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XXIV. STEKCULIACE.E. 



{Sterculia. 



pink or green, small 4- to 5-lobed. Petals o. Staminal column 

 with a head of sessile anthers at the top. Carpels 5, distinct on a 

 gynophore, when ripe follicular coriaceous spreading, dehiscing, 

 on one side, scarlet. Seeds oblong pendent from edge, black. 

 Species about 200, all tropics. 



Leaves large 6- to 7-lobed, digitate 

 Leaves simple, large orbicular 12 in. long tomen- 

 tose beneath ...... 



Leaves quite glabrous, simple. 



Inflorescence racemose (rarely a few short branch- 

 lets). 

 Leaves elliptic ; flowers pedicellcd ; shrub 

 Leaves oblong cuspidate ; flowers sub-scssilc 

 Leaves oblong-linear ..... 



Flowers panicled. Trees. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute both ends 

 Leaves obovate round at both ends ; panicles 

 much branched ...... 



Leaves elliptic-obovate, base broad blunt ; 



ovaries 3, villous ; stamens 7 . . . 



Ovaries 5, scaly; stamens 10 ... 



Leaves scurfy at back, 4 in. long .... 



Leaves hairy on back, strongly reticulate red-hairy ; 

 carpels ovate ...... 



Leaves red scurfy on midrib and nerves. 

 Leaves large; carpels long-beaked 

 Leaves large ; carpels short, not beaked 

 \\ hole plant densely long red-hairy 

 Leaves tomentose beneath ; nervules not conspicu- 

 ously elevate. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, densely tomentose, base 

 narrowed ....... 



Leaves oblong-obovate, thinly tomentose, base 

 broad ....... 



Leaves small, oblong, pale beneath 



(i) S. foetida 



(2) S. macrophylla 



{3) S. leevis 



(4) S. hyposticta 



(5) S. elongata 



(6) S. parvifolia 



(7) S. lancaviensis 



(8) S. Kunstleri 



(9) S. parviflora 



(10) S. Scortechinii 



(11) S. rubiginosa 



(12) S. rostrata 



(13) S. brachycarpa 



(14) S. hispidissima 



(15) S. angustifolia 



(16) S. javanica 



(17) S. bicolor 



(i) S. foetida Lnm.S/j.P/. 1008; 1^7^/?^ /c. /. 181, 364; Masters, 

 in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 354. 



A big tree about 80 ft. tall. Branches whorled. Leaves 

 digitate ; leaflets 7 to 9, elliptic-lanceolate, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide, 

 pubescent when young, glabrous when adult ; petioles 8 in. long. 

 Panicles erect, many- flowered, appearing with the young leaves. 

 Calyx dull orange or red, -5 to 7 in. across, lobes oblong-lanceolate 

 villous within. Anthers 12 to 15. Carpels 5, when ripe large 

 woody, boat-shaped, beaked, glabrous. Seeds 10 to 15, black 

 smooth. Hab. In villages, probably introduced onty. Province 

 Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Perils, at Kanga. Disirih. East Africa, 

 India, Moluccas, N. Australia. Native name : Kelompang. Use : 

 Seeds eaten. 



(2) S. macrophylla Veni. Hort. Malm. ii. 91 {in note) ; Br. 

 Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 230; Masters, I.e. i. 356; King, Joiirn. As. 

 Sac. Beng. I.e. 63. 



A large tree about 60 to 120 ft, tall. Young branches thick, 



