21. STEliCULIACEJE. [1. Stebculia. 



B. Petals present. Carpels not follicular in fruit, 

 (but see Helicteres) 

 I. Fil. completely connate into a tube, or free 



above. Ovary on a long gynophore 

 Anthers and staminodes Bubsessile on the dilated 



tnbe 2. Helicteres. 



Free part of filaments and staminodes long and 



filiform ... .... 3. Pterospennum. 



II. Stamfms with the filaments only connate below. 



Ova' y sessile 



Stamens" very many. Shrubs . . . .4. Eriolaena. 

 Stamens 15 fertile, staminodes 5. Herb . . 5. Pentapeies. 

 Stamens 5. Staminodes 5. Petals appendaged 6. Buettneria. 

 Stamens 5. Petals spathulate. Ovary 5-celled 7. Melochia. 

 Stamens 5. Petals oblong-apathulata. Ovary 



1-celled 8. Waltheria. 



1. fcterculia, L. 



Trees, characters as above. FIs. polygamous. The 5 

 follicles stellately spreading in fruit, sometimes dehiscing 

 jong before the seed or seeds are ripe, so that these ripen 

 fully exposed 

 1. L. angled or palmately lobed. 



L. shallowly 5-lobed tome ntose beneath. Lobes entire. 

 Pis. very small greenish-brown. Inflorescence densely 



glandular . . . 1. urens. 



L deeply 5-7-lob,ed tomuitose beneath lobes again 

 3-lobed rarely entire. FIs. \'' diam. yellowish with 

 pink centre- ........ 2. villoma. 



L. 3-lobed or in young plants deeply 5-7-lobed glabre- 



scent. FIs. scarlet 3. colorata. 



% L. digitate. FIs. dull orange . . . .4. foetida. 



1. S. urens, Rozb, Teley, K., S., Telhec ', 8. ; Kaunjii, 



Kharw., Gulu, IT. 

 A large or mod.-sized tree with thin papery bark which 

 appears white in the distance and gaunt spreading branches 

 narked with la ge scars. Panicles 4-7" densely viscidly 

 pubescent. Fla. J-* diam. Follicles pungent with bristles. 



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