Scaphium.] xxiv. sterculiace^. 275 



2. SCAPHIUM, Endl. 



Large trees with coriaceous leaves and panicles of small uni- 

 sexual flowers, usually tomentose. Calyx tubular, often very 

 short. Staminal column stalk short or long ; anthers in a globose 

 head 10 to 30, narrow. Female flowers, ovaries 3 to 5 ; style short. 

 Carpels very large, thin, membranous, green boat-shaped, with a 

 single ellipsoid seed at the base. Species 4, Martaban, Malay 

 Peninsula and Borneo. 



Leaves broad, ovate-cordate . . . . (i) S. linearicarpum 



Leaves oblong, base entire. 



Panicles densely tomentose ; stamen-head sub- 

 sessile glabrous . . . . . . (2) S. affine 



Panicle sub-glabrous ; stamen-head stalked 

 woolly (3) S. longiflorum 



S. linearicarpum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. y^, p. 144. 

 Sterculia linearicarpa Masters, in Hook. fd. F.B.I, i. 360; King, 

 I.e. 740. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, with large leaf-scars on the branches. 

 Leaves coriaceous ovate-orbicular cordate, obtuse or rounded at 

 tip; nerves 7 pairs strongly elevate, pubescent beneath, reticula- 

 tions conspicuous, 6 to 14 in. long, 5 to 14 in. wide; petioles 6 in. 

 long or less. Panicles rather lax, ferruginous, 7 to 8 in. long. Bracts 

 oblong, red-tomentose. Flowers very small on tomentose pedicels 

 'I in. long. Calyx tube "i in. long, lobes a little longer, ovate 

 acute, tomentose outside. Stamen-column shorter than calyx- 

 tube, glabrous; anthers 10, cuneate 2-celled. Ovaries 3 free. 

 Follicles 2, boat-shaped acuminate, densely yellow- woolly, 3*2 in. 

 long, acuminate, on yellow woolly pedicels "5 in. long. Seed i. 

 Hob. Malacca (Maingay) ; Perak (Scort echini, Kunstler). 



(2) S. affine Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. y^, p. 144. 

 Sterculia aflinis Masters, I.e. i. 361. S. scaphigera King, Journ. 

 As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 75 {partly) not of Wallich. 



Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous glabrous, oblong or 

 oblong-ovate obtuse shortly acuminate, base rounded (lobed when 

 young) ; nerves elevate beneath, 6 pairs, reticulations conspicuous, 

 5 to 7 in. long, 2*2 to 3-2 in. wide; petioles 3 to 3-5 in. long, thick- 

 ened at apex. Panicles axillary 6 to 7 in. long, red-tomentose. 

 Branches numerous 2*5 in. long. Flowers numerous, green, very 

 small. Bracts ovate, woolly. Calyx 'i in. long, tube very short, 

 lobes 4, ovate, minutely scurfy, as long as the tube. Anther head 

 nearly sessile, with a very short glabrous stalk ; anthers 12, minute, 

 glabrous. Follicles i to 5 on pubescent stalks "5 in. long, green 

 membranous 6 to 8 in. long, glabrous. Seed i, ovoid brown, 

 •5 to I in. long. Hah. Not rare in the forests in south of the 

 peninsula. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith). Sungei 

 Hudang and Merlimau. Pahang, Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Native 

 names : Kembang Semangkok (lit. Fill Cup) ; S'ilayer. Use : 



