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dense persisteuter pail.ide stellato..toiuejito«:'}' zieivis lateralibus 

 iitrmqiie numerosis intra margiiicm anastomosantibus infra 

 .prominu IS supra cum nervis transversis pulcLre reticuJatis 

 prommuhs, costa supia iminersa subtus ^rominente ; petio]i 

 usque, ad 1-1 cm. longi, indumento iit caulis iustructi; stipulae 

 iugaces, angaistao, circiter 2 miu. loug-ae. IHofes puiiicei (ex 

 Kerr), axillares, solitarii, sicco G cm. diunietro, pedicellis cir- 

 citer 3 mm. lough suffulti; bracteolae JO, augiistae, acutae, cir- 

 citer 4 mm. longae, dorso ut caljx pediccllique deiisius' stellato- 

 pubescentes. Caly.v circiter 7 mm. loDgus, lobis 5 lanceolatis 

 acutis, costa dorso valde promiuente, uervo iutramaiwDali con- 

 spicuo, intra adpresse pubescentibus. Fetala dorfeo ad partes in 

 alabastro extenores parce stellato-pubescentia , 3 cm. longa, 

 1'5 ^cm. lata. Stamina 1 cm. loiiga, parte filamentorum libera 

 ad o mm. louga. Stylus stamina ' 

 longis. 



Wang Cliao, in savannab forest, 



Bombax Kerrii, Craih 



cm 



err 



] ,■ a B. cam- 



r T T,. ' y^"^ L-'^'t^*'»^'«i^'e-j:>omDaeeaej ,• a i). cam- 



tn>dien,e Pierre, pefiolis baud alte canaliculatis, ncvvls pauciori- 

 bus, stylo glabro distinguendum. 



Arhor circiter 12 m. alta (ex Kerr) : ramxili validi, espiiio.i, 



prxmo tomentelh, mox glabri, cortice cinerco-brunneo vcl cinereo 



reticulato-striato obtecti. Folia digitatim b-Miolata, petiolo 



4-a-iO cm longo vix consnicue sulcato pilis brevibus steUaiis 



deciduis tecto suffulta; foliola obovato-o^Iong■a vel obvato-ob- 



lanceolata, apice breviter acuminata, mucronuiata, bad cnneain 



Ael acummato-cuneata, usque ad 14-5 cm. longa et 6-3 cm. Uta, 



coriacea, pagma supeiiore mox fere glabra, interdnm fere 



scabrmscuK mlenore molliter brunnoo-stelluto-tomentosa, lier- 



>is^ .ateralibus utrmque 9-12 supra con.s|>icuis vel mommnVis 



ubtus prommentibus, reticulatione gracili sub oculo ..rmato 



apia conspicua; petioluli T-8 mm. longi, .snpra bisulcati. .47.;- 



ha.tm obovoidea vel anguste obovoid^a, apiculata, circiter 3 cm. 



v!.r 7^ w • ^^jj^etro, atra, glabra. Caly^ Rovis expansi ba«d 



ir .■ if "^ ^. (ex/ier.), oblongo-oblanceokta, feic S-b em. 



T£' \ ''°'-" } ' ,inferne praecipue ciliata, ba«i u^rJ^que 



glabra, extra mferne longms sericea, intus supcrne albo-tomen- 



ella, mferne sencea Filamenta basi in t.ibum 2 cm. longum 



connata partibus liberis ad 5-5 cm. longis. Ovana^n 6 mm. 



alti™, dense brunneo-tomentosum ; stylus 8-C cm. longn.s ^kber. 



Muang Prao^ mixed jungle, 390 m., Kerr 2838 



Lao name, ^lu pa (ex Kerr). 



.^ 



Sterculia Kerrii, Crmh [St 



colornfn^ K •"' ^>^^^ [Steiculiaceae-Sterculicae] ; a S. 



lonp^ioiibus tacile distinguentla. 



tomentefli^'tn? ""t ^^^.'^^ (^'-^^.^^^7-) ; ramuli validi, primo steWAo- 



l^^lJ:^^^'^'^^^^}^^^^ -1 rotundata, ba.i 



a, \mgiiia 



(e basi^ ortisf 9 1 r '""'Y ^'"^^'^ instructa nervfs- prfmarii.s 

 ^ ortis) 9-11 snpra fere prominulis subtus valdi promi- 



