Sterculia, MONADELPHIA DODECANDRIA, 15} 
in rather stnall quantity. Embryo straight, of a pale yellow. 
Cotyledons oval, nearly the size of the perisperm, thick and 
fleshy. Radicle ovate, pointing to the apex of the seed, di- 
rectly opposite to the umbilicus, 
9. S. coccinea, R, 
Leaves lanceolar, entire, smooth. Panicles axillary, droop- 
nt segments of the calyx expanded, filiform and woolly. 
Capsules oblong, beaked, from four to eight-seeded. 
A small tree, a native of Silhet where it blossoms during 
the hot season, and the seed ripens in May and June. It is 
conspicuous on account of the spreading, slender, woolly seg- 
ments of the border of the calyx, and the crimson capsules, 
Young shoots a little hairy. Leaves alternate, petioled, lan- 
ceolar, with a rather abrupt base, entire, obtusely acuminate, 
with a few depressed, stellate, harsh hairs underneath, from 
four to eight inches long, and from one to three broad. Pe- 
tioles about an inch long, and hairy. Stipules subulate, hai- 
ry. Panicles axillary, and under the leaves, solitary, the 
length of the leaves, but pendulous ; while scarcely expanded, 
alittle hairy. Flowers rather long-pedicelied, pretty large, 
by far the greatest part male, of a ‘greenish yellow colour, 
tinged with pink. Bractes subulate. Calyx rather flat; seg- 
ments of the border five, long, slender, and woolly, spreading 
aut in various directions, not converging, with their lips 
united, as in Balanghas parviflora, and angustifolia, which 
also have long slender segments, Stamina and pistillum as 
in the other species already described. Capsules follicular, 
from one to five come to maturity, linear-oblong, ending in a 
sub-cylindric, obtuse, curved beak, villous, both the inner and 
exterior surfaces of a bright crimson; general length from 
three to four inches, Seeds from four to eight, oval, smooth, 
ofa bright chesnut colour, Perisperm in snail? quantity, and 
quite divided by the cotyledons, Embryo straight. Radicle 
in the apex of the seed directly opposite to the umbilicus. 
