Stercttlia.] xxiv. sterculiace.e. . 271 



Panicles solitary axillary 3 in. long, flocculent tomentose, base 

 nude, lateral branches numerous, short. Calyx -3 to "35 in. long, 

 urceolate, tube stellate tomentose outside, creamy white, base 

 tinged light red, lobes shorter than tube, linear-lanceolate, villous 

 inside, tomentose outside. Male flowers, stamen-column short 

 with 5 anthers. Female flowers, ovaries 3, villous with a ring of 

 yellow at base. Stigmas fleshy, clavate bent on themselves. 

 Follicles 2 or 3, woody, peach-coloured to carmine, oblong, base 

 rounded, tip acute, tomentose outside, 3 to 3-5 in. long, 1-25 to 

 i"5 in. wide. Seeds narrow, ovoid nearly i in. long. Hab. In 

 dense jungle; Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(9) S. parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; King, I.e. 66. S. 

 Maingayi Masters, I.e. i. 359; Pierre, Ft. For. Coehinchine, t. 

 i88a. 



A big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall and 18 in. through. Leaves mem- 

 branous, ovate or obovate-oblong, shortly bluntly acuminate, base 

 rounded and slightly cordate, glabrous, midrib and 7 or 8 pairs 

 of nerves prominent, stellate-pubescent when young, 4 to 10 in. 

 long, 2 to 5-5 in. wide ; petioles tomentose, i to 4 in. long. Panicles 

 red-tomentose, slender, 5 to 6 in. long. Branches distant, short, 

 •5 in. long. Calyx '2 in. long, tube urceolate, lobes linear-lanceolate, 

 nearly as long, pink, tomentose outside, glabrous within. Male 

 flowers, staminal column with 10 sessile ovate anthers. Female 

 flowers, ovaries 5, scaly with a ring of anthers at base. Stigmas 

 united into a 5-lobed disc of 5 recurved stigmas. Follicles i to 5, 

 thickly coriaceous bright red to orange, pubescent or glabrescent, 

 oblong, short-beaked, 2'5 to 3-5 in. long, i"25 to 1*5 in. wide. Seeds 

 black "6 in. long. Hab. Common in woods in the low country, 

 Singapore, Pahang, Malacca, Perak and Panang. Distrib. Burma, 

 Sylhet, Cochin-China. Native fiames : Kadampang ; Rongga 

 Jantan. 



(10) S. Scortechinii King, I.e. 67. 



A tall tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, slightly obovate, 

 tip rounded, abruptly short acuminate blunt, base narrowed rounded 

 minutely cordate, above glabrous, beneath minutely gland-dotted; 

 midrib and nerves 4 or 5 pairs, stellate pubescent, 2 nerves rising 

 straight fromt he base, 2 to 5 to 3-5 in. long, 1*25 to 1-65 in. wide; 

 petioles "65 to i in. long, pulverulent. Panicles raceme-like, 

 axillary solitary, tomentose, 2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 

 divided nearly to base into 5 ovate lobes, pubescent tomentose on 

 both sides. Male flowers with 10 anthers on the column. Females, 

 ovary 3-celled obliquely ovoid, pubescent, scaly; ovules 3 to 4 

 in each cell; styles connate, pubescent. Stigmas 3, ovoid. Fruit 

 unknown. Hab. Perak, locality unknown (Scortechini). 



(11) S. rubiginosa Vent, Hort. Malmaison, ii. 91 ; Masters, 

 I.e. i. 358; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinehine, t. 194B. S. angustifoha 

 Jack. Mai. Misc. i. 21 {not of Roxburgh). S. Jackiana Wall. Cat. 1134. 



