 



Seeds eaten as chestnuts. 



16. S. Balangrhas, i.; Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 231, not ^/^^; 

 leaves putesoent beneath oblong-ovate obtuse acuminate or f^^^f^ n^^^^s 

 rounded not cordate, panide erect or nodding as long as the leaves, "^ 



globular, sepals as long as the hispid bell-shaped tube, ^^^ST^^^.}^^^^^^, 29^ 

 Cat. 1118, D ; Wight, III. t 30 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 62 ; Thwattes J^^^' ^^ 



Eh^ede Hoii. Mai i. t 49. 



Throu 



-1 



^- 





Ihroughout the hottee farts op India and in Ceylon. ^ . , U-fin-'i 



A tree ; herlaceons portions rusty-tomentose. Leaves 5-6 by 3 m. ; peti piotcer- 



hulate. Panirfe stellate-hairy ; pedicels longer than t^^^^fi^^ 5^1eftto 

 , obtuse. Calyx globose { in. diam., downy outside, hi^pul ^^'^ ^y ;/- ,^ 3 in^ 



stipules subulate. 

 bvds ovate 



segments 



Follicles 

 Seeds oblong, black. .^^^^ 



woody, oblong acuminate, covered with rusty down. Seeds oblong, black. .^^^^ 



■ Var. 1. mollis; leaves elliptic-oblong, panicles nodding, pedioels ^%''\^/ Bar. 



spreading. S. mollis, Wall Ckit. 1131, 1426, 1427; Br. in Benn. ^;; . pe,but 



ini'ng. 



231,— Bhotan and the Eastern Peninsula. More densely pubescent tUan i"« ;r 

 otherwise hardly distinguishable. a?cenoii'fe» 



Var. 2. angustifolia; leaves narrow lanceolate, panicle spreading or ^ ^^33. 

 pilose. S. angustifolia, Roxh. Hort. B^vg. 50; Fi. Ind. iii. 148; ^^^^^^^^ ^ov 

 Br. %n Benn. Pi Jav. Bar, 231.— North-Western provinces, Nipal and ^^J^'^r^g^i^jj^iom 

 bur^h describes the panicle as pendulous : I always find it ascending i" 

 specimens. 



Var, 3. glabrescens; leaves glabrescent beneatli. Mergui, OriJ^h. 



17. S. rubigrinosa, Vent Hort Mdm. ii. 91, m note; ^^^^\^^x^^^ 

 acute or abruptly acuminate glabrous abov« downy beneath oa^ gtigoi** 

 stipules very long, panicle erect, calyx-lobes as long as the tu , ^.^^ 

 short Br. in Benn. PL Jav. P — ^'- ^' ""^ '^^ ^ P- '^^^ 

 S, angustifolia, Jack MaL Misc 

 WalL Cat. 1134. 



. 



-> ^" 



-■^3 



232 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat 

 Hoot Bot. Misc. L 287. 







* ^ 



\ 1 I 





>.;^'_;yV'' ■ .„..^..^.;r; ■:^:.v.._^:.^_^:.-_.:v'-^.: 



^'v' ' _-' : -'r -A ■ ' ■ ■ 



••'- r ■. ■ .'--.■ .v-s- 



- V ^ , -. H ' . ^ I " ■ J " ■ . , ' . - ' T h r -r I J J ^ J - ■ - 



J* V- r. - >-^ ^ - ■ .-, -i - - ■ - - 



