102 STEllCULIACKT. 



Sterculiaeese 



Conspectus of the Formosan Genera. 



(1) Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Petals 0. (2) 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals exist, (o) 



(2) Anthers numerous Sterculia. 1 



Anthers 5, whorled Heritiem. 2 



(3) Petals deciduous. Androecium columnar below, dilated above into a cup, 



on the margin of which are placed the anthers usually alternating with 

 staminodes. (4) 



Petals marcescent, flat. Andnt'cium tubular at the base only ; stamens 

 5, stamiiiodes 0. (fi.) 



(4) Capsules membraneous, inflated Kleinhovia. 3 



Capsules more or less woody, not inflated. (5) 



(5) Anther-cells divaricate ; seeds not winged. Hdicteres. 4 



Anther-cells parallel ; seeds winged Plcrospennuin. 5 



(<5) Ovary 2-celled Mdoclda. o' 



Ovary of one carpel Waltheria. 7 



1. Sterculia LINN. 



Dichotoiiious Key to the Formosan Species. 



(1) Leaves oblong, very shortly and obtusely caudate ....Sterculia nobilis. 

 Leaves angular, smuately three lobed S. platanifdia. 



Sterculia nobilis R- BitoWN ; HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa 

 p. 48. 



Noiii. indlij. Pin-pon. 



HAB. Tainan, by. T. KAWAKAMI, Aug. 190G, (No. 1440). 



DISTIIIB. C^hina and Sumatra. 



OBSEin'. A small tree ; leaves large, oblong, 30 cm. long, 15 cm. wide, 



