Sterculia.] xxvu. STERCULIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 359 



BIEMA and the EASTERN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Java. 



A tree ; herbaceous portions rusty -villous. Leaves 8-10 by 2 4 in., nerves rusty-hispid 

 beneath ; petiole \-^ in., hispid ; stipules 1 in., subulate-lanceolate. Panicle scarcely 

 equalling the leaves, laxly hispid, many-flowered ; ultimate pedicels spreading, scarcely 

 exceeding the flowers. Flower-buds short, broadly ovate, acute. Calyx in. long, 

 subglobose, lobes linear-subulate, incurved or spreading, hispid. Follicles 2 in., lanceo- 

 late, beaked, downy externally, crimson inside. Seeds 4 in. long, black. 



18. S. ensifolia, Mast. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends apex 

 gradually acuminate stipules half the length of the petiole, panicles erect 

 half the length of the leaves, calyx-lobes much exceeding the tube, stigmas 

 short. 



PENANG, Philips / MERG-UI, Griffith. 



A tree. Leaves 8-10 by 2^ in., glabrous above, pubescent beneath, nerves rusty- 

 hispid beneath; petiole f-1 in., densely rusty-tomentose; stipules filiform, half the 

 length of the petioles. Panicle few- flowered ; ultimate pedicels shorter than the flower, 

 rusty-tomentose. Flower-buds ovate- lanceolate. Calyx nearly ^ in. ; lobes linear- 

 lanceolate, sparingly hispid at the edges. Ovary 5-lobed, hispid ; style curved, stigma- 

 lobes rounded, short, radiating. Follicles downy, curved, lanceolate, beaked. 



19. S. parviflora, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; Fl. 2nd. iii. 147 ; leaves oblong- 

 ovate acuminate glabrescent above slightly pubescent beneath base sub- 

 cordate, panicles spreading as long as the leaves, calyx minute, tube urceolate 

 5-toothed teeth innexed. Wall. Cat. 1121 ; Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 232. 



SILHET, Wallich; MALACCA and PENANG, Maingay, &c. 



A large tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2^-4 in. ; petiole 1^ in., apex thickened. Panicle 

 stellate hairy ; ultimate pedicels as long as the calyx, capillary, pilose. Calyx j in., 

 yellowish; tube longer than the 5, appressed, connivent lobes. Ovary globose, 5-lobed ; 

 style short. Follicles 2 in., downy, oblong, beaked. /Seeds oblong, black, albumen 

 bipartite. 



20. S. bicolor, Mast. ; leaves oblong-acute glabrescent above hoary 

 tomentose beneath base rounded or subcordate midrib rusty subpilose 

 beneath, calyx-lobes linear incurved as long as the campanulate tube. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree 40-50 ft. Leaves 3-4 by 1^ in., coriaceous, 1-nerved, entire ; petiole 1^ in., 

 striate. Panicle many-flowered, shorter than the leaves; branches spreading or de- 

 flexed, rusty-tomentose ; ultimate pedicels longer than the flowers. Calyx in., 5-fid 

 to the middle. 



21. S. IWCaing-ayi, Mast. ; leaves obovate oblong abruptly acuminate 

 glabrous base cordate, panicle erect or spreading equalling the leaves, 

 calyx-lobes linear as long as the campanulate downy tube. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 8-9 by 3-4 in. ; petiole 3 in. Panicle erect, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels spreading, pubescent, longer than the flowers. Flowers % in. long, urceolate- 

 campanulate. Follicles 3-4 in., oblong, acuminate, downy externally. Seeds f in. 

 oblong, black ; albumen and cotyledons fleshy. 



SECT. II. Firmiana, Marsili; Br. in Benn. PL Jav, Rar. 235 (gen.). 

 Collides membranous, opening lon^ 

 embryo transverse, radicle inferior. 



Follicles membranous, opening long before maturity. Seeds two or more ; 



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22. S. color at a, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Cor. PI. i. 26, t. 25 ; Fl.Ind. 

 iii. 146 ; leaves glabrescent roundish palmately lobed lobes acuminate, 

 calyx tubular club-shaped covered with orange coloured down. Wall. Cat. 



