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Pterospermum.] xxvii. STERCULiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 'M7 



and terminal. Bradeoles entire, laciniate, persistent or caducous. Calyx 

 ot 5 more or less connate sepals. Petals 5, deciduous with the calyx. 

 ^iaminal column short, bearing, opposite to the sepals, 3 linear 2-celled 

 anthers between each pair of five autipetalous ligulate staminodes ; cells 

 parallel; connective apiculate. Ovary inserted within the top of the 

 staminal column, 3-5-celled; style entire, stigma 5-furrowed; ovules many 

 in each cell. Capsule woody or coriaceous, terete or angled, loculicidally 

 th 11 ^^^^^ winged above, attached in two rows to the inner angle of 

 r » Ta ^^' ^^^- <^^Ps^l6 ; albumen thin or \ cotyledons plaited or cor- 

 rugated, radicle inferior.— Distrib. A genus of about 15 species, confined 

 to tropical Asia. , 



Bracteoles linear, entire, very caducous. 



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ohl J^acklanum, WalL Cat 1164; leaves rusty-pubescent beneath 

 oDiong abruptly acuminate undulate entire base 1-nerved, flowers sub- 

 s^^ile, capsule ovoid acute.— P. oblongum, WalL Cat. 1165. 



jEKAjf(j, Jack, Wallich, &c. 



• Btimil ^^' Leaves 3-4 by lJ-2 in., oblique, nerves stellate-hairy beneath; petiole i in.; 



lubul f ^^^^^*"^- Flowers solitary, axillary, If in. diam. Bradeoles minute, linear- 



^iiate. Floicer-hudi lanceolate, 5-ribbed. Sepals 2 in., linear-lanceolate, rusty- 



J««nU)se externally, villous within. Petals half the length of the sepals. Capsule 



s 7 1 m., terete, shortly stalked, covered with flat scaly hairs, 5-celled. 



Dnhp^' ^^^^'ifolium, Lam. III. t. 576. f. ii. not of Ros^. ; leaves creamy- 

 ioUl^^+'^ beneath oblong abruptly acuminate coarsely toothed or somewhat 

 can^i **^^^'"<^s the apex base cuneate rounded or subcordate 4-nerved, 

 tUu °^^^^ ^^ obovoid-terete, seeds 4 in each cell. W. & A. Prodr. i. 68. ; 

 M^'lf? ^num. 30 ; Dalz. d: Gils. BovA Fl. 24 ; Wigid in Hook. Bol. 

 jiZ: "}• ^-26; Wall. Cat. 1166: 1172 in part. P. canescens, Roxb. Eort. 

 S; r' ^- ^"^- iii- 1162. P. oblongum, Wall. Cat. 1165? Peutapetes sube- 

 '"^iia, L. ■ Cav. Diss. iii. t. 43, f. 2. 



PondichenT; 



AhWaites ^'^auias, luuuiuueny, otu. , xiva, a*.x*^. , .- ^ / 



bairy^f ^ *''®^; Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., coriaceous, glabrous above, nerves stellate- 



tie J\\ P''°'?inent ; petiole ^ in., rusty pilose. Peduncles axillary, twice as long as 

 whitTf -^'■«<^*co?e.» very caducous. Flower-huds ohhrig. Flowers Ik m.diAm., 

 calyx W*- ^^«^' oblong, revolute. Fetals linear-oblong, obtuse, equalling the 

 *-5.va1. j •/ ^^'^'^y 4-ovuled. CapsuU 1-2 in., subangular, tapering to both ends, 

 The U 1 ' '^'"^^ covered with dense flufify pubescence. Seeds 2-4 m each cell.— 

 -uuuerst specimen (P. oblongum, Wall.) is imperfect, and may belong to another 

 ^mm ^^ ^^^^ *<^ ^- -^aokianum, according to a fruit preserved m the Kew 



oblonT" ^^^erslfoHum, Blame Bijdr. 88 ; leaves hoary beneath obovate- 

 capsuL f^^"iate sinuate rarely peltate 3-5-lobed base cordate 1-nerved, 

 pL^yarge subclavate-oblong 5-angled. P. acerifolium, 



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petiole 1 in. ; 



•«Pules Lr ""^« ^8 b' 24 in., coriaceous, veins arched, rusfy-F'ose , peuo.e i m^, 

 ^«w!!l!°^'^?- -Pcdui Shorter than the petioles. Flower-hids hnear-oblor.g. 



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^i'Mo. 7)"""^^ strai^shaped. Sepals 5-6 in., linear, nistj -tomemose uuit,.u^, »wy 

 taperLtot?'"^ •l;'wny, shorter than the style. Capsule 8--10m.; woody, sulcata, 







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