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4. T.TVLhi^lno^VLXXi.Heynein Wall Cat. 1168,1168 B; leaves mtv- 

 pubescent beneath obliquely ovate-lanceolate entire base 4-nerved, capsule 

 oblong beaked 5-angled 5-f arrowed. W. & A. Prodr. i. 68; Beddmne tlor. 

 Sylvat t. 106. 



Western Peninsula; Canara at Telliclierry, Bottler ; Travancor at QyxWon, Wight 

 A shrub ; branches slender, rod-like. Leaves 2 by J in., upper smaller, coriaceous, 

 obliquely cordate, midrib with 2 nerves on one side and one on the other, basal lobe 

 rounded, often overlapping the corresponding lobe of the adjoining leaf; petiole 4'2 ^"y 

 stipules oblique, laciniate. Peduncles ^-f in. Bracteoles caducous. Flowtr-bu^ 

 oblong, downy. Flowers 1| in. diam. Sepals 1 in., Huear, rusty-tomentose. Ca^me 

 2 in., ultimately glabrous. 



5. P. acerifolium, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. i. 500 ; leaves roundish or 

 oblong simple or lobed entire or coarsely toothed palmately nerved base 

 cordate often peltate, peduncles shorter than the petioles, capsule stipitate 

 oblong angled sulcate glabrescent. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; FL Ind ^-^y 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; Wight Ic. t. 63 ; WaU, Cat 1170. R aceroides, Jf««. 

 Cat. 1171 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, ii. 62. Pentapetes aceriloiia, 

 Cav. Diss, iii t. 44. . ' 



From the N. West Himalaya, in Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft., to Chittagong, Tenassenm 

 and the Concan. Both Roxburgh and Wight question it being a native either o 

 Bengal or the Western Peninsula. — Distrib. Java (native?). KV-ti 



A large tree ; bark smooth, herbaceous portions floccosc-pubescent. Leaves l 

 by 6-12 in., polymorphous, palmately 7-12-nerved, adult glabrescent above, 9^"" P^j^j," 

 scent beneath, nerves prominent beneath and stellate-hairy ; petioles like ^^y?' ' 

 striated, lower as long or longer than the blade ; stipules multifid, caducous. -^^^ ^ 

 huds oblong, obtu8e, 5-arigled, rusty-tomentose outside. Bracteoles caducous. ^,p.^^ 

 5-6 in. diam., pure white, fragrant. Sepals linear-oblong, internally villous. 



linear-oblong, somewhat cuneate, but little shorter than the calyx. ^^^^^^^ gt 

 shaped. Ovary oblong, 5-angled, 5-celled, cells many-ovuled. Capsule 4-6 in. »o S-^j, 

 first covered with a reddish fluffy crust, 5-celled, 5-valved. Seeds numerous m ®*^° ^ 

 obliquely ovoid, compressed : wing lar^re, thin; testa brown, smooth ; albumen ^.' 

 mucilaginous; cotyledons thin, folded (Roxb.).— The flowers render water gelauno .^ 



6. P. semisagrlttatiun, Ham. in Roxb. Fl Ind, iii. 160; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate entire base very obliquely cordate or sagittate auricled o ^ 

 side, bracteoles deeply laciniate, capsule elliptic-oblong terete. ^^^^' ,.,- 

 1167. 



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Chittagong, fl. /. ik T. ; Birma, Wallich, Griffith; Tenasserim, at Marta » 

 WaUich. (Carnatic, probably cultivated.) T paves 5-6 



A large tree. Bark as^h-coloured, herbaceous portions very downy. ^^ ^^ ^^g 

 by If in., glabrescent above, hoarv beneath, 5-7-nerved, auricle often as ^^^^^^^\\j 

 petiole which is 1 in.; stipules pinnatifid. Flowers terminal and axillary, H ^^^.^^^ 

 solitary on shorty rusty-tomentose, drooping peduncles, 5-6 in. diara., P"^ 

 Bracteoles conspicuous. Flower-bnds lanceolate. Sepals linear, tomentoae 

 pubescent within. Petals obliquely obovate-cuneate, stellate-hairy ^^^f^^l'^'^^^ 

 vodes as long as the style. Capsule woodv, 2-3 by U in., covered wiih ^;".. ^^^^^ 

 fluffy down. Seeds about 10 in each cell, winged much as in F ^^^\i^t 

 Dr. Brandis informs me that the geographical distribution of this species neeu .. „ ^ 

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7. P. lanceffifolium, Boxh. Hcyrt. Beng. 50 ; Fl Ind. m. ^^?^ ^^^te, 

 lanceolate and 1-nerved acuminate base rounded, capsule oyoi"* 

 obscurely 5-angled. Wall Cat. 1172. 



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)scureiy 0-anglea. Watt. (J at. 1112. -"^'"'t^^ 



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