282 XXIV. STERCULiACE^. [Heltctercs. 



lateral processes. Staminal-tube longer than the petals. Capsule 

 cylindric, sub-acute or blunt, i"5 in. long, -5 in. through, densely 

 covered with grey hairy bristles. Hab. Open country. Pahang, 

 Kwala Tembeling and Temerloh. Kelantan, Kwala Lebir. Dts- 

 trih. Indo-China; Java; Tenasserim. 



Easily recognised by the strongly toothed, almost tri-lobed, nearly sessile 

 leaves. 



(4) H. angTistifolia Linn. Sp. PL 963 ; King, I.e. 82. 



A shrub 2 ft. or more tall, pubescent, except the upper side of 

 the leaves quite glabrous. Leaves pale beneath, lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate obtuse or oblong-truncate mucronulate entire, 

 base narrow, 3-nerved; lateral nerves 5 or 6 pairs, i"5 to 2'5 in. 

 long, "4 to "5 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. Cymes axillary few- 

 flowered about '3 in. long. Flowers -4 to -5 in. long, violet pink or 

 white. Calyx densely tomentose 2-lipped, mouth expanded, teeth 5 

 triangular acute. Petals linear-sub-spathulate with 2 or 3 horned 

 appendages. Staminal column shorter. Ovary tomentose. Fruit 

 ovoid-cylindric, straight 75 in. long, -4 in. wide, densely stellate- 

 villous. Hah. Open country, sandy or rocky spots. Johor, 

 Minyak Buku, Kwala Pahat. Adang group. Pulau Rawei. 

 Setul heaths (flowers white). Distrib. Malay islands, China and 

 India, var. obtusa King, I.e. is a form with broader truncate 

 leaves. It occurs in Pulau Rawei and on Setul Heath. 



9. PTEROSPERMUM, Schreb. 



Trees (or shrubs) scaly or stellate-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous 

 oblique, simple or lobed. Inflorescence axillary or terminal. 

 Bracts entire or laciniate. Calyx of 5 valvate coriaceous more or 

 less connate sepals. Petals 5, imbricate, white. Staminal-column 

 short with 3 apiculate anthers, and 5 ligulate staminodes. Ovary 

 within the top of the column, 3- or 4-celled ; ovules many in each 

 cell ; style entire. Stigma furrowed. Capsule woody or cori- 

 aceous, terete or angled, 5-valved. Seeds winged above in 2 rows. 

 Species about 18, Asiatic. 



Big tree; flowers 6 in. long ..... (i) P. diversifolium 



Slender tall trees; flowers 2 in. long. 



Sepals pubescent inside; capsule 3 to 4 in. long . (2) P. Blumeanum 



Sepals silky inside ; capsule i "5 in. long . . (3) P. Jackianum 



(i) P. diversifoliiim Bl. Bijdr. 88 ; Masters, in Hook. fd. F.B.I. 

 i. 367; Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 179; King, I.e. 84. 



A tree 60 to 100 ft. tall, 15 to 24 in. through. Young branches, 

 petioles, under-side of leaves, sepals and the fruit covered with 

 a minute tawny tomentum, with many stellate hairs. Leaves 

 coriaceous, peltate and lobed on young shoots, ovate-oblong to 

 rounded-elhptic, tip broad blunt, with an abrupt triangular point, 

 edges sinuous, base cordate, above shining; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 6 to 9 in. long, 3*5 to 6 in. wide ; petioles i to i'25 or 2 in. long. 



