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with a declinate style. Stigmas 5, linear, revolute. Fruit 

 composed of 5, nearly equal, crimson follicles, each of which 

 contains 2-3 seeds, enveloped in a black, pulpy arillus. 



Dr. Roxburgh's S. coccinea is a native of Sylhet, and is said 

 to have panicled flowers, and 4-8-seeded follicles. My plant, 

 however, agrees so well in every other respect, that I cannot 

 consider it to be really distinct, as those differences may be 

 merely the effect of a less favourable situation. 



(On comparing specimens of both trees, I have ascertained 

 the species of my late very dear friend, W. Jack, to differ 

 from that of Roxburgh. I call it S. IcBvis. The same ob- 

 servation applies to the plant immediately following. Rox- 

 burgh's S. angustifolia does not agree with it; and I have 

 therefore separated Mr. Jack's tree, as a distinct species, to 

 which I have given the name of aS. Jackiana. — Wall.) 



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STERCULIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. Roxb. 



S. angustifolia ; foliis lanceolatis superne latioribus acuminatis 

 subtus villosis, racemis extra- axillarib us nutantibus, 

 laciniis calycinis linearibus apice connexis. 



Unting-unting Besar. Malay. 



Native of Pulo Penang. — A tree; branches covered with 

 ferruffinous wool. Leaves at the summits of the branches, 

 alternate, petiolate, lanceolate, broader above, acuminate, 

 narrowing to the base and there rounded, entire, smooth (in 

 adult leaves) above, covered beneath with stellated hairs. 

 Petioles thickened at both ends, ferruginously villous, as well 

 as the nerve of the leaf. Stijmles linear, acute, shorter than 

 the petiole, deciduous. Racemes {panicles?) near the ex- 

 tremity of the branches, lateral or extra-axillary, branched, 

 lax, ferruginous. Bracteas linear-lanceolate, acute. Calyx 

 deeply 5-parted, tomentose, lacinia long, linear, acute, con- 

 nected at their points and gaping at the sides, greenish 

 yellow, with a red spot at the base. Corolla none. Stamens 

 10, on a curved column. Ovary stipitate, tomentose, 5-lobed. 

 Style declinate. Stigma 5-lobed. 



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