Puate 2278. 
STERCULIA MUREX, Hemsl. 
Srercuntacesz. Tribe STERCULIEZ. 
8. Murex, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1893, 155; foliis digitatim 7-folio- 
latis longe petiolatis, petiolo teretiusculo irtello, foliolis oblongo- 
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utrinque (in spp. exsiccatis) venulis parum elevatis minu latim- 
reticulatis subtus molliter supra scabriuscule stellato-hirtellis, floribus 
¢ in paniculis lax emiformibus tomentellis apices versus ram 
sphericis dorso spinis validis mumerosis ineequilongis patentibus 
recurvisve armatis et breviter fastigiatim v. stellatim hirtellis, intus 
levibus circ. 8-10-spermis, seminibus compresso-obovoideis ellipticisve 
nigrescentibus sublevibus, hilo parvo, testa crustacea, albumine 
Has. South Africa, Transvaal, //. Medley. Wood (No. 4,710) ; #. E. 
Galpin (No. 1,072). 
Petiolus 3-6 poll. longus. Foliola majora 54-6} poll. longa. Car- 
pellum apertum circiter 6-9 poll. diametro, spinis 4-1} poll. longis 
instructum. Semina circ. pollicaria. 
This species, so remarkable in its large, strongly-armed fruit-carpels, 
is, with the exception of the rare and very local S. Alerandri, Harv., 
probably the most southern representative of the genus in the African 
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described, but that species is quite distinct from S. Murex in its 
glabrous blunt leaflets.—D. OLIver. 
Fig. 1. Fragment of leaf. 2, 3, and 4. Detached stellate hairs of indumentum. 
5 and §. Andrecium from above and below. 7. Detached anther, from back. 
8. Seed. 1-7 enlarged. 
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