360 xxvii. STERCULIACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Stcrculia. 



1119, F. ; Hook. Ic. PL 143 : Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 23 ; W. & A. Prodr. i. 

 63. S. rubicunda, Wall. Cat. 1119, D, F, G. Firmiana colorata, JJr. in 

 Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 235 ; Tkivaites Enum. 29. Erytliropsis Roxburgh iana, 

 Schatt & Endl Mdel. Bot. 33. 



EASTERN BENGAL; PEGU, the WESTERN PENINSULA, and CEYLON. 



A large tree ; trunk erect, bark ashy, branches spreading. Leaves*&-$ by 5-12 in., 

 about the ends of the branches, base cordate, 3-lobed, lobes triangular acuminate ; 

 petiole 4-9 in.; stipules erect, lanceolate. Panicle terminal, coral-like, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels covered with orange-red tomentum. Calyx in., tube 4 times longer th-vu the 

 rounded rather obtuse lobes, orange-downy outside, pilose within ; anthers 30, renitorm. 

 Styles recurved. Follicles 2-3 in., stipitatc. glabrous, membranous, tit-frfa ovoid, smooth 

 or wrinkled, of the size of a field bean. Brown, I.e., admits 3 varieties: Var. 1, with 

 furfuraceous calyx, tube nearly 4 times longer than the lobes. Var. 2 is S.fulgens, 

 Wall. Var. 3 has calyx-lobes covered with loose .spreading stellate hairs, tube scarcely 

 three times longer than the lobes. 



23. S. fulg-ens, W<tll. Cat. 1135 ; leaves cordate angular obscurely lobed 

 scabrid above pubescent beneath, calyx downy cyliiidric tubular curved. 



Wall. Cat. 1119i. Firmiana Colon** TOT. 0, fir. IN tt, nn. Pl.Jttc. Jfnr. 

 235 ; Mi'j. /'/. /ml. Bat., i. pt. 2, 178. 



TROPICAL WI>TKI:X HIMALAYA ; Knmaon, alt. 2f>00 ft., Mrach. it' Wint.; Garwhal, 

 Falcoiti r ; UIK.MA and tin- I : \. 1 Mvi 1:11;. .lava. 



A small tree. Leaves ample, 10 by G in., coriaceous; petiole pubescent, 12 IS in. 

 Panicle erect, branches covered with rattj*8tellftte down, many-llowt ) 

 $-f in., produced before the leaves, eoven-d \\iili yellowish down. Calyx-lobes ovate, 

 acute, 3-4 times shorter than the tube. Follicles stipitatc. 



24. S. linearicarpa, Must. ; leaves glabrescent cordate suborbicular, 

 }aiiicle erect, peduncles thick compre.-scd pilose, llowers <lcn.se, calyx 

 tubular-cainpaimlate pilose lobes ovate acute, follicles linear-lanceolate 

 yellow downy. 



MALACCA, Mnlni/fii/. 



A tree. Leave* G-12 in. each way, ample, coriaceous, entire, 7-nerved, nerves pro- 

 minent beneath : petile 3-8 in., apex thickened. Panicle terminal, erect, many- 

 liuwcred, rusty-pnbt scent, as long as the leaves ; pedicels spreading, jointed. Flmi'i-f- 

 luds globose. Calyx \-^ in., tube cylindric, limb rotate-campanulate ; lobes as long as 

 the tube, titaiitiiiiil column, blender. J''ollicleti 3-4 in. 



SECT.. III. Pteryg-ota, Endl. (gen.). Foil id, * woody. Seeds many, 

 winged at the apex, albuminous, radicle next the hilum. 



25. S. alata, J!-,.-b. lh.,t. Baig.SQ: PI. Cor. hi. 84,1.287; Fl. Ind 

 iii. 152; leaves cordate ovate acute glabrous, flowers nearly 1 in. floccose 

 tomentose, wing of seed large spongy. \\'<ill.('at. lli'.">. I'teiy-ota II"X- 

 burghii, ticlwtt & Endl. Mdet. P. alata, Br. in Ben,,. /'/. Jav.Rar.ZM. 

 S. coccinea, Wall Cat. 1122 partly. S. Heynii, Brddome Flor. Sylmt. t. 230. 



SILHET and CniTTAGONG, Roxburgh; WESTERN PENINSULA ; TIXNEVELLY, 11 

 A large tree ; herbaceous portions covered with dense golden pubescence. Barl ash- 

 coloured. Leaves 4-10 by 3-7 in., clustered about the ends of the branches, submem- 

 branous, 7-nerved ; petiole 1-4 in. ; stipules subulate. Panicles from the lealle.-,s 

 axils, few-flowered, shorter than the leaves. Bracteoles caducous. Calyx campami- 

 late, densely tomentose, deeply 5-parted, segments linear-lanceolate. Staminal column 

 % the length of the calyx. 9 flowers: ovariet 5, sessile ; style recurved; ovules nume- 

 rous. Follicles 5, 5 in. diam , globose, depressed, woody, clothed with mealy pubescence 

 outside, corky within. Seeds many, oblong, compressed, wing 2 in. and upwards by 

 1^ in.; cotyledons not separable from the mealy albumen, radicle next the hiluin. 



