378 xxviT. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [BuettneM 



Eastern Bengal; Silhet, Da Silva; Assam and Khasia Mts., Griffith; Bmu, 



WaUichj &c. ; Chittagong, H.f.&T. n ^ \ *rir 



A climbbg sbrub. Branches liispid with spreading hairs, or thinly stellate^tia rj. 



Leaves 4 in., shortly 3-lobed, lobes deltoid, entire or serrulate, 7-9-nerved, J^^^']^^ ^^^^ 

 dular, base deeply cordate, lobes rounded, upper ovate-lanceolate; petiole 1 4 *; 

 densely rusty-toraentose. Stipules subulate. Inflorescence lax, much ^^^^"^'^^ ' 

 pedmicles longer than the petioles. Flowers minute, campauulate. Semis ^^'^^^^' 



Petals yellow, incurved, appendage orange. 

 -&ecZ ovate-oLlone^. 



globose 



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16. CODUtlERSONIA, Forsk, ;;, ';| 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, oblique. Infloresceiice cymose, termui 

 or axillary or leaf opposed. Calyx 5-cleft. Petals 5, concave at ^lie w. . 

 prolonged into a long strap-shaped appendage at the apex. lertue «£««r, 

 5, opposite the petals ; anthers subglobose, 2-celled, cells diverging ; sw 

 nodes 5, opposite to the sepals, lanceolate. Carpels 5, opposite to tlie sep ^^ 

 counatft ; styles connate ; ovules 2-6. Capsule loculicidally ^''^^^^^ iXdons 



istly hairs. Seeds ascending, albuminous, strophiolate ; cotyi 



DiSTRiB. A genus of about 8 species, ^m^ 



klalay peninsula and archipelago, otliers^ 



connate 

 with 



flat, radicle next the hilum. ^^ .^ o 



of which are natives of the Malay peninsula 

 Australia. 



broadly 



1. C. platyphylla, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 603, adnot ; leaves ~-_^^^ 

 ovate-lanceolate oblique stellate-hairy above hoary tomentose oeu • • 



m Gen. Syst. i. 523. C. echinata, Blurm Bijdr. 8b, » • 



C. javensis, G. Dm 



. _-., „, .... of Forst. C. echinata; """^ ^- nJi 



II. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 182. Buettneria hypoleuca, Turcz. m Mosc. -u 



1858,207. . - , .■• ,■ - >.v .,^ 



Malacca, Penang, and Singapore.— Distrib. Malay isles. . \.T,i;qtiely 



A shrub or low tree. Younger branches softly downy. Leaves 6 by 4 in., |^ J^^jj. 



Bubcordate, subacumiaate, irregularly serrulate, nerves with reddish down ^^^^^^^^ 



petioles 4-3 {^^ downy. Stipules deciduous, herbaceous, palmately cut. ,^j^^te 



numerous, rotate, 4 iu. diam., in much branched terminal cymose corymbs, ^^^^^ 



pedicels divaricate, hispid, as long as the flowers. Calyx-lobes ovate, as lon^,^^^ ^^^ 



tube. Pttals 5, base concave, appendage linear. Stamens 5, opposite the P*^-'^g'](,„g 



concealed within their concavity ; staminodes 5, lanceolate, opposite the seP'»«» ^.^ ^f 



as the petals. Ovary 5- celled, cells opposite the petals. Capsule globose, u ^^^ 



a marble, covered with long filiform intricate ciliolated processes. ^. the leaves- 



Var. Leschenaidtii ; leaves glabrescent equally serrate, peduncles opposite ^^ ^^^ 



Ihe true C. echinata of Forst. has not yet been met with ^vithln the nm j^^ 



±lora, though it probably will be discovered in Malacca, It is distmguisueu 



preccdmg by its narrower lance-shaped leaves, glabrous on the upper surlace. „^ 



17. X.EPTONTCHXA 



7 ,- 'y 





Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers cymose axillary, o^ ^^^^1 



valvate, distinct nearly to the base. Fetids 5, valvate, short, o^'^"' o ggriate. 

 cave. Andrcecium tiihnlnr V.p1,^w filn»T,o.,+,>iiu .il-inve. filaments •'.,,.„{ 



outer series of 10-15 



Z r "'-Axv.o ui xvr-j.t» iifjiuaie siaminoaes oppusii'C i-uv f--- aViort flfi*"' 



10 fertUe stamens also opposite the petals, hinermost of 5 very ?^^^ ^ je- 

 subulate staminodes opposite the sepals : anthers linear-oblong, lu'-^.^gytas 



. hiscmg at the sides longitudinally. Ovary sessile, 3-4-celled ; V ^^^. 



.axile; styles connate, stigmas capiteUate: ovules many m eacn -.^y 

 tropous. Capsvle 2-3-celled, or by abortion 1-celled, dehiscmg^ep ^^^^^ 



•or loculicidally, or both, simultaneously or irregularly, '^ef" 



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