368 xxvn. STERCULIACE2E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pterospenmim. 



** Bractedes laciniate or palmately divided.. 



4. P. rubiginosum, He.yne in Wall. Cat. 1168,1168 B; leaves rusty- 

 pubescent beneath obliquely ovate-lanceolate entire base 4-nerved, capsule 

 oblong beaked 5-angled 5-furrowed. W. <& A. Prodr. i. 68 ; eddome Flor. 

 Sylvat. t. 106. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Canara at Tellicherry, Rottler ; Travancor at Quilon, Wiglt. 



A shrub ; branches slender, rod-like. Leaves 2 by in., upper smaller, coriaceous, 

 obliquely cordate, midrib with 2 nerves on one side and one on the other, basal lobe 

 rounded, often overlapping the corresponding lobe of the adjoining leaf; petiole |- in. ; 

 stipules oblique, laciniate,. Peduncles ^-| in- Bracteoles caducous. Floirtr Innh 

 oblong, downy. Flowers If in. diatu. Sepals 1 in., linear, rusty-tomentose. Caj>*ide 

 2 in., ultimately glabrous. 



5. P. acerifolium, WiH<1. ; DC. Prodr. i. 500 ; leaves roundish or 



;ileor lolieu entire or coarsely toothed palmately nerved base 

 cordate often peltate, peduncles shorter than the petioles, capsule stipitate 

 oblong angled sulcate fidabrescent li>:,-i. Il<,,-t. 7A//</. r>(\ ; Ft. ///. iii. 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; Wi'jlit Ic. t. (\\>> ; !!'///. Cat. 1170. P. aceroides, Wall. 

 ( '<if. 1171 : l\i'z in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, ii. 62. Pentapetes acerifolia, 

 Cav. Diss. iii t. 44. 



From the N. WEST HIMALAYA, in Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft., to Chtttagong, Tenasserim 

 and the Concan. Both Roxburgh and Wight question it being a native either of 

 Bengal or the Western Peninsula. DISTRIB. Java (native?). 



A large tree; bark smooth, herbaceous portions flocooae-pabescent Leaves 10-14 

 bv 6-12 in., polymorphous, palmately 7-1 L' nerved, adult glabre^-ent above, cano pu I na- 

 scent beneath, nerves prominent beneath ami stellate-hairy : petioles like the midrib, 

 striated, lower as long or Ion ire r than the liladc : stijmlcs multifid, caducous. Flower- 

 luds oblong, obtuse, 5-aiigled, rusty-tomentose outside. Ilr<i<-ti -./rx caducous. Fl<>n; /-.s 

 5-G in. diam., pure white, fragrant. /SVy^t/x linenr-oblong, internally villoiis. 

 linear-oblong, BOmewbftt ciun-ate, but little shorter than the calyx. Stainiiiodex club- 

 shaped. Ovurif oblong. "> anuli (1, fi-crlli-d, c.-lls many >vulrd. < '<t]>snle 4-6 in. long, at 

 first covered with a reddish llull'y crust, o-celli-d, .vvalved. X<-c(h numerous in each cell, 

 obliquely ovoid, compressed ; winir large, thin; tes'a l-rown, smooth ; albunn-n scanty, 

 mucilaginous; cotyledons thin, folded (Roxb.). The flowers render water gelatinous. 



6. P. semisagittatum, limn, in />'<>.>/,. 7-7. /,/. iii. H;O; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate entire base very obliquely cordate or sagittate auriclcd on me 

 side, bracteoles deeply laciniate, cajisulc elliptic-oblong terete. Watt. Cat. 

 1167. 



CHITTAGONO, H. f. & T. ; P.IKMA, Wallich, Griffith ; TENASSEHIM, at Martaban, 

 Wallich. (Carnatic, probably culiivated.) 



A large tree. Bark ash-cnlnun !, herbaceous portions very downy. Leaves 5-6 

 by If in., glabrescent above, hoary beneath, o-7-nerved, auricle often as long as the 

 petiole which is 1 in.; stipules pinnatifid. flowers terminal and axillary, generally 

 solitary on short, rusty-lornentose, drooping peduncles, 5-6 in. diam., pure white. 

 Bracteoles conspicuous. Flower-buds lanceolate, tiepals linear, tmm-ntose outside, 

 pubescent within. l\tals obliquely obovate-cuneate, stellate-hairy externally. >^/u//ti- 

 nodes as long as the style. Qapnue woody, 2-3 by 1^ in., covered with dense yellow 

 flufl'v down. Seeds about 10 in each cell, winged much as in P. acerifolium. 

 Dr. Brandis informs me that the geographical distribution of this species needs further 

 enquiry. 



7. F. lanceeefolium, Roxb. Hort. Bencj. 50; Fl Ind. iii. 163 ; leaves 

 lanceolate and 1-nerved acuminate base rounded, capsule ovoid acute, 

 obscurely 5-angled. Wall. Cat. 1172. 



NORTH- WEST HIMALAYA, Kumaon, Madden; SIUIET, Roxburgh; the KHASIA MTS. 

 ascending to 4000 ft. ; TEXASSEKIM at Tavoy, Wattich. 



