Sterculia.'] Sterculiacecs. 165 



carp, usually 5, on a short gynophore, follicles 4-6, spreading, 

 I in. long, oblong-ovoid, densely pubescent and also set with 

 stiff red stinging bristles. 



Dry country ; rather rare. Uma-oya ; Bintenne ; Haragama. Fl. 

 April ; greenish, with a purple centre. 



Also in the Indian and Malay Peninsulas. 



3. S. g'uttata, Roxb. Hort. Betig. 50 (1814). 

 Thw. Enum. 29. C. P. 2723. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 355. Wight, Ic. t. 487. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 105. 



A tree, bark vertically furrowed, young parts pubescent ; 

 1. 5-10 in., broadly oblong-oval, rounded at base, acuminate, 

 entire, glabrous above, stellate-hairy on veins beneath, petioles 

 i-|-3 in., stellate-scurfy ; fl. small, % in. long, on very short ped., 

 arranged on stout horizontal branches of short pubescent 

 panicles from ends of branches, bracts as long as ped. ; 

 cal. pubescent outside, segm. oblong, acute, ultimately very 

 strongly reflexed; male fl. : — stam. -column long, slender, 

 anth. 10 or 12 ; fem. fl. : — gynophore -|- in., curved, carp, very 

 woolly ; follicles (not seen, described as) 3 in. long, obovate, 

 villous, brilliant scarlet, with black seeds. 



Moist low country ; very rare. Raitunwelle ; Ambagamuwa ; Eratne ; 

 Kuruwita Korale. Fl. Feb.; white with pink spots. 



Also in S. India, Malacca, and the Andaman Islands. A very 

 common tree in Southern India, though so rare here. 



4. S. Balang'has,'^ L. Sp. PL 1007 (1753). Nava, 5". 



Herm. Mus. 23. Burm. Thes. 84(.?), 170. Fl. Zeyl. n. 350. Moon 

 Cat. Add. Thw. Enum. 29. C. P. 1142. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 358. Wight, 111. t. 30. 



A tree, bark whitish, young parts pubescent ; 1. 3-5 in., 

 ovate-oval, rounded at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, re- 

 curved, entire, glabrous and shining above, paler and slightly 

 rough with stellate pubescence beneath, petiole \-\ in., rough, 

 stip. small, acute, hairy, deciduous ; fl. small, f in. diam., on 

 rather long ped., in stellate-hairy panicles 4-5 in. long, and 

 slightly drooping from ends of branches ; cal. deeply cut, 

 segm. linear-lanceolate, remaining connected by their tips, 

 pubescent outside, hairy inside ; anth. about 15 ; follicles 4-5, 

 spreading horizontally, shortly stalked, 3^ in. long, oblong- 

 ovoid, acuminate, very minutely pubescent, brilliant orange- 

 scarlet, pericarp thick, leathery, smooth within ; seeds few, 

 \ in. long, ovoid, jet-black, shining, with a small yellow ca- 



* Linnaeus took this name from Burman, but it is doubtful what plant 

 the latter intended. I do not know any plant called Balan or Balan-gas 

 in Sinhalese, and Hermann gives rightly ' Nawaghas ' for this. 



