XXir. STERCULIACE-K. 



Petals fiat, lonr/er than the calyx. 



Stamens 5, united iu a cup, with 5 intervening elougated flat 

 staminodla 



Stameus 5, uuited at the base without inte'rveuiag stauliuodia. 

 (Inbe Hermanmea.) 

 Ovary 5-cclled ; 



vary 2-celkd 



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6. MErilANIA. 



Ovary of one 1-cclled carpel ...'.' ,' .' \ \ \ \ \ 

 ^tdfsicilh a shorty broad, rvry concave base, and a sessile or sti- 



VUate lamina, (Tribe Buettneriese.) 

 Jmmiaa of tJve petals stipitate, louger (h:m the calvx. Staniino. 

 'iia 5, obcordatc, with 2 to 4 stamens bctwecu each . . . 

 ii«ni[ua of the petals short, sessile, st^jmeus 5. 

 fttannuodia single between each 2 stamens; lanceolate . . . 

 ^taiumodia 3 between each 2 stamens, all liuear-spathulato, or 

 the central one lanceolate, and the lateral ones subulate 

 ^Ws small ayid sea Mike or noue. (Tribe Lasiopetalese.) 

 Auttiers (Imear-oblong) opening outwards in parallel slits. 



J^ 'i*;j'^aceoos, scarcely enlarged, and not coloured after 



lowering. Staminodia large. Carpels membranous, winged 



"-alyx enlarged after flowering, thiu and coloured. Stamiuodia 



single or none. Capsule or carpels membranous, rounded 



or rarely winged 



^'^lyx strongly ribbed after flowering. Staniinodia 3 between 



Antl \ ^ ^t^niPHs. Capsule hard or woody 



^ers (often obtusely sagittate or acmninatc) opening in ter- 

 ifnnal or inwardly oblique pores, or in slits, extending more 

 or less down the sides. 

 UlvT divided to above or a little below the middle, etilargcd. 

 and coloured after flowering, each sepal with the midrib 

 either very prominent inside or deej)Iy ctdourcd. Stipules 



eafy or rarely none , 



^alyx divided to the middle or lower, each sej)al with 3 or 5 



C ?_ ' y*;'".^' Pi'omiuejit after flowering. Stipules leafy . . ^ 



alyx divided almost to the base, scarcely enlarging, obscnrcTv 



seyeral-vcined at the base. Stipules none . . \ • .* . 



^^Vm entirely free, narrow and i>etal-Iike. Stipules xcvy 



small or none . 



7. Melochia. 



8. DiCAKPIOlUM. 



9. Waltiikku. 



10. Abboma. 



11. RUUNGIA. 



12. C0M.MERSONIA 



13. Serixgia. 



1-1. Kkral'dkenia. 



15. Hannafordia 



16. Thomasia. 



17. GuiCUENOTlA, 



3 8. Lastopetaium. 



19, Lysiosepalum. 



1. STERCULIA, Linn. 



(Brachychiton, THchosiphou, and Pcccilodermis, Sc/ioK ; Delabeehea, Lhidl.) 



rarel T^? V^isexual or polygamous. Calyx more or less deeply 5 -cleft, 

 the ^ ^^^^^^' usually coloured. Petals none. Staiuinal cohunu adnate to 

 (.j^^P^^^^Pj^ore, bearincr at tlie suuuuit 15 or "arely 10 stamens, irregularly 

 _ /^ ^i*ed ui a head. Carpels of the ovary 5. distinct or nearly so, with 3 or 



rii 7 .,1 1 "ii 1. i I I J. i* 



.i:L^{^J]°^^^*^ end, or intennediate.— Trees. Leaves undivided or lobed, .or 

 arv ^O'upound. Flowers in panicles or rarely racemes, inostly axil- 



' J' ^^J^etimes very short; terminal flowers usual'ly female, in these the 



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