Sterculia.] xxvu. STERCULIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 361 



Col. Beddome, who gives a good description and figure of this plant, suggests, with 

 reason, that this is the true S. alata of Roxburgh. The latter author says there is no 

 albumen, but this is an oversight. 



26. S. Thwaitesii, Mast. ; leaves glabrous oblong acute base rounded, 

 6 fl. |-f in., 9 nearly ^ in., wing of seed membranous scarcely spongy. 

 Pterygota alata, Thwaites Enum. 29. 



CEYLON ; Banks of the Mahawelliganga, at Haragam, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves 4-5 by 2 in., glabrescent, coriaceous ; petiole 1-4 in. Panicles 

 axillary, as long as the petiole. Flowers pubescent. Calyx divided half-way down ; 

 lobes ovate, acute, as long as the bell-shaped tube. Staminal-column slender, ^ shorter 

 than the calyx. 9 fl. : ovaries 3, with staminodes at the base ; styles 3 ; ovules co . 

 Follicles 3 by 2 in., woody, oblong,, obtuse. Seed obovate, wing terminal, oblong, 

 truncate, twice the length of the seed. 



SECT. IV. Hildeg-ardia, Endl. Follicles membranous, winged at 

 the top, ultimately dehiscent. Seeds albuminous, radicle next the hilum. 



27. S. populifolia, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 148 ; leaves 

 glabrous rounded cordate acuminate, carpels ovate ventricose terminated by 

 a membranous oblique obtuse cultrif orm wing. Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 3, t. 3, 

 Cat. 1128. S. populifolia, W. & A. Prodr. i. 62. Hildegardia populifolia, 

 Br. in. Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 235. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Cororaandel, Roxburgh. 



A tree. Bark smooth ; young branches like those of a poplar, angular. Leaves 3-4 

 by 4 in., 7-uerved ; petiole 2-6 in. Panicles axillary and terminal, shorter than the 

 leaves ; branches angular, glabrous, spreading ; ultimate pedicels shorter than the 

 flowers. Flower-buds oblong. Calyx-segments \ in., free nearly to the base, linear- 

 spathulate, downy externally. Ovary hispid, ovoid, tapering into a short style, stigma 

 5-lobed. Follicle solitary. Seeds oblong, f in. long. De Candolle's var. acutiuscula 

 (Prodr. i. 483) differs in its more acutely pointed leaves, but is scarcely separable 

 even as a variety. 



SECT. V. Scaphium, Endl. Anthers 10-15. Stigmas lobed, subcapi- 

 tate. Follicles large, leafy, boat-shaped, dilated at the base, opening long 

 before maturity. Seed solitary, albuminous, radicle next the hilum. 



28. S. scaphig-era, Wall. Cat. 1130; leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate 

 1-nerved, calyx campanulate 5-parted lobes reflexed. Scaphium Wallichii, 

 Br. in. Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 236. 



MARTABAN, Wallich; MALACCA, Maingay. 



A lofty tree. Leaves 12-14 by 6 in., coriaceous, base rounded; petiole 4-5 in., 

 thickened at the top. Flowers panicled. Calyx in., pilose. $ fl. : stamens 10-14 ; 

 anthers pilose. 9 fl. : ovary villous, on a long slender stalk, 2-celled, with a ring of 

 sessile anthers at the base; style filiform, stigmas 2. Follicles at first .pilose, ulti- 

 mately 6-8 by 3-4 in., venoso- reticulate, 1-2-seeded. Seeds globose; cotyledons pale 

 green. 



29. S. affinis, Mast. ; leaves glabrous oblong base truncate 5-nerved, 

 branches of panicle downy flattened or angular, flowers very small. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 6-8 by 4-5 in., coriaceous, midrib striated beneath ; petiole 3-4 in., 

 apex thickened, striated. Panicle erect, as long as the leaves ; peduncles thickly 

 striated, angular, subpilose, spreading ; ultimate pedicels downy, densely crowded. 

 Flower-buds ovoid. Flowers \ in. Calyx-lobes ovate, longer than the funnel-shaped 

 tube. Follicle a span long, falcate, leafy, glabrescent, shining within. Seed in., 

 solitary, oblong, black. 



