Stprciilia. monadelpiha dodecandria. 147 



tihapcd, mouth fivc-toothod. FoUicks .sinootli, two-seeded, 

 opcniiiij;' l(»n<i" before the seeds are ripe. 



Ttlhuj. Kiuaka. 



A large tree, a native of the luountaiuous parts of Raja- 

 m II n dree Circar. 



Lf'dves <l((idnoiis diiriiio- tlie cold season. It flowers in 

 April, soon after (he leaves make tluir appearance, and the 

 seed ripens about the beginnin<>t)flhe rains. Ti'imk erect^ 

 growing to a very great size. Bark ash-coloured, and a 

 little scabrous. Branches numerous, spreading, their bark 

 smoother than on the trunk. Leaves alternate, about the ex- 

 tremities of the branchlets, petioled, considerably broader 

 than long, villous, five-lobed, five-nerved; /o6es acute, soft ; 

 the leaves are generally, « hen full-grown, from nine to twelve 

 inches broad and from six to nine long. Petioles round, a 

 little downy, about nine inches long. Stipules erect, lanceo- 

 late, inserted into the petiole near its base. Panicles terminal, 

 small, numerous, red like corol, being covered with much red, 

 stellate pubescence, when in flower the whole tree appears as 

 if covered with numerous ramifications of red corol. Flowers 

 numerous, about an inch long. Calyx one-leaved. Tube 

 clavate, leathery; mouth five-toothed, outside covered with 

 red stellate hairs, withering. Corol none. Filaments scarcely 

 any. Anthers about thirty, kidney-formed, sessile round the 

 border of the extremity of the receptacle, cylindric, a little 

 curved, of the length of the calyx, round and smooth, bearing 

 five oval germs on the top, surrounded by the stamina. 

 Styles five, short, recurved. Stigmas acute. Capsules, 

 from one to five come to maturity, pedicel led, pendulous, 

 leathery, smooth, opening on the inside, long before the seeds 

 are ripe. Seeds, generally two, adhering one to each margin 

 x)f the gaping follicle, alternate, about the size and shape of 

 u small field bean. 



4. S. parvijlora. R. 



Leaves cordate-oblong, acuminate. Panicles lateral, di- 



