Stercnlia.] xxvii. sterculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 361 



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f.in?fv''wl,'•'^^° S'^^^ ^ g°°'^ description and figure of this plant, suggests, with 



aC ^ wJ^- '^. *''^ ^™^ ^- ^^'^^^ of Boxburgh. The latter author savs there is no 

 albumen, but this IS an oversight. 



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d fl \3V^^^^**^sii, Mast. ; leaves glabrous oblong acute base roundecl, 



Ptprtf«l^^*'i ^ nearly I in., wing of seed membranous scarcely spongy, 

 ^terygota alata, Thwaites Enum. 29. 



CETtoN; Banks of the Mahawelliganga, at Hara^am, Thwaites. 

 axilkrv y'^^^ ^T^ ^^ ^ in., glabrescent, coriaceous; petiole 1-4 in. PankU% 

 lobes ovkt^^ ^^^ ^^ ® petiole, i^o^/.■er5 pubescent. Calyx divided half-way down ; 

 than the .1^^^^^' as long as the bell-shaped tube. Staminal-column slender, ^ shorter 

 FoUicles^t h 9^ oz^arifis 3, with staminodes at the base ; styles 3; ovules ao. 



tninnaf^ * - ^ .1 ^°;' ^oody, oblong, obtuse. Seed obovate, wing terminal, oblong, 

 locate, twice the length of the seed. ' & - 



Sect. IV. 



thetnn U-' ''*'*®grardia, ^wc^Z. Follicles membranous, winged 

 ^"P, Ultimately dehiscent. ^Seeds albuminous, radicle next the hilum. 



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£of.' P^P^i"<>"a, £oxb, ffort, Beng. 60; FL Ind, iii. 148; leaves 



ventricose terminated by 



a m/mK ^^^^ded cordate acuminate, carpels ovate 



Ca?Ti Jif^T *^^^^''^ ^^^"se cultrif orm wing. r«//. PL As. Ear. i. 3, t. 3, 

 Br inn ^' ^?'^^^^^^'^^^ W. & A. Prodr. I Q% Hildegardia populifolia, 

 ' -°^^^' PL Jav. Har. 235. 



A IJe?^ VT''^'^^'^'^ ' Cororaandel, Boxhurgh, 

 h^ in 7 1 ^^^^^^^'^ 5 young branches like those of a poplar, angular, iearc? 3-4 



leaves -^l?' petiole 2-6 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, shorter tl.an the 

 fl'^wers' r^"*^"^\^«gulHr, glabrous, spreading; ultimate pedicels shorter than the 

 ^^\i\x\d.\f A ^^ ^^^ oblong. Calyx-segments \ in., free nearly to the base, linear- 

 Globed P ;r y externally. Ovary hispid, ovoid, tapering into a short style, stigma 

 (^r 'i ±^^\ v^^^^^^"^^' ^^^^^ oblong, f in. long.— De Candolle's var. aciUimcula 

 ^^eu as a\a • f ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ °^ore acutely pointed leaves, but is scarcely separable 



tate^J; • ^^'fP^"™' Endl. Anthers 10-15. >SSf2'swaji lobed, subcapi- 

 Wore mtr -^ ^*'^^^' ^^^y^ boat-shaped, dilated at the base, opening long 



"laiunty. Seed solitary, albuminous, radicle next the hilum. 



28 a 



l-nervS" ®*;*P^*ffera, Wall. Cat. 1130; leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate 

 ■S*- infi ^^^y^,fampanulate 5-parted lobes reflexed. Scaphium Wallichii, 

 jl ' ^^- ^ i- Jav. Har. 236. 



A*loft?1!!' ^«'/'cA; Malacca, Malngay. 

 *'«tened a/!k' ,-^*«''"«* 12-14 bj 6 in., coriaceous, base rounded; petiole 4-5 m., 

 '"'^lers h,-|n P- "^'oji^fiM pauicled. Ca/wo: j in., pilose. (J fl. : stamem 10-14 ; 



"^wile anfl,-!*®" * ^- = o^"«'*2/ villous, on a long slender stalk, 2-celled, with a rmg of 

 ■""'elj 6^ K o^* *^® ^''^^^ ; style filiform, stigmas 2. J^officies at first pilose, ulti- 

 green. ■'' ^"^ !"•• venoso-ieticulate, l-2-8eeded. Seeds globose ; cotyledons pa.e 



Uau'che^ ^ •®' ^^^' / leaves glabrous oblong base truncate 5-nerved, 

 jj^ ? 01 panicle downy flattened or angular, flowers very smaU. 



A tre ^^^' ^"^^9<^y- 

 •5^=^ thtti'T^* *^~^ ^^ 4-5 in., coriaceous, midrib striated beneath ; petiole 3-4 in., 

 U^ated. nl;^ , ' «'"ated. Fanide erect, as long as the leaves ; peduncles thickly 

 ^^"'(r-bud.-\ subpilose, spreading ; ultimate pedicels downy, densely crowded 

 *"!*• thwT'''^' ^^ers i in. Calyx-lobes ovate, longer than the funnel-shaped 

 *°'*'*'7, obW \fP^" ^°"g' f'^lcate, leafy, glabrescerit, shming within. Seed | in., 



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