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Pterygota. | Malvacee. 31 
1. STERCULIA Linn. 
Trees; leaves simple or compound; flowers in axillary 
racemes or panicles, unisexual or polygamous; calyx 5-fid; 
pet. 0; stam. combined into a central column, anth. 10-20, 
sessile, capitate; carp. 4-5, on a gynophore; ovules usually 
numerous; ripe carp. follicular, woody, sessile or shortly 
stalked, usually scarlet; seeds black, not winged; usually 
arillate-—Sp. 100; Tropics. 
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2. S. urens Roxb. 
F. Lewis gives Dadiya as the Vedda name for this and the locality 
Panama Pattu. 
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3. S. guttata Roxb. Kavili, Tondi, 7. (F. Lewis). 
Mylimalayi, Kottiyar Distr. 
ia. FIRMIANA Marsigli. 
Trees; leaves palmately lobed; flowers in terminal racemes 
or panicles, polygamous; calyx 5-fid.; pet. 0; stam. combined 
into a central column, anth. about 30; carp. 5, on a gyno- 
phore; ovules 2; ripe carp. follicular, membranous, stalked, 
greenish pink; seeds yellow, not winged.—Sp. 10; Asia. 
Page 166.—For Sterculia colorata Roxb. read: 
Firmiana colorata R. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. p. 235 (1838- 
52). Sterculia colorata Roxb. Cor. Pl. I, p. 25 t. 25 (1795). 
Ih PTERYGOTA Endl. 
Trees; leaves simple; flowers in axillary racemose panicles, 
unisexual or polygamous; calyx 5-fid.; pet. 0; stam. combined 
into a central column, anth. 10; carp. 5, on a gynophore; 
ovules numerous; ripe carp. follicular, woody stalked, 
brown; seeds winged.—Sp. 4; Tropics. 
For Sterculia Thwaitesti Mast. read: 
Pterygota Thwaitesii (Mast.). P. alata Thw. Enum. p. 29 
(1858) non R. Br. Sterculia Thwaitesii Mast. in Fl. Brit. Ind. |, 
p. 361 (1874). Etaritiva, S. (Kurunegala), Gal-nava, S. (F. 
Lewis, S. of the Island). . 
Mukana Forest, 19 m. from Puttalam; along the Kurunegala road 
(Jayewardena) ; banks of Vallave river from Liangahatota to close to 
Ambalantota, F. Lewis; N.W. flank of Hundrunda Range (F. Lewis). 
Common in Bibile distr. where the trees grow to a very large size. 
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Helicteres Isora Linn. Kawa, T. (Gamble). 
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