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central flower of each fascicle loiii!,-er than the others ; bracts lanceolate, 

 beneath each flower, tliat beneath the centi-al flower of each fascicle the 

 larger. Calyx cauipanulate, densely pubescent without, clothed with 

 stellate hairs within ; lobes oblong, subacute, about eqnalling the tube, 

 ultimately reflexed. Male flowebs : Staniinal-coluinu slender, ex- 

 ceeding I in. long; anthers 10-12. Hermaphrodite elowebs : Ovary- 

 globose, strigose uith stellate hairs ; gynophore stout, round, | in. long; 

 style stout, deflexed. Follicles 1-5, obovoid, 3 in. long, deep orange- 

 colored, villous without, smooth and pink within. Seeds large, size of a 

 bean, oblong ; testa long, brittle. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. '455 ; Grab. Cat. 

 p. 17 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 23 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 105 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 v. 1, p. 105 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 22; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. IN'at. 

 v. 11 (1897) p. 129 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 363.— 

 Flowers : Jan.-Feb. Vern. Kukar ; Golddr. 



Throughout the forests of the Konkan and S. Kanara ; common on the Ghats. 

 KoNKAN : Dahc/il, Law I, Sfocksl; Bonibaj', Capf. Geburne]; near Katnagiri, 

 Woodmul; W. Ghats, Coolrl, Woodrow\ Kawra : S. Kanara, Dal -ell l^- Gibi^O)!. 



5. Sterculia colorata, lio.vb. Hort. Bevg. (1814) p. 50. A tree, 

 growing to a great size ; trunk erect ; bark ash-colored ; branches 

 numerous, spreadiug. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches, 

 broader than long, 4-8 by 5-9 in., deeply cordate at the base, glabrous or 

 the young leaves pubescent, variable in shape, commonly 3-lobed ; lobes 

 triangular, acuminate ; main nerves 3-5 ; petioles 4-12 in. long ; stipules 

 lanceolate. Flov/ers about 1 in. long, numerous, appearing before the 

 leaves, in short terminal panicles densely clothed with orange-red 

 coral-like stellate tomentum. Calyx funnel-shaped ; tube very long ; 

 lobes i in. long, triangular, covered outside with orange-red stellate 

 tomentum, villous at the base inside. Staminal-column I-I5 in. long, 

 ultimately exserted, bearing at its top about 30 sessile anthers. 

 Styles short, recurved. Follicles stalked, glabrous, membranous, 3 in. 

 long, opening before maturity ; valves flat, leaf -like, elliptic-oblong, 

 veined. Seeds usually 2, one adhering to each margin of the gaping 

 follicle, I in. long, ovoid, smooth, yellow. Fl. B. I. v. ], p. 359 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 17; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 23; Trim. Fl. CevL v. 1, p. 166; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 22 ; Woodr. in .Joiu-n. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 129 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 3, p. 361.— Flowers : Mar.- April. 

 Vern. Kaushi. 



Throughout the Konkan and Decoan forests. Konkan : Stocks !, Law I ; Bombay, 

 Laiol; W. Glu'its, Woodrow; Elephanta Hill, Graham. Dfxcan : jungles in the 

 Deccan, Bakell cj- Gibson; Lanoli, Cooke \, Kavitkarl S. M. Countky : jungles 

 north of Belgauni, liltchic, 939! — Distkic. Pegu, Ceylon. 



6. Sterculia alata, Ro.vh. Ilort. Bemj. (1814) p. 60. A tall tree ; 

 trunk straight ; bark smooth, ash-colored (not white) ; young parts 

 covered with dense golden stellate pubescence. Leaves crowded about 

 the ends of the branches, falling before the flowers appear, 4-10 by 

 3-7 in., ovate, cordate, acute or shortly acuminate, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, 3-7-nerved ; petioles 2-31 in. long, terete, subglabrous ; sti- 

 pules minute, subidate. Flowers about 1 in. across, in subpanicled 

 few-flowered racemes from the old axils below the leaves ; pedicels 

 short ; bracts ensiform, caducous. Calyx cainpanulate, divided almost 

 to the base ; lobes 5 (rarely 6), valvate, thick and fleshy, linear-lanceo- 



