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364 xxvii. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [JReevesia. 



5-celled ; stigma sessile, 5-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous, anatro- 

 pons-, raphe turned away from tlie placenta. Capsule woody septicidally 

 5-valved. Seeds 1-2 superposed, ascending oblong, compressed, winged 

 downwards, hilum lateral near the top; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat, 

 foliaceous, radicle inferior.— Distrib. 1 or 2 species, natives of Easteru 



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1. *a. Walllclili, £r. in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 231 ad not. ; leaves thinly 

 stellate hairy beneath oblong acuminate base rounded, calyx campanulata 

 Sterculia punduana, Wall. Cat. 2701 ; Griff. Itin. Notes, 73. 



Eastern Tropical Himalaya ; Khasia Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; Bhotan, Griffith; 



sikkim, /. B, H. ; r' 



A tree 50ft. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., qinte entire, l-nerved, thinly stellate-hairy; petiole 

 thickened at both ends; stipules deciduous. Cymes panicled, dense, from the axil:* ot 

 the fallen leaves, ultimate pedicels as lon^ as the flowers, jointed, 2-bracteolate. 

 Flotcer-huds pyviform. Cahjx ^ in., at first closed, afterwards 5-fid. Fetals wbite, 

 spathulate, clawed, exceeding the calyx. Staminal column slender, longer than ttie ^ 

 flower, with 5 very short terminal divisions, each bearing 3 extrorse anthers ; connective 

 thick. CaTpeh pubescent; style very short. Capsule 14-2 in., pendulous, \soo^h 

 oblong, obtuse, 6-lobed, lobes keeled, septicidally dehiscent, ultimately separatmo 

 through the dorsal suture also. Seeds penUulous. 



2. It. pubescens 



base cordate, flowers p 



Eastern Tropical Himal 



acuminate 





^Aotzini.1 AKi^t-iuAL. HIMALAYA; oiKKim, ±, JLuaeTson ; DiiuLau, vfr^y-"- . , 

 A tree; branches thinly sprinkled with stellate hairs. Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 ^^-'^T 

 coriaceous, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath, nerves stellate hairy beneath ; p«i .^ 

 1 in. Panicle terminal, many-flowered, peduncles, pedicels, and calyx P""f f ^" Vi^- 

 mate pedicels shorter than the flower. Calyx I in., infundibuliform, 5-lobea, loi^ 

 broadly ovate acute. Petals pink, linear-spat Imlate, twice the lengtli of the cai^^ 

 iitammal column stout, 4 times longer than the calyx. Fruit not seen.— l^mers 



M. Wallichii in its pubescent, cordate leaves, and larger flowers 



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5. K.X1EXNKOVZA, Lina 



tflarescence 

 i.^ Petals 



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J3. iree. j^eaves palmmerved, ovate, acuminate, quite enure. /'«/'- "^. ^ 

 termiual, lax, cymose. BracUoles small, eusiform. Sejxils deciduous, ij 

 5, unequal, upper with longer claws, margins involute. iSUiminai coiu_ 

 dilated above into a beU-shaped, 5-fid cup, divisions each with 3 exiru 

 2-ceUed anthers, cells divergent. Ovary inserted in the staminal c" J' ^ 

 Slobed, 5-celled: style slender, stigma 5-fid. Capsule membranous, inn'i» 

 pynform, loculicidally 5-valved. ISeeds 1 or 2 in each cell, tubercled^; aiu ^ 

 iiien scanty or ; cotyledons convolute : radicle next the hilum. 



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One species only. 



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1. K. Hosplta, i.; J)C. Prodr. L 488; Wall Cat 1152; W.^ 



Frodr I.QX', Jicrxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 141 ; Dalz. &Gibs. Bomb. FL f/i ^fS. 



Flor. SvLvat Anal a,"n f i- WV^ p/ r„j n^t \ ^\ 9 iftfi: Mast- ^^''^ 



Fl. Trop. A/r. i. 226. ' "^ 



Eastern and Western Peninsulas; Southern Concan, iV^i"'"'© / (a doubtful najjj 

 lbs. and Bah.); Carnatic, Malacca and Sincapore, Wallich, &£. v^'^ 

 Distrib Java, Philippines, East tropical Africa. . ' o' o T,v 5-nerve3, 



; Irunk straight ; bark smooth ; branches spreading. Leaves 6-12 by 2'^ i"-. ;{„rm. 

 smooth on both surfaces ; petiole nearly as long as the blade ; ^*'P"J, tubtjrclei 

 i- fuioer* rose-coloured. PeiaZa 6. shorter than the lanceolate sepals, iieeas i 



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