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high; young branches thick, rough, rather pale, glabrous. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous, roundish or reniform, usually palmately 3 to 5-lobed, 

 the lobes triangular, acuminate ; base deepiy cordate, 5 to 7-nerved 

 both surfaces pulverulent-pubescent when young, glabrous when adult 

 length 45 to 9 ia., breadth 5 to 12 in, ; petiole 35 to 8 in., puberulous 

 stipules lanceolate, caducous. Flowers in axillary panicles or racemes 

 from the axils of last year's fallen leaves, 2'5 to 4 in. long, densely 

 covered, as is the exterior of th-e flowers, with coral-red, scaly tomentuni. 

 Calyx '75 in. long, funnel-shaped, curved, the mouth with 5 acute short 

 triangular teetli, puberulous internally, villous at the base, Staminal 

 column as long as, or longer than the calyx, slightly flattened, minutely 

 f urfuraceous-pubescent : anthers 20 to 25, sessile at the apex of the 

 column, oblong, closely surrounding the 5 flask-shaped ovaries ; styles 5, 

 short, recurved : stigmas acute. Follicles 2 to 3 in. long, membranous, 

 glabrous, veined, stipitate, open from an eai'ly age and bearing on their 

 edges usually 2 smooth oval seeds. Roxb. Cor. PI. i. 26, t. 25 ; Fl. Ind, 

 iii. 14G ; Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 359 ; Pierre Fl. Forest. 

 Coch-Chine, t. 199; Kurz For. Fl. Burra. i. 138; Brand. For. Flora 

 N. W. Ind. 34; Wall. Cat. 1119; Hook. To. PI. 143; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 23 ; W. & A. Prodr i. 63. Firmiana colorata. Br. in Benn, 

 PI. Jav. Bar. 235; Thvvaites Enum. 29, ErytJiropsis Boxburghiana^ 

 Scott. & Endl. Melet. Bot. 33. 



Andamans ; Kurz, Prain. Distrib. India, Ceylon. 



16. S. FULGENS, Wall. Cat. 1135. A tree 30 to 70 feet high ; 

 young branches rather thick, with smooth dark bark, at first pubescent, 

 ultimately quite glabrous. Leaves large and with long petioles, thinly 

 coriaceous, rotund with 5 shallow acuminate lobes, the base cordate : 

 upi^er surface glabrous, harsh to the touch : lower densely and minutely 

 stellate-pubescent, palmately 7-nerved, the nerves prominent beneath : 

 length and breadth 15 to IS in. ; petiole 15 to 20 in., sulcate, minutely 

 puberulous. Eacemes or panicles 3 to 4 in. long, from the axils of last 

 year's leaves, densely covered with orange or golden-yellowish scui-fy 

 tomentum as are the outer surfaces of the flowers. Calyx 1'25 in. loner, 

 funnel-shaped, slightly curved, the mouth with 5 short triangular teeth ; 

 internally minutely velvetty-puberulous with a ring of long matted 

 hair near the base. Staminal tube 5 in., longer than the calyx, 5-angled, 

 sulcate, minutely tomentose ; anthers 20, sessile, oblong, 1-celled, em- 

 bracing the 5 flask- shaped ovaries ; styles short, reflexed : stigmas acuto. 

 Follicles nnknovfn. Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 360; Kurz For. 

 Fl. Burm. i. 139: Journ. As. Soc. Beug. pt. 2, 1874, p. 117; Wall. Cat, 

 1135; Finniana colorata v&v. (3, Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 235; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat., i. pt. 2, 178. 



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