362 XXVII. STERCULIACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Steradia, 



' Sect. VI Pterocymbium, Hr. 'in Benn, PL Jav. liar, 219 (gen). 

 Flowers sub-hermaphrodite. Anthers 10. Styles coherent, stigmas recurved. 

 Follicles 4-6, membranous, opening long before maturity. Seed solitary, 

 albuminous ; radicle next the hilum. (Too nearly allied to Scaphum.) . 



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 above pubescent beneath 5-nerved, panicles terminal, calj^x turbmate-cam- 

 panulate, seed glabrous.— Pterocymbium javanicum, Br. in Benn, PL ./fl^. 

 Ear. 219, t. 45; Miq, FL Ind, BaL i. pt. 2, 179. 



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Pegu, Kiirz, — Distrib. Java. i r*pr 



A tree 50^60 ft. ; bark brownish. Leaves 4 by 3J in. ; petiole eqnalHng or sborter 

 than the leaves ; stipules \ in., subulate, caducous. Panicles terminal, ascena- 

 ing, shorter than the leaf; pedicels jointed. Bracteoles caducous. Calyx s™^^°' 

 ooriaceous, divided half-way down; lobes lanceolate. Staminal column P^^^^^^ 

 below. Ovaries 5, sessile, gibbous at the apex ; styles short, cohering; stigmas ^'^[^!™» 

 recurved ; ovules 2, collateral, erect, anatropal. Follicles 5-6, or fewer by a^ornon, 

 stipitate, glabrous. Seeds spherical, testa crustaceous, wrinkled, innermost coat mw^ 

 brauous, between the two a woolly substance is interposed (Brown). :';;; 



31. S. tubulata, Mast; leaves glabrous entire oblong abruijtly 

 acuminate, cymes terminal, calyx tubular-turbinate, follicles pilose/ iu.» 

 seeds pilose. 



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Malacca, Maivgay, , . /r-«^ 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 2 in., coriaceous, l-nerved, base rounded ; petiole 1 m- ^Jr^ 

 panicled, as long as the leaves, flowers numerous. Calyx glabrous; lobes SP^^^^^ 

 ovate-lunceolate, shorter than the tube. Staminal column slender, pilose; ^^^^J . jj, ' 

 nng, lohes parallel. Ovaries 5 ; styles inflexed, tips cohering. Follicles 5, 2-^5 oj , ,;| 

 stipitate, oblong, acute, dilated at the base. Seed ovoid. 







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Flowers 



sexual, pamcled. (Jalyx tubular, small, 5-toothed. remLs\). *^—- jjg 

 mimn short, bearing a ring of 10-15 very densely clustered a^'^'^T^ gg 

 parallel. Ovary ot 3-5 nearly free carpels opposite the sepals; s^J'n^^ 

 many, short filiform, stigmatose within; ovules 1 in each ceu. K^ 

 airpeAs of stellately spreading samaras with long falcate ^7"S^, „, 

 oblong ; albumen bipartible ; cotyledons flat ; radicle next tj® /"'Jjalay 

 Distrib. Known species 3 or 4, natives of Australia, Java, and tne i> 



Peninsula. 



1. T. simpllclfoUa, Mast.; leaves simple oblong ^^"^^^ .^tTJm 

 retijse slightly 2-lobed with an intervening mucro, cymes paniciea <» 

 as the leaves. 



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Malacca, Maingay. ' , ■,' serves 



A tree. Xeare* 6-7 by 3 in., coriaceous, glabrous, 1-Pcrved, feather-vein j^^^^. 

 approximate ; petiole 2 in., striate, apex thickened. Cymes many flowerea. ^ _ ^ 

 bmls globose. Calyx clavate-campanuUte, 5-toothed, dnwny externally- o ^^^^ 

 minal column short ; anthers annular, lobes parallel, globose. 9 H. : r'' ^tjjulate, 

 sessile; stigmas spreading. I'ruit samaroid, 3 in., oblong, obliquely ^F _;. 

 glabrous. •• 



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 Calux 5-, rarely 4-6-toothed or clei^. 



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