Sterculia.] xxvn. STERCULIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 357 



MALACCA, Maingay. DISTRIB. Java. 



A large tree. Leaves 12-16 by 10-12 in., venation arched, secondary veins proceed- 

 ing nearly to the margin before arching ; petiole downy, 6 in. Panicles deflexed, much 

 branched, nearly equalling the leaves, ultimate pedicels capillary, shorter than the 

 flowers, pubescent and hispid. Flower-buds minute, subglobose. Calyx | in., cup- 

 shaped, stellate-hairy, 5 fid ; lobes triangular, erect, shorter than the tube. Follicle 

 2 in., downy, smooth within. 



10. S. ling-uifolia, Mast.; leaves glabrous oblong- obtuse base rounded 

 1-nerved, racemes slender pendulous shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes 

 linear subulate 3-4 times longer than the tube. 



TAVOY, Parish. 



A shrub, 6 ft. Leaves 7-8 by 2 in., coriaceous ; petiole 1^ in. Flower-buds lan- 

 ceolate. Calyx f in. r salmon-coloured ; lobes slightly ciliated externally, free at the 

 tips, much longer than the tube. Imperfect specimens only seen. 



11. S. pubescens, Mast. ; leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath 

 oblong obtuse or abruptly acuminate base cordate, panicle erect, calyx 

 campanulate lobes triangular acute. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree, younger portions rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4-6 by 2-2^ in., nerves stellate- 

 hairy beneath; petiole 1 in., sulcate striated; stipules \ in., subulate. Panicle much 

 branched, as long or longer than the leaves ; ultimate pedicels jointed, pubescent, 

 spreading. Calyx \ in., segments hairy within, equalling the tube. Ovary globose, 

 downy, style deciduous. 



12. S. arm at a, Mast. ; leaves glabrous above downy beneath oblong 

 acute base rounded nerves hispidulous, panicle erect, calyx broadly cam- 

 panulate lobes ovate-lanceolate. 



BHOTAN, Griffith. 



A tree. Bark grey, marked with very large cordiform scars. Leaves crowded at 

 the ends of the branches, 5-6 by 2 in. ; petiole fin., rusty-hispid; stipules |~4 in., 

 deltoid-lanceolate, striate. Panicle as long as or longer than the leaves, erect or 

 ascending, many-flowered ; pedicels subpilose, as long as the flowers. Flower-buds 

 oblong. Calyx f in. diam., pink, 5-fid ; lobes spreading, longer than the bell-shaped 

 tube. Fruit not seen. 



tt Calyx-lobes narrow incurved, frequently cohering at the tips, gaping at 

 the sides. 



13. S. lee vis, Wall. Cat. 1138: leaves lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

 base tapering, panicles erect, nearly the length of the leaves, calyx sub- 

 globose, segments broadly lanceolate. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230 ; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 174. S. coccinea, Jack Mai. Misc. i. 286, not of 

 Roxb. 



PENANG, Wallich ; MALACCA, Maingay; PEGU, Kurz. DISTRIB. Java. 



A small tree. Leaves 6-7 by 1 4-2 4 in. ; petiole 1^-2 in., thickened at the apex. 

 Peduncles very slender, ultimate pedicels spreading, as long as the flower. Bracteoles 

 very minute, subulate. Flower-buds oblong. Flowers 4~i in- ! calyx-lobes linear 

 from a broad base, much longer than the tube, glabrous without, bearded within. Fol- 

 licles 14 in., woody, downy externally, smooth and crimson within, tip beaked. Seeds 

 small, oblong, b'ack, shining. 



14. S. coccinea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; Fl Ind. iii. 151 ; leaves glabrous 

 lanceolate abruptly acuminate base tapering, panicles lax drooping, calyx- 

 segments deltoid below linear-lanceolate above 4-5 times longer than the 

 tube. Wall. Cat. 1122, C ; Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230. S. lanceolata, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. 1122. 



