Order 2 1 . Sterculiacea. 3 5 



oblong entire leaves, downy beneath; flowers in racemes 

 covered with reddish down, the tips greenish and curled 

 backwards ; carpels about 3, large broad ovate or nearly 

 round, splitting and showing the large black seeds. Kukar, 

 Koiddre, Golddr. 



The Ghauts and S. Konkan. 



3. S. colorata. A large tree, with large, smooth, 5-lobed 

 leaves, the lobes long-pointed ; flowers in panicles, mealy, 

 orange outside, dark red inside ; fruit of 2 to 5 membranous 

 follicles on a common stalk, opening very soon, and showing 

 the unripe seeds attached to the edges. Khdosi, Bhdikoi. 



The Ghauts and Konkan. The remarkable-looking open follicles 

 might be taken for dry leaves. 



4. S. fcetida, Ran baddm. A very fine tree, with digitate 

 leaves ; fruit size of a small mango ; seeds size of a bean, 

 eatable. 



Planted (D. and (?.), but wild in the Konkan (H.). " One of the 

 noblest of Ceylon forest trees, producing from the end of its branches 

 bunches of dark purple flowers of extreme richness and beauty, but 

 emitting an intolerable smell." Tennant. 



All of these are remarkable trees, such as 



" Spread 

 A roof of dark green glory o'er the hill." Sir "E. Arnold. 



2. HELICTERES. 



H. isora. A poor-looking shrub with oval toothed roughish 

 leaves ; flowers 2 or 3 together, with yellow calyx and lanceo- 

 late bracts, petals dull red, 2 large and 2 or 3 small, all 

 cohering; fruit of 5 long carpels twisted together into the 

 shape of a screw. Keiuan, Dhdmni, Murddsing. 



Konkan and Ghauts, not uncommon. B. calls it a shrub or small 

 tree, but it is not even a large shrub with us. 



3. PTEKOSPERMUM. 



P. glabrescens. A tree with large leaves of very various 

 shapes, oblong, peltate, or cordate, irregularly- toothed, waved 

 or lobed, underside and petioles light grey, with close down ; 

 flowers large white, capsule brown, oval, about 5 inches long, 

 very rough and hard, splitting into 5 ; seeds very numerous, 

 flat, brown. Muchkunda. 



There are two or three fine trees of this on the Tanna maid an. 



* P. suberifolium, a small tree with oblong leaves toothed or lobed; 



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