362 xxvu. STERCULIACE^:. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Sterculia. 



SECT. VI. Pterocymbium, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Mar. 219 (gen). 

 Flnwcrs sub-hermaphrodite. Anthers 10. #////?* coherent, stigmas recurved. 

 Follicles 4-6, membranous, opening long before maturity. Seed solitary, 

 albuminous ; radicle next the hiluni. (Too nearly allied to Scaphium.) 



30. S. campanulata, Wall. mss. ; leaves cordate ovate entire glabrous 

 above pubescent beneath 5-nerved, panicles terminal, calyx turbinate-cam- 

 panulate, seed glabrous. Pterocymbium javanicum, Br. in Benn. PI. Jar. 

 Har. 219, t. 45 ; J//y. /'/. ///. Bat. i. pt. 2, 179. 



PEGU, Kurz. DISTKIB. Java. 



A tree 50-60 ft. ; bark brownish. Leaves 4 by 3^ in. ; petiole equalling or shorter 

 than the leaves; stipules { in., subulate, caducous. Panicles terminal, 

 ing, shorter than the leaf; pedicels jointed. Bracteoles cftdncous. Month, 



coriaceous, divided half-way down ; lobes lanceolate. * column ]>ni 



below. (>!((/ . ^ribbons at .the apex : mas filiform, 



recurved; ovules 2, 'Collateral, erect, anutmpal. FolHclr* JM3 i>y abortion, 



slipitate, glabrous. 'a crustaceous, wrinkled, innermost coat 



bra .ions, between the two a woolly substance is interposed (Broi.cn}. 



31. S. tubulata, ^fast. ; leaves glabrous entire oblong abruptly 

 acuminate, cymes terminal, calyx tubular-turbinate, follicles pilose 2 in., 

 seeds pilose. 



MALACCA, Main gay. 



A tn 6 by 2 in., coriaceous, 1-nervod, base rounded : petiole 1 in. 



panicled, as lung as the leaves, flowers numerous. <'<t(//.r Lr'abroiis; lob, 

 oyate-Janoeolate, sliorter than the tube. StOnunal Cclttmn slender, pilose; ambers in a 

 ring, lobes parallel. :, ; styles indexed, tips eolicring. Follicles 5, 2-3 by 1 in., 



stipitate, oblong, acute, dilated at the base. Seed ovoid. 



2. TARRIETIA, Blume. 



Tall trees. Leaves digitate or simple, glabrous or scaly. 1'Itwrs uni- 

 sexual, panicled. Cafyx tubular, small, 5-toothed. Petals a M/ 



c<ilmnn sliort, bearing a ring of 10-15 very dcii^-ly clustered anthers, cells 

 ]iarallel. ()rdri/(^ 3-5 nearly free cariu-ls o])p().site the sepals; sty! 

 many, sliort filiform, stigmatosc \vithin ; ovules 1 in each cell. 7tV/*- 

 ctirjx'fs of stellately s]>ri i adin.L, r samaras with long falcate win^s. 

 oblong; albumen bipartible ; cotyledons flat; radicle next the Jiiluin. 

 DISTEIB. Known species 3 or 4, natives of Australia, Java, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



1. T. simplicifolia, Mast.; leaves simple oblong quite entire apex 

 retuse slightly 2-lobed with an intervening mucro, cymes panicled as long 

 as the leaves. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 6-7 by 3 in., coriaceous, glabrous, 1 -nerved, feather-veined, nerves 

 approximate; petiole 2 in., striate, apex thickened. Cymes many flowered. Flower- 

 ln'h globose. Cab/x clavate-campanulate, 5-toothed, downy externally. 6 fl. : *ta- 

 jitintil column short; anthers annular, lobes parallel, globose. 9 fl. : ovary 5-lobed, 

 sessile ; stigmas spreading. Fruit samaroid, 3 in., oblong, obliquely spathulate, 

 glabrous. 



3. HERITIERA, Alton. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, simple, scaly beneath. Flowers small, uni- 

 sexual, in axillary panicles. Calyx 5-, rarely 4-6-toothed or cleft. Petals 0. 



