Pterospermum.'\ xxvu. STERCULIACE.E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 867 



and terminal. Bracteoles entire, laciniate, persistent or caducous. Calyx 

 of 5 more or less connate sepals. Petals 5, deciduous with the calyx. 

 Staminal column short, bearing, opposite to the sepals, 3 linear 2-eelled 

 anthers between each pair of five antipetalous ligulate staminodes ; cells 

 parallel ; connective apiculate. Ovary inserted within the top of the 

 staminal column, 3-5-celled; style entire, stigma 5-furrowed ; ovules many 

 in each cell. Capsule woody or coriaceous, terete or angled, loculicidally 

 5-valved. Seeds winged above, attached in two rows to the inner angle of 

 the cells of the capsule ; albumen thin or ; cotyledons plaited or cor- 

 rugated, radicle inferior. DISTBLB. A genus of about 15 species, confined 

 to tropical Asia. 



* Bracteoles linear, entire, very caducous. 



1. P. Jackianum, Wall. Cat. 1164; leaves rusty-pubescent beneath 

 oblong abruptly acuminate undulate entire base 1-nerved, flowers sub- 

 sessile, capsule ovoid acute. P. oblongum, Wall. Cat. 1165. 



PENANG, Jack, Wallich, &c. 



A tree. Leaves 3-4 by l|-2 in., oblique, nerves stellate-hairy beneath ; petiole 5 in. ; 

 stipules caducous. Flowers solitary, axillary, If in. diam. Bracteoles minute, linear- 

 subulate. Flower-buds lanceolate, 5-ribbed. Sepals 2 in., linear-lanceolate, rusty- 

 tomentose externally, villous within. Petals half the length of the sepals. Capsule 

 14 by 1 in., terete, shortly stalked, covered with flat scaly hairs, 5-celled. 



2. P. suberifolium, Lam. III. t. 576, f. ii. not of Roxb. ; leaves creamy- 

 pubescent beneath oblong abruptly acuminate coarsely toothed or somewhat 

 lobed towards the apex base cuneate rounded or subcordate 4-nerved, 

 capsule ovoid or obovoid-terete, seeds 4 in each cell. W. & A. Prodr. i. 68. ; 

 Thwailes Enum. 30 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24 ; Wight in Hook. Bol. 

 Misc. iii. t. 26; Wall. Cat. 1166; 1172 in part. P. canescens, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 1162. P. oblongum, Wall. Cat. 1165? Pentapetes sube- 

 rifolia, L. ; Cav. Diss. iii. t. 43, f. 2. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Madras, Pondicherry, &c. ; AVA, at Amherst, Wallich; CEYLON, 

 Thwaites. 



A small tree. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in,, coriaceous, glabrous above, nerves stellate- 

 hairy not prominent ; petiole \ in., rusty pilose. Peduncles axillary, twice as long as 

 the petiole. Bracteoles very caducous. Flower-buds oblong. Flowers 1% in. diam., 

 white, fragrant. /Sepals oblong, revolute. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, equalling the 

 calyx. Cells of ovary 4-ovuled. Capsule 1-2 in., subangular, tapering to both ends, 

 4 5-valved, valves covered with dense fluffy pubescence. Seeds 2-4 in each cell. 

 The Amherst specimen (P. oblongum, Wall.) is imperfect, and may belong to another 

 species, probably to P. Jackianum, according to a fruit preserved in the Kew 

 Museum. 



3. P. diversifolium, Blume Bijdr. 88 ; leaves hoary beneath obovate- 

 oblong acuminate sinuate rarely peltate 3-5-lobed base cordate 1-nerved, 

 capsule large subclavate-oblong 5-angled. P. acerifolium, Zoll. & Morr. &y*>t. 

 Verz. 27, excl. syn. Willd. 



MALACCA, Maingay ; SOUTHERN CAKNATIC, at Tinnevelly, Beddome. DISTRIB. 

 Java, Philippines. 



A tree. Leaves 6-8 by 2| in., coriaceous, veins arched, rusty-pilose; petiole 1 in. ; 

 stipules entire. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Flower-buds linear-oblong. 

 Bracteoles entire. .V L nip-shaped. Sepals 5-6 in., linear, rusty -tomentose outside, silky 

 within. Ovary d >wny, shorter than, the style. Capsule 8-10 in. ; woody, sulcate, 

 tapering to the stalk. 



