226 XXVI. sterculiacetE (mastersV \_Klei?ihovia. 



with a long stalk ; margins involute at the base. Column elongate, adherent 

 to the gynophore, expanding above into a bell-shaped cup, which is divided 

 into 5 subdivisions, each bearing 8 anthers ; anther-cells divergent. Ovary 

 stalked, concealed within the cup of the anthers, 5-lol)ed, 5-celled, with 3-4 

 ovules in each cell. Style slender. Capsule pyriform, membranous, dis- 

 tended, 5-lobed, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, globose, 

 tubercled, exalbuminous. Cotyledons spirally twisted ; radicle next the 

 hilum. — A tree with entire leaves and rosy flowers, in loose panicles. 



*1. K. Hospita, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 488. A tree. Petioles about 1 in. 

 long. Leaves cordate, ovate, subacurainate, entire, palmately 3-5-ribbed, 

 smooth, 2-4 in. long, 2-3 in. wide. Flowers purplish, numerous, arranged in 

 much-branched, spreading cymes ; pedicels downy, jointed. Calyx 5-parted ; 

 segments revolute. Petals 5, tubular, unequal in size. Column curved, 

 dilated above into a campanulate cup, which divides into 5 phalanges of 3 

 stamens each without any interuiediate staminode. Fruit pyriform, bladdery, 

 5-lobed, 5 -winged. Seeds 2 or 3 in each cell, roundish, tuberculate. 



Mohilla idles. Dr. Kirk ! not hitherto found on the mainland, bat as it would seem pro- 

 bable that it may be met with it is here inserted. 

 A common Indian tree. 



6. DOMBEYA, Oav. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 221. 



Bractlets 3, unilateral, caducous. Calyx 5-parted, ultimately reflexed. 

 Petals 5, oblique, imbricate, flat, dry, marcescent. Filaments combined 

 below into a shallow cup, divided above into 5 starainodes and 10-15 per- 

 fect stamens, alternating with the barren ones. Anther-cells extrorse, 

 parallel. Ovary sessile, 2-5-celled. Ovules 2-3 in each cell. Style filiform. 

 Stigmas 5. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds ascending, 1-2 in each cell of the 

 fruit, albuminous. Cotyledons 2-parted ; radicle directed towards the hilum. 

 — Shrubs, with cordate palminerved leaves. Flowers numerous, arranged in 

 much-branched, axillary or terminal cymes, often remaining on the branches 

 after the leaves have fallen. — Xeropttalunij Delile, Voy. Meroe, 84. Aslrapcea, 

 Lindl. CoU: Bot. 14. 



The species of this genus are almost exclusively African. 



Flowers produced on leafless stems {Xeropetalum) 1. 2). muliiflora. 



Flowers produced with the leaves. 



Stameus united at or close to the base only. 



Peduncles slender, villose, shorter than the adjoining leaves. Se- 

 pals oblong-lanceoiate. 



Leaves orbicular or oblong, acute 2. D. specfabilis. 



Leaves ovate-acuminate, obscurely 3-lobed ^. D. Kirkii. 



Peduncles glabrous, longer than the adjacent leaves. Sepals ovate, 



acute 4. Z). reticulata. 



Stamens coherent at the base for nearly half their length so as to 

 conceal the ovary. 

 Leaves palmately lobed, mfously downy. Flowers very large . . • 5. i). Burgessia. 

 Leaves cordate, scarcely lobed. 



Sepals rarely half the length of the corolla. 



Leaves downy and villose. . . .... 6. D. Mastersii. 



