XXVI. STFJICULIACE.£ (MASTERS). 215 



Calyx 4-5-fi(l. Cnrpcls 4 -5 1. Stf.uci'ma. 



Calyx 8-(icl. Carpels imiiuions 2. OcTOLOUUS. 



Anthers in a single row, vcrticillato. Albuiiieii wanting. 



Anthers 10-12. Krnit usually dehisceul 3. Cm. a. 



Anthers 5. Fruit indehiscent 4. llKurriK.RA. 



Tribe TI, Helicterese. — F/oicers hermnjihrodite. Vetals 5, deciduous. Anther » 

 15, cells diverf/eut, alternating with small staminndia. 



Capsule stipitate, membranous, inflated 5. Ki.kinhovia. 



Tribe III. Dombeyese.— /'/owvr.y hnmnphrodif,'. Petals usually persislnit, Jtat. 

 Anthers 5-20, cells parallel'. Staminodia 5. Capsule sessile. Cuti/ledons cleft. 



Brnctlcts caducous or none. Stamens 3, between each pair of sta- 



miiiodos 6. DoMBErA. 



Bractlets persistent. Stamens solitary between the staminodes . . 7- Mki.mania. 



Tribe TV. Herxnannieae. — Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals Jlat. Stamens ^, dis- 

 tinct. Staminodes none. Cotyledons entire. 



Ovules numerous. Embryo curved. 



Filaments dilated at the apex 8. IIfrmannia. 



Filaments dilated in the middle D. MAHfcu.MA. 



Ovules 2 in each cell of the ovary. Embryo straight. 



Ovary 5-celled 10. Mei.ochia. 



Ovary 1-eelled 11. Walthkria. 



Tribe V. Buettnerieae. — Floioers hermaphrodite. Petals concave, often vnth an 

 appendage at the apex. Anthers at the margins of a funnel-shaped staminal tube, be- 

 tween the staminodes. 



Anthers numerous, between the staminodes. 



Petals obovatc, concave, exappendiculate. Anthers sessile. Sta- 



minodin short, broad 12. Scaphopetalum. 



Petals minute. Anthers on long filaments. Staminodia linear . 13. Lkitonvchia. 

 Anthers solitary between the staminodes 14. Buettnkeia. 



1. STERCULIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. V\. i.-217. 



riowers unisexual or polyp:amous. Calyx 4-5 -cleft or -parted, often 

 coloured. Petnls 0. Colninn bearinoj 10-15 anthers in n capitate head. 

 Ovary 5-celled, each cell with 2-oo ovules. Styles consolidated ; stij^mas 5- 

 lobeci. Ripe carpels sepni-ate, spreading, woody or leathery, ultimately 

 splitting longitudinally, at otlier times thinner, membrnnous or subfoliaceons, 

 opening very early. Seeds 1 or several. Albumen splitting into 2 s«'gments, 

 adhtrent to the cotyledons, and thus often assuming the appearance of the 

 cotyledons, the latttr are flat and thin ; radicle directed towards the hihim 

 or away from it. — Trees with entire or lobed leaves. Flowers in axillary or 

 terminal panicles. 



A large genus whose species are most abundant in tropical Asia. Although there is a 

 general coincidence in habit and in the flowers, yet the fruits and the seeds are »o variable 

 that by many they have been made the grounds for 8c[mralion into distinct genera. Thr 

 varying position of the radicle with reference to the hilura |>arlicularly needs the study of 

 tlie fresh specimens in all stages of development. 



