274 XXIV. STERCULIACE.E. [SlcrciUia. 



Gombak (Burn-Murdoch) and in Cantley's herbarium with no 

 locaHty. 



(15) S. angustifolia Roxh. Hort. Beng. 50; Pierre, Fl. For. 

 Cochinchine, i. 190 ; King, I.e. 68. S. Balanghas var. mollis, Masters, 



I.e. i. 358. 



A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets velvet}^ rusty-tomentose. 

 Leaves membranous oblong rarely obovate-lanceolate acuminate 

 or acute, narrowed to the rounded base, above glabrous, beneath 

 densely red-tomentose, 4 to 7 in. long, 1-25 to 2*25 in. wide ; petioles 

 •6 to i-i in. long, red-tomentose. Panicles crowded at the ends of 

 the branches, solitary axillary lax, drooping red-tomentose, 2 to 

 6 in. long. Calyx -2 in. wide, hairy except the inside of the tube, 

 dark red, lobes linear-lanceolate, longer than tube. Male flowers, 

 staminal column as long as tube with 10 sessile anthers. Female 

 with 5 ovaries and 10 sessile anthers at base. St3^1e short. Stigmas 

 longer recurved. Follicles 4 to 5, ovate-oblong, beak short curved, 



275 in. long, 1*35 in. wide, velvety tomentose outside. Hab. 

 High up on limestone rocks, rare. Perak at Gunong Pondok 

 (Kunstler). Distrih. Burma. 



(16) S. javanica Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230. S. pubescens 

 Masters, I.e. i. 357. 



A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong or ovate, shortly acuminate 

 blunt, base rounded peltate, coriaceous, above glabrous, beneath 

 tomentose-hairy ; nerves 9 pairs, 5 to 6 in. long, 2'25 to 275 in. 

 wide; petioles rufous-hairy, i in. long. Panicles lax with short 

 branches, 6 in. long. Branches i in. long or less slender, tomentose. 

 Flowers numerous small, "i in. long on short pedicels. Calyx-tube 

 very short, lobes 5, lanceolate blunt red-tomentose outside, white- 

 tomentose inside. Staminal-column very small as long as the 

 tube; anthers minute. Female flowers much larger, "2 in. long, 

 campanulate hairy outside, glabrous within, lobes lanceolate sub- 

 acute. Carpels pyriform, quite glabrous, 2 in. long, shortly cuspi- 

 date. Hah. Not common, Johor Road to Gunong Pulai. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis). 

 Distrih. Java and Sumatra. 



The panicles are often entirely male, but in female panicles there are 

 usually a small number of male flowers intermixed. 



(17) S. bicolor Masters, I.e. i. 359 ; King, I.e. 67. 



Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves on branch-ends membranous 

 obovate-oblong acute, narrowed to the rounded base, above gla- 

 brous, beneath whitish, densely minutely tomentose; midrib and 

 16 to 18 pairs nerves tomentose, 2*5 to 3 in. long, i-2 to 1-4 in. 

 wide. Panicles 2 to 3 in. long slender tomentose. Branches -5 in. 

 long. Calyx tube ovoid-oblong, widely campanulate, -3 in. long, 

 lobes as long as tube linear. Staminal column with 12 anthers. 

 Female flowers and follicles unknown. Hah. Rare, Malacca 

 (Maingay). Perak at Thaiping (Wray). 



