356 xxvii. STERCULIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Sfcrculia. 



W. <k A. Prodr. i. 62 ; Wight. Ic. t. 487 ; Thwaites Enum. 29 ; Dah. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 23 ; Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. 105 ; Br. in Benn. PI Jar. Ear. 229. 

 S. cuneata, Heyne ms. in Wall. Cat. 1127 3 . S. alata, Wall. Cat. 1127 D, 

 not of others. Rheede Hort. Mai. iv. t. 61. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, Concan, Nilghiri Mts. ; Malabar^ EASTERN PENINSULA, at 

 Malacca and the ANDAMAN ISLES ; CEYLON, Ambftgamowa district. 



A tree. Trunk straight. Bark cracked, ash-coloured, inner fibrous. Y<HDI<I 

 pubescent. Leaves 7-8 by 4 in., scabrid above, nerves stellate-pilose beneath ; petiole 

 2 in., thinly stellate pilose ; stipules ensiform, caducous. Panicle equalling the leaves, 

 branches horizontal, rusty-tomentose ; ultimate pedicelfl shorter than the flowers. Br(n-ts 

 lanceolate. Flower-buds globose. Floirers chiefly <J. Calyx A in., densely rusty- 

 downy outside, glandular within, campanulate, 5 fid ; segments broadly ovate-acute, 

 ultimately reflexed, covered with long hairs. Aittln-rs 12. Ovary stalked. gl<> ; 

 3-5-lobed. Style curved, stigma 3-5-lnbed. Follicles 1-5, size of a small apple, each 

 about 3 in., obovoid, covered with reddish down, smooth, pink within. Place nil is villous. 

 N , d.-< oblong; testa black, brittle; between it and the second coat, which is In-own and 

 tough, is a soft white sebaceous substance, innermost coat thin, membranous ; albumen 

 amygdaloid; cotyledons elliptic. 



Brown, I.e., makes two vars., a with oblong ovate acute leaves; and /3 with ol.nvate 

 acuminate leaves and racemes much shorter than the leaves. Cloth is made from the 

 bark in Malabar. 



6. S. Roxburg-hii, W<ill. ('?. lliM; leaves glabrous oval or oblong- 

 lanceolate suddenly acuminate baso rounded, racemes erect shorter than the 

 leaves. \\'<ill. PI. Ai. li'ir. -2<\-2 ; ///-. in Una. I'/. J<ir. A'///-. -2-2U. S. lan- 

 cesefolia, Roxh. Hort. Bm<i. r,o ; /'/. /////. iii. i:,0, not of Cav. S. ovalifolia, 

 W all. Cat, 1132. S. alata, Wll. Cat. 1126. in part. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, ascending in Sikkim GUOO ft., /. D. II. ; SILHET and 

 Aauit. 



A tree. BarkioAxy. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3 in., lanceolate ; petiole ^-1 in., thickened at 

 both ends; .stipules subulate. l!<i,;- m e8 2 in., axillary, few-Howered, pedicels (recto- 

 patent sparingly stellate-pilose. 6 11. most numerous. Calyx 4 in. diam., scai'let, cain- 

 panulate, 5-parted, segments ol.long lanceohite, t-pn-ading, longer than the tube. Fol- 

 licles 1-5, 3 in., lanceolate, beaked, do\\ n y -scaberulous, pink. Seeds 4-8, black, ovoid, 

 coats as in S. guttata (Koxb.), albumen scanty ; cotyledons thick. Wallich's >S'. ovali- 

 folia only differs in its oval leaves. 



7. S. parvifolia, Wall. Cat. 1123; leaves glabrous lanceolate base 

 tapering, racemes simple shorter than the leaves. Br.inB>nn. I'l. Jav. 

 Rar. 229. 



MALACCA and PENANQ, Porter, &c. 



A small tree. Branches glabrous, purplish, bark cracking, leaving whitish striae. 

 Leaves 4-6 by 1 in. ; petiole 2 in., thickened at the apex. Racemes axillary, shorter 

 than the leaf. Flowers red. Follicles 2 in., downy, oblong. Seeds black. Specimens 

 imperfect. 



8. S. striatiflora, Mast. ; leaves glabrous oblong-acute base tapering, 

 panicle branched shorter than the leaves, calyx funnel-shaped striated. 



BIRMA, Griffith. 



A shrub. Leaves 8-18 by 4-6 in., leathery, arch-veined, midrib prominent ; petiole 

 1 in. ; stipules subulate. Branches of panicles erecto-patent, ultimate pedicels shorter 

 than the flowers. Bracteoles minute. Calyx 4 in., glabrous, pink externally, longitu- 

 dinally striated ; lobes linear, erecto-patent. Imperfect specimens only seen. 



9. S. macrophylla, Vent. Hort. Malm. ii. n. 91, in note ; leaves glabrous 

 above tomentose beneath suborbicular quite entire base deeply cordate, 

 calyx-lobes triangular. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230. 



