364 xxvu. STERCULIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Reevesid. 



5-celled ; stigma sessile, 5-lobed ; ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous, anatro- 

 pous ; raphe turned away from the placenta. Capsule woody septicidully 

 5-valved. Seeds 1-2 superposed, ascending oblong, compressed, winged 

 down wards, hilum lateral near the top ; albumen neshy ; cotyledons tiat, 

 foliaceous, radicle inferior. DISTRLB. 1 or 2 species, natives of Eastern 

 Asia. 



1. XI. Wallichii, Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Rar. 231 ad not. ; leaves thinly 

 stellate hairy beneath oblong acuminate base rounded, calyx campanulate. 

 Sterculia punduana, Wall. Cat. 2701.; Griff. Itin. Notes, 73. 



EASTERN TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; KHASIA Mrs., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; Bhotan, Griffith ; 

 Sikkim, J. D. H. 



A tree 50ft. Leaves 3 by 1| in., quite entire, 1-nerved, thinly stellate-hairy ; petiole 

 thickened at both ends; stipules deciduous, ('//tin* panic-led, dense, from the axils of 

 the fallen leaves, ultimate pe iicels as long as tin- flowers, jointed, -2-brac; 

 Flotrt'r-hinf^ pyriform. ('alijj: in., at lir>t clos-d, at'terwanls ;")-lid. Prtulx white, 

 spathulate, elawed, exceeding the calyx, titainiiud column slender, longer than the 

 flower, with i) very short terminal divisions, each h.-aring .'! extrorse anthers; conm-ctivu 

 thick. Carpels pubescent; style very short. ( '</j>.-<tilr 14-2 in., pendulous, woody, 

 oblong, obtuse, o-lohed, lobes keeled, Kepticidally dehiscent, ultimately separating 

 through the dorsal suture also. /St <(/* pendulous. 



2. R. pubescens, Mast. ; leaves pubescent beneath oblong acuminate 

 base cordate, flowers panicled, calyx funnel-shaped. 



EASTKKN Tni-mcAi, HIMALAYA; Sikkim, T.Aml-rxon; Bhotan, Griffith. 



A tree ; branches thinly sprinkled with stellate hairs. Lcaces 4-5 by 2-24 1>n ., sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrefiCenl above, pubotcenl lieneath. nerves stellatt; hairy lieneath ; petiole 

 1 in. PHII'K-I, t, iininal, many tlowen-d, pednnelfs, jiedieels, and calyx pubescent, ulti- 

 ma'.i.- pi-dicels shorter than the llower. (\ili/.r ,' ( in., infundibuli'brjn, 6-lob6d, lobdS 

 broadly ovate MUto, Petalt J>ink, linear-sjiatliulate, twice, the length of the cal\x. 

 titiiiiinuil col in/in stt>nt, 4 times longer than the calvx. J''niit not been. .Differs from 

 ./)'. H'allichii in its pubescent, cordate leaves, and larger llowerb. 



5. K.LEINHOVIA, Linn. 



A tree. Leaves palminerved, ovate, acuminate, quite entire. Inflorescence 

 terminal, lax. cymose. Bracteoles sm&ll, ensifonn. Sepals deciduous. r<tnl* 



5, unequal, upper with longer claws, margins involute. &M////W ro//////// 

 dilated above into a bell shaped, 5-fid cup, divisions eucli with 3 extrorso 

 2-celled anthers, cells divergent. Ovary inserted in the stamimil cup, 

 5-lobed, 5-celled; style slender, stigma 5-iid. Capsule membranous, inflated, 

 pyriform, loculicidally 5-valved. tieeds 1 or 2 in each cell, tubercled ; albu- 

 men scanty or ; cotyledons convolute; radicle next the hilum. DISTUJIJ. 

 One species only. 



1. K. Kospita, L. ; DC. Prodr. L 488; Wall. Cat. 1152; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 64 ; Rn.,-l>. /'/. I nd. iii. 141 ; D!-;. ,( (,'ifa. Bomb. Fl 23; Be<l<l<>nui 

 Flor. Syivat. Anal. Gen. t. 4; J/iVy. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 186 ; Mast, in Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 226. 



EASTERN and WESTERN PENINSULAS; Southern Concan, Nimmo ; (a doubtful native, 

 Gils, and Dalz.); CARNATIC, MALACCA and SINGAPORE, Wallich, c. CEVI.O.N. 

 DISTRIB. Java, Philippines, East tropical Africa. 



Trunk straight ; bark smooth ; branches spreading. Leaves 6-12 by 2-3 in., 5-nerved, 

 smooth on both surfaces ; petiole nearly as long as the blade ; stipules ensiform. 

 Flowers rose-coloured. Petals 5, shorter than the lanceolate sepals. Setda tube-rclcd. 



