STERCULIACE.E. G23 



° ° Leaees never nenn-xagiftnte, xtaualbj small, entire or shortly lohed. Stipules small, 

 entiro or '2-o-cleft. Flowers not above 2 inches long. 



\ Pedicels much longer than the petioles. 



P. LAXcJiFOLirii, Kuxb. E.T. Cliittagong. Tavoy (?). 



Leaves greyish or wliitish. tomentosc beneath, aeumiuate. Stipules and bractcolcs 

 2-3- rarely 5-cleft, Capsules greyish velvety. Wood strong, close-graiued. 



f f Pedicels short, about the length of the petioles, or rarely a little longer. 



P. cixNAMOMnuir, Kz. E.T. Martaban and Teuasserim. 



Loaves entire, acuminate, beneath rusty-coloured (rarely greyish), tomentoso. 

 Stipules and bracteolcs linear subulate, with a cucullate basal appendage. Capsules 

 brown, scurvy-tomcntose, glabrcscent. Wood brown, close-grained, perishable (Kurz). 



P. .Tavaxhtm, Jungli. E.T. Tenasserira. 



P. lllumeanuni, Koith. 



Leaves iisually small. Stipul(!s and brarteoles entire, lanceolate. Some trees of 

 this genus yield a hard and good timber, but of no great importance. 



ERIOL^NIE^r.. 

 Flotvers hermaphrodite. Petals deciduous. Anthers numerous on the outside of the 

 tubular or conical column from the middle to the top. Staminodes none. 



ERioLiENA, De Candolle. 



Calyx 5-cIeft, valvatc. Petals 5, deciduous, with dilated toracntose claws. 

 Stamina! column short, bearing on the outside numerous linear-oblong anthers, the 

 anther-cells parallel. Capsule v^OiAj, 5-valvcd. /SVcrf« winged above. Alhumeni\\\n. 

 Trees with simple, often lobed leaves. Flowers usually yellow and .showy, solitary, or 

 on axillary panicles. 



E. Candollki, Wall. Ava. Pegu. Martaban. 



Dwa-ni. 



Heartwood red, tough and ela.stie, 11 lbs. to tlie cubic foot. 



BO.MBFA'IE^. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals persistent, Jlat. Anthers 10 to 20, rarely 5, united 

 into a ikort cup at or near the top of the column, the cells parallel. Staminodes 5 or none. 



X Anthers 1.5, rarely 10. 



Pentai'ktks, Limueus. 



Bracti-oles caducous. Sepals herbaceous. Orii/y-cells with several ovules. 

 Style simple. 



P. rn<ENrcEA, L. Along rice fields in Ava and Pegu. 



Eriorhaphe punicea, lliq. 



X X Anthers .'5. 



!Mii.iiANiA, Fori-hild. 



Bracteolcs 3, persistent. Stamens united into a cup, with 5 elongate staminodes. 



EERMjyXJE.1:. 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals marcescent, flat. Stamens 5, shortly miilcd or 

 rarely tubular at base only. Staminodes tisually none. 



X Ovary 5-celled. 

 Melochia, Zinnaus. 

 Capsules almost globular. Seeds wingless. Herbs or under shnibs. 

 M. coucnoiuFOLLA, L. In forests and cultivation all over Burma. 



