STERCULIACE^E. Dll'TEliOCAlll'EyK. (J25 



Glabrous or almost so. Capsules covered with long stiff smooth bristles. 

 B. CRKNVL.MA, MacClellaud. Pegu. Tenasserim. 



AiiuoiiA, Liniuiua. 



A. AN(;rsTA, L. jS'ankuwry. 



The Order of SterculiacetB is notable for the alnmdance of mucilage which most 

 of its members contain, and the fibre of most is strong and good for cordage. The 

 wood is usuall)' valueless, but Ileritiera and PtcroKpennum are exceptions, the former 

 affording one of the toughest woods in tlie East. The Cacao bean, fi'om which 

 Chocolate is made, belongs to this Order. 



GUTTIFERALES. 

 Flmoers regular. Sepals and /'<tals each usually 4 or 5, imliricate in l)ud. 

 Stcuneiis usually many. Oraiy 3- or many-celled, rarely 2-celled or of 1 carpel. 

 Placentas ou the inner angles of the cells. 



Order Dll'TEUOCAIirEJ^. 



Flowers hermaphrodite, regidar. Cahjx-tube free from the ovary or adnate, bell- 

 shaped and enlarging or small and unchanged, the limb 5-parted or cleft, imbricate 

 (rari.'h' almost vulvate), all or a few of the lobes enlarged and wing-like, rarely 

 unaltered under the fruit. Petals .5, twisted, imbricate, free or basally connate. 

 Stiimens numerous, rarely definite, liypogynous or perigynous. Anthers 2-celled, the 

 connective often produced, bristly or blunt. Oranj usually superior, 3-celled (rarely 

 2- or 1 -celled), with usually paired anatrojjous ovules in each cell. Fruit a usually 

 1- or rarely 2-seeded nut, inclosed or siqiported by the calyx or rarely inferior, the 

 calyx-wings some or all enlarged, wing-like. Albumen none, or rarely fleshy and 

 ruminate. Trees or shrubs, with alternate simple leaves. Flowers usually in racemes 

 or panicles. All the species abound in balsamic products, as camphor and wood oil. 



Sub-order ANCISTR CLA DE.F. 

 Ovary 2-celled, with a single erect ovule. Fruit adnate to the enlarged calyx. 



Ancistkocladus, Wullieh. 

 All the .3 calyx-lobes more or less enlarged. Scandent shrubs. 

 A. Gkiffithii, Planch. Swamps and muddy river banks 



Pan-ben-nweh (Kurz). fro'" I'^'S^' to Tenasserim. 



All the 5 lobes of the fruiting calyx equally enlarged, short and coriaceous, 

 stellately spreading, leaves chartaceous. 



A. Walucuii, Planch. Tropical forests of Chittagong, 



A. extensiis and A. stellif/erus, 'Wall. Pegu, Tenasserim, Andamans. 



Lobes of fruiting calyx unciiual, chartaceous, l-U. inch long. Leaves thicker. 



Sub-order DIPTEROCARPEAi. 



Ovary 3- rarely 1 -celled, with 2 pendulous ovuhis in each cell. Trees, rarely 

 erect shrubs. 



* Ovary inferior or nearly so, or with a broad base adnate to the calyx-tube. Kufs 

 therefore for i to J of their lenyth adnate to the enlarged calyx-tube. 



AxisopTEKA, Korthal. 

 Connective terminating in bristle or acute gland, 2 of the 5 calyx-lobes enlarging 

 into long wings. 



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