61 



Leaves eiliptic-oblong : maiu nerves 6 to 



7 pairs ... ... ... 20. S. offinis. 



Sect. V. Pterocyinhium, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 

 219 (gen.). Floivers sub-hermaphrodite. 

 Anthers 10. Styles coherent, stigmas re- 

 curved. Follicles 4 — 6, membranous, open- 

 ing long before maturity. Seed solitary. 



Leaves broadly ovate, acuminate, the 



base deeply cordate ... ... 2]. S. camjmnulata. 



Leaves elliptic-oblong ; the base broadly 



rounded or sub-truncate, not cordate... 22. S. tubulata. 



1. S. VILLOSA, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50. A tree 30 to 60 feet high: 

 young branches thick, their apices tawny-tomentose and enveloped 

 by the lai"ge sub-caducous stipules, the bark pale with large leaf- 

 cicatrices. Leaves thickly membranous, rotund or reniform, with 5 to 7 

 broad abruptly acuminate often toothed lobes, the sinuses between the 

 lobes acute ; the base deeply cordate, the basal lobes rounded : upper 

 surface at first minutely stellate-pubescent, ultimately glabrous, except 

 the 5 to 7 radiating tomentose nerves : under surface uniformly and 

 minutely tomentose; length and breadth from 12 to 18 inches : petiole 

 deciduously densely pubescent, about as -long as the blade : stipules 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, with cordate bases, pubescent, sub-caducous. 

 Panicles from the axils of the previous year's leaves, solitary, from 

 6 to 12 in. long : branches short, many-flowered, tomentose. Calyx 

 campanulate, "4 in. in diam., with 5 ovabe acute spi'cading lobes as long 

 as the tube, yellowish with purple fundus, veined, puberulous outside 

 especially towards the base, almost glabrous inside. Male floioer ; 

 staminal column longer than the calyx-tube, slightly curved, quite gla- 

 brous, bearing at its apex 10 sub-sessile anthers with thick connective 

 and 2 divergent cells. Female fioioer ; gynophore glabrous, thickened 

 above ; ovaries 5, conjoined, tomentose j styles conjoined, puberulous, 

 curved ; stigma small, lobed. Follicles 3 to 5, coriaceous, sessile, bright 

 red when ripe, oblong, tapering to both ends ; 2 to 2-5 iu. long by 1 in. 

 broad ; shortly hispid-pubescent externally, smooth and shining inter- 

 nally and glabrous except along the placental edges which are strongly 

 ciliate. Seeds 6 or more, oval, smooth, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 153 ; Kurz 

 For. Fl. Burm. i. 136 ; Mast, in Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 355; Pierre Fl. 

 Forest. Coch-Chine, t. 185, fig. D. ; Wall. Cat. 113G, 2, 3, D. ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 63 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 22 ; Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 

 227. 



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