STERCULIACEE 
stipes, smooth without, but villous within. 
the Coromandel coast. S. populifdlia var. acutiascula, D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 483, Flowers downy, scarlet inside, but yellowish 
on the outside. Seeds grey. 
Poplar-leaved Sterculia. Fl. April. Tree 20 feet. 
31 S. Curca (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 278.) leaves 3-lobed, 
cordate, smooth above, but tomentose beneath ; petioles smooth; 
panicle subterminal, broad, tomentose, rusty ; genitals stipitate ; 
ovary very villous; cells 8-ovulate. h. S. Native of Brazil 
in the province of Goyaz, where it is called Chica by the inha- 
bitants, who eat the seeds, which have a very agreeable taste ; 
they are about the size of a pigeon’s egg. Cambess. in St. Hil. 
pl. usu. bras. no. 46. Calyx spreading, yellowish on the out- 
side, and brownish within. 
Chica Sterculia. Fl. June. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 
32 S. coRDIFÒLIA (Cav. diss. 5. p. 144. f. 2.) leaves sub- 
cordate, somewhat acuminate, smooth, sometimes bluntly 3- 
lobed; carpels acuminated, downy, bristly on the inside, many- 
seeded. h.S. Native of Senegal. 
fTeart-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 
33 S. romentosa (Thunb. jap. icon. p. 38. but not fl. jap.) 
leaves cordate, 3-lobed, pubescent beneath ; panicle very long, 
branched ; sepals reflexed. h.G. Native of Japan. 
Tomentose Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 
34 S.TRI'LOBA ; leaves large, cordate, with a spreading recess, 
smooth on both surfaces, 7-nerved, and with 3-acuminated 
lobes. h.S. Native of the East Indies. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 
Three-lobed-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 
§ 3. 
35 S. PLATANIFÒLIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 423.) leaves palmately 
3-5-lobed, smooth on both surfaces ; panicle branched, axillary ; 
calyxes rotate, reflexed. h.H. Native of Japan and China. 
Cav. diss. 5. t. 145. Hibiscus simplex, Lin. spec. 977. Fir- 
miana, Mars. act. pat. 1. t. 1, 2. Culhamia, Forsk. descr. 96. 
syn. dub, ex Salisb. Flowers green. Carpels membranous. 
A beautiful tree, with leaves like those of the Sycamore. 
Plane-tree-leaved Sterculia. Fl. July. Clt. 1757. Tree. 
36 S. corora Ta (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 26. t. 25.) leaves smooth, 
palmately 5-lobed ; lobes acuminate ; calyxes cylindrical-clavate ; 
carpels oblong, smooth, membranaceous, on long stalks. h.S. 
Native of the East Indies on the mountains. Calyxes and car- 
pels reddish-scarlet. Flowers racemose. Seeds yellow. 
Coloured-calyxed Sterculia. Fl. April. Clt. 1818. 
40 feet. 
87 S. u'‘rens (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 26. t. 24.) leaves pubescent, 
7-8-nerved at the base, and cordate with the lobes overlapping 
each other, 5-lobed at the apex ; lobes acuminate ; calyxes campa- 
nulate; carpels ovate, hispid. h . S. Native of the mountains on 
the Coromandel coast. Panicles terminal, every part covered with 
a glutinous, farinaceous, yellow down. Flowers small, yellow. 
The wood is soft and spongy. It is used to make Hindoo 
guitars. The bark is exceedingly astringent, and tinges the saliva 
reddish. The seeds are roasted and eaten by the natives; they 
taste very like parched peas. The capsules are covered on the 
outside with yellow down, and many stiff, stinging hairs. 
Stinging Sterculia. Clt. 1793. Tree 40 feet. 
38 S. vitosa (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves 5-7-lobed, 
acute, villous beneath ; lobes 3-lobed ; calyxes 5-parted, spread- 
ing ; carpels coriaceous, scabrous from stellate hairs. kh. S. 
Native of Coromandel. Smith in Rees’ cycl. no.16. Racemes 
panicled. 
Villous Sterculia. Clt. 1805. Tree 30 feet. 
39 S. peLTA`rAa ; leaves on long footstalks, peltate, 5-lobed, 
middle and lower lobes acuminated, the 2 intermediate ones ob- 
tuse, with wide, rounded recesses, smooth above, and pubescent 
h.S. Native of 
Leaves cordate, 5-lobed. 
Tree 
I. Srercursa. 517 
beneath; petioles and young branches white from tomentum. 
k. G. Native of China. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 
Peltate-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 
40 S. wenr'creres (Pers. ench. 2. p. 240.) leaves half 5- 
lobed, somewhat villous beneath ; lobes ovate-roundish, acute ; 
calyxes campanulate, with spreading segments, velvety on the - 
outside. h.S:; Native of Carthagena in woods. Helicteres 
apétala, Jacq. amer. 238. t. 181. f. 79. Stamens 14-15. Car- 
pels divaricating. Flowers dirty-yellow, with purple spots. 
Helicteris-like Sterculia. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 
41 S. CARICÆFÒLIA; leaves palmately 5-lobed, with wide 
recesses; lobes spatulately-obovate, acuminated at the apex, 
beset with brown hairs on the nerves beneath, and petioles. 
h.S. Native of Sierra Leone. (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 
Carica-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. . 
42 S. AcERIFÒLIA (Cuning. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 392.) 
leaves palmate, 5-lobed. h.S. Native of New Holland. 
Maple-leaved Sterculia. Clt. 1824. Tree 30 feet. 
43 S. puncra‘ta (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
prod. 1. p. 483.) leaves villous beneath, palmately 5-cleft ; lobes- 
ovate-roundish, acuminate ; branches and petioles dotted ; calyx 
rotate ; carpels 4-seeded, bristly on the inside. R.S. Native 
of New Spain. Panicle branched. Sepals acutish, villous as 
well as the peduncles. 
Dotted-branched Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 
44 S. Asyssi’nica (R. Br. in Salt’s trav. app.) leaves 3 or 
obsoletely 5-lobed, coriaceous, smooth, peltately cordate, with 
the recess closed ; racemes panicled; sepals villous, spreading. 
hh). S. Native of Abyssinia. Leaves like those of the Ivy. 
Abyssinian Sterculia. Tree. 
§ 4. 
45 S. FŒ'TIDA (Lin. spec. 1431.) leaves compound, with 7-9- 
oblong, lanceolate, acuminated leaflets ; flowers panicled. R. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Cav. diss. 5. t. 141. Sonn. voy.- t. 
132. Clompanus major, Rumph. amb. 3. t. 107. Anthers 15. 
Carpels many-seeded. Flowers brownish, tinged with red 
at the base, of an ungrateful smell, as well as every part of the 
plant when bruised or cut. The wood is pale, lasting, and does 
not split ; it is therefore very proper for the turner, and being well 
varnished makes handsome vases, &c. It has nothing of the ill 
smell which the flowers have. The leaves, and especially the bark, 
are aperient, repellent, diuretic, and diaphoretic. The seeds are 
oily, and if swallowed incautiously they bring on nausea and ver- 
tigo. This happens probably when eaten raw. 
Fetid Sterculia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690. Tree 20 feet. 
46 S. versr’cotor (Wall. pl. asiat. rar. 1. p. 48. t. 59.) 
leaves peltately-digitate ; leaflets 5, oblong, acuminated, tomen- 
tose beneath; panicles axillary, branched ; flowers monoecious. 
h. S. Native of the East Indies’on hills about Segaen, oppo- 
site the city of Ava. Flowers at first yellow, but changing to 
deep orange-colour. Peduncles red. Segment of the calyx 
connivent at the apex, but at length spreading. 
Party-coloured-flowered Sterculia, Fl. Oct. 
+ Species the names of which are only known. 
47 S. scati’cera (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) carpels 
large, membranous, veiny, with a seed or tubercle at the base of 
each. h.S. Native of Malabar. 
Spine-bearing Sterculia. Tree. 
48 S. panca#rouia (Roxb. hort. beng. 
tive of the East Indies at Silhet. 
Lance-leaved Stereulia. Tree 30 feet. 
Cult. All the species will thrive in a light loamy soil, or a 
mixture of loam and peat. Ripened cuttings, not deprived of 
their leaves, will strike root readily in sand under a hand-glass ; 
Leaves palmate, compound. 
Tree 16 feet. 
