13U XXVI. STEECULIACEjE. 



The tree is extensiTcly planted, but a doubtful native. Stocks ! gi-ves the Konkan 

 as its habitat, and Wood row and Talbot report that it is abundant on the Deviman 

 Ghat in N. Ivanara. Graham mentions it as growing in a garden in Kolaha and in 

 the Girgauni woods, Bombay. Beddome (/. c.) says that the tree lias only been seen 

 by him in gardens. — Distiub. Chittagong, Birma. 



3. Pterospermum reticulatum, WigJit 4' ^l'''^- Prodr. p. 69. A 

 middliiiS'^i^'et^ tree. Leaves 82-6 by 2-3 in., citneate-oblong, acuminate, 

 often cut at the apex into several acute lobes or c6arse teeth, oblique 

 and subcordate at the base, the underside covered with a cream- colored 

 mealy tomentum dotted with darker minute stellate hairs, glabrous 

 above : nerves and veins prominent beneath and covered w ith buff 

 stellate tomentum ; petioles -1— j in. long. Flowers 1-3, in the upper 

 axils, I4-II in. across ; involucral bracts pinnatisect, a little distant 

 from the flowers, stellately tomentose, segments liliform. Calyx rusty- 

 pubescent outside, villous within ; sepals linear-oblong, subobtuse. 

 Petals obovate-oblong, spreading. Staminodes filiform. Ovary hairy ; 

 ovules about 6 in each cell. Capsules up to 3| in. long, ovoid, contracted 

 at the base, stellately pubescent. Seeds 4 in each cell, prominently 

 veined, dark brown ; wing papery, oblique, falcate. The ripe fruit 

 remains for a long time on the tree. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 369 ; Bedd. For. 

 Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xxxiv ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 23 ; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 129. Fterospermum Laivianum, 

 Ximmo, in Grab. Cat. p. 246 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 24. — Flowers: Dec- 

 Feb. 



Western Gh^ts, rare ; planted in Poona {Woodrow^. Kanaka : Falls of Gairsoppa 

 (rare), Talhof ! ; Deviman Ghat, Talbot ! 



4. Pterospermum Heyneanum, Wall. Cat. (1828) 1169. A 



middle-sized tree ; young shoots coA'ered with ferruginous stellate 

 pubescence. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3 in., oblong, acuminate, more or less 

 angled or toothed towards the apex, rounded or subcordate, not or but 

 slightly oblique at the base, glabrous above, grey-pubescent beneath ; 

 nerves and veins prominent, clothed with ferruginous pubescence ; 

 petioles ^-f in. long, rufous-pubescent, attached a little within the 

 margin ; stipules ensiform, h iu. long. Flowers up to 3^ in. across, 

 white, fragrant ; involucral bracts imbricate, subpersistent, foliaceous, 

 broadly ovate, deeply and variously gashed, the segments triangular, 

 acute. Sepals up to 2 in. long, rufous-pubescent on the outside, villous 

 within. Petals obovate, spreading. Capsules 2 in, long, narrowed at 

 both ends. Seeds 8-10 in each cell ; wing as in the preceding species. 

 Fl. B. I. V. 1, p. 369 ; Bedd. For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. xxxiv ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 23 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 129. 

 — Flowers: Dec.-Feb. 



I have seen no specimens of this tree from Bombay. The specimens in Herb. Kew. 

 marked 1'. Heyneanma by Stocks and Dalzell are all referahlc to /". vctitulutum. The 

 leaves of 1'. Heymanum are much less oblique at the base than those of P. retictdatnm 

 while its stipules and flowers are larger. The involucral bracts of 7'. rcticiilatwn 

 are ])innatisect with filiform segments, those of i'. Heyncamiin foliaceous, variously 

 cut and gashed. The capsules of 7*. Heyneanum contain 8-10, those of V. reticulatum 

 4 seeds. 



6. ERIOLffiNA, DC. 



Trees. Leaves cordate, crenate or serrate, stellately pubescent or 

 tomentose beneath. Peduncles axillary, l-flowered. Flowers rather 



