270 XXIV. sterculiace;e. [Stcrculia. 



Chankat Mentri (Kloss) ; Giinong Bintang (Kloss). Tringganu, 

 Bundi (Rostado). Distrib. Cochin-China, Nicobars, Sumatra. 



(5) S. elongata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 28. 

 Shrub about 10 ft. tall. Leaves oblong-linear acuminate obtuse, 



margins often undulate, glabrous sub-coriaceous, 6 to 12 in. long, 

 2 in. wide ; nerves distinct beneath 18 to 26, meeting in loops far 

 from the margin; petioles -5 to 1-5 in. long. Raceme 6 in. long, 

 rachis hairy. Flowers about 14 ; pedicels -5 in. long. Calyx 

 pubescent, tube campanulate -2 in. long, lobes linear hairy connivent 

 •3 in. long. Staminal-column shorter than the tube; anthers 8. 

 Follicles 5, eUiptic-ovate cuspidate 2 in. long, i in. wide, red, 

 pubescent outside. Seeds 4 in each carpel, sub-globose. Hab. 

 In forests, local. Singapore, Bukit Timah, etc. Malacca, Bukit 

 Kanding (Cantley). 



(6) S. parvifolia Wall. Cat. 1123; Masters, I.e. i. 356; King, 

 I.e. 64. 



A tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate blunt, base acute or rounded ; nerves 6 to 8 

 pairs, prominent beneath, 4 to 6-5 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles i to 175 in. long; racemes axillary solitary, 2 in. long, 

 few-flowered, glabrous. Calyx less than -5 in. long, glabrous 

 outside, puberulous inside pink, lobes greyish, tube broad cylindric, 

 lobes Hnear-lanceolate as long. Male flowers, staminal column 

 short; anthers 12. Female, ovaries 5 ovate pubescent; styles 

 united recurved, white-hairy. Stigmas clavate. Follicles 3 to 5 

 oblong, I to 1-25 in. long, "6 in. wide. Seeds 2, ovoid, black. Hab. 

 Hill woods. Selangor, Weld's Hill; Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 

 Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray). Penang, Government Hill 

 (Curtis, Walhch). Native name : Unting-Unting. 



(7) S. lancaviensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 29. 

 Small tree, deciduous. Leaves grey when dry, obovate, tip 



rounded, glabrous; nerves 5 pairs, 3-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; 

 petioles "25 to -5 in. long. Panicles lax, much-branched, i to i'5 in. 

 long, pubescent, produced after the fall of the leaves. Male flowers 

 campanulate, "12 in. long, lobes lanceolate-linear blunt, edges 

 hairy. Stamens 6, column as long as tube. Female flowers 

 campanulate '2 in. long, lobes ovate, very short, scabrid pubescent 

 inside with 12 raised veins; anthers 5. Lankawi Islands, Kwah 

 and Terutau (Curtis). 



Really allied to S. bicolor, but glabrous. 



(8) S. Kunstleri King, I.e. 65. 



Glabrous tree 30 to 50 ft. tall, i"5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, bright green mottled yellow, broadly ovate to 

 oblong or narrowly elliptic, tip rounded, blunt or shortly abruptly 

 acuminate, base rounded or blunt ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 4 to 9 in. 

 long, 2 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 275 in. long, slender. 



