TAB. 8437. 
BRACHYCHITON acerrirotivs. 
Australia. 
STERCULIACEAE. 
Bracuycuiton, Schott et Endl.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. i. p. 218, pro 
a Sterculiae ; K. Schum. in Engl. et Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenf. vol. iii. 6, 
p. 96. 
Brachychiton acerifolius, F. Muell. Fragm. vol. i. D450: 2. 
vol. v. p. 209; vol. vi. p. 173; Second Census Austral, Pl. p. 26; affinis 
B. populneo, R.Br., a quo foliis palmatim 5-lobis vel 7-lobis, necnon floribus 
glabris differt. 
Arbor 18-80 m. alta, semidecidua, glabra. Folia longipetiolata, ambitu semi- 
elliptica vel suborbicularia, 20-25 em. diametro, ultra medium palmatim 
5-T-loba, basi plus minusve cordata, tenuiter coriacea, nitidula, creberrime 
reticulata, lobis ovato-oblongis interdum subtrilobis obtuse cuspidatis 
inferne angustatis; petioli 15-25 em. longi. Paniculae axillares multi- 
florae, versus apices ramulorum aggregatae. Flores polygami, penduli, 
vivide coccinei. ¢ Calyx infundibulari-campanulatus, sub anthesi 12-15 
mm. longus; lobi deltoidei, reflexi. Petala 0. Stamina perfecta circiter 15, 
ex apice gonophori medio incrassati et lacunosi orta; filaimenta inferne in 
tubum plus minusve connata, 5 interiora longiora, ananthera, carpella 5 
rudimentaria circumdantia. 9 Calyx maris. Petala 0. Gonophorum. 
breve, incrassatum. Stamina maris. Carpella 5; ovaria libera, oblonga, 
papillata ; styli inferne liberi, superne connati; stigmata in unum quinque- 
lobatum connata. Folliculi magni, longe stipitati, glabri—Sterculia aceri- 
folia, A. Cunn. in Loudon, Hort. Brit. p. 392, partim; Benth. Fl. Austr. 
vol. i. p. 229; Moore & Betche, Handb. Fl. N. 8. Wales, p. 62; Bailey, 
Queensl. Fl., pars 1, p. 138; Guilfoyle, Australian Plants, pp. 341, 408.— 
T. A. SPRAGUE. 
The Flame Tree, for such is the name given in Queens- 
land and New South Wales to the. species which forms the 
subject of our plate, is a tree which attains, in its native 
forests, a height of from sixty to a hundred and twenty feet, 
with a trunk three feet through; it yields a soft light- 
coloured wood. According to Loudon the species was first 
introduced into England in 1824, and there is a drawing in 
the collection at Kew made from a plant growing in the 
Royal Gardens in 1826. This drawing bears a note to the 
effect that the plant was introduced from New South Wales 
in 1825. In the garden of Lady Hanbury at La Mortola, 
Ventimiglia, B. acerifolius thrives in the open ait, but at 
Kew it can only be grown under glass, and the material for 
our illustration has been obtained from a plant which is 
June, 1912. 
