Pterospermum.} xxvu. STERCULIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 369 



A tree. Shoots slender, virgate, hoary. Leaves 3-6 by 1^ in., glabrescent above, 

 covered with whitish or cream-coloured tomentum beneath, nerves stellate-hairy ; petiole 

 very short. Stipules 2-3-fid, subulate-lanceolate, as long as the petiole. Peduncles 

 axillary, half the length of the leaves, dilated at the top. Flower-buds oblong, striated. 

 flowers 2-3 in. diam., sweet-scented, white. Sepals linear, rusty -pubescent, villous 

 within. Petals obliquely cuneate, longer than the sepals. Capsule 3 by 1^-2 in., 

 elliptic, covered with light grey down. Seeds 2-4 in each cell. 



8. P. reticulatum, W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; leaves pubescent beneath 

 oblong entire or coarsely toothed towards the apex acuminate 3-nerved 

 base cuneate, peduncles longer than the petioles, capsule oblong acute slightly 

 angular furrowed, seeds 4 in each cell. 



MALABAR ; on the Naggar hills, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves 4 by 1| in., coriaceous, whitish beneath, nerves prominent, rusty 

 stellate-hairy; petiole very short. Peduncles 3-flowered. Bracteoles 3-sect, segments 

 linear. Flowers 1| in. diam. Sepals linear-lanceolate. Petals obovate -oblong. Staminodes 

 filiform. Ovary with about 6 ovules in each cell. Capsule 3 in., furfuraceous. 



9. P. Heyneanum, Wall. Cat. 1169; leaves oblong acuminate coarsely 

 toothed or lobed near the apex 4-5-nerved base cuneate subcordate rarely 

 peltate, peduncles as long as the petiole, capsule oblong acute obscurely 

 5-angled scarcely furrowed, seeds 8-10 in each cell. W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 489. P. suberifolium, Willd. Sp. iii. 728; Bot. Mag. 1526; 

 Hoxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 160. P. Lawianum, Nimmo in Grah. 

 Cat. Bomb. PL 246 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24. Pentaglpttis suberifolia, 

 Watt. Cat. 1169, partly. Velaga xylocarpa, Gcertn. Fruct. ii. 245, t. 133. 



Mountainous tracts throughout the WESTERN PENINSULA. 



A middle-sized tree, herbaceous portions rusty-tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 2-3^ in., 

 variable in form and size, coriaceous, rarely lobed or peltate, whitish beneath, nerves 

 prominent 'rusty-pilose ; petiole pubescent, in. Stipules deciduous, ensiform. 

 Bracteoles persistent, imbricate, deeply gashed. Flowers large, pure white, fragrant. 

 Sepals 2 in., oblong, revolute, hairy outside. Petals obovate, spreading. Capsule 2 in., 

 pointed at both ends, more or less deeply furrowed at the sides, at first densely fur- 

 furaceous, afterwards glabrescent. The nervation of the leaves varies in different 

 specimens, or even on the same ; when the leaves are entire the secondary nerves 

 are arched, when coarsely toothed or lobed they are strictly feather-nerved the 

 secondary nerves running out directly into the lobes. 



10. P. g-labrescens, W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; leaves obovate shortly and 

 suddenly acuminate base cuneate cordate or subpeltate 5-nerved, stipules 

 entire, peduncles as long as tbe petioles, capsule large oblong 5-angled 

 beaked cells 10-12-seeded. Wall. Cat. 1169, partly. lilieede Hort. Mai. vi. 

 t. 58. 



Hills of the WESTERN PENINSULA ; the CONCAN, MALABAR, and COROMANDEL. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 34 in., coriaceous, glabrescent above, ashy pubescent beneath, 

 nerves conspicuous, rusty-pilose ; petiole -^ in. Stipules ligulate, entire, half tin- 

 length of the petiole. Bracteoles deciduous. Flower-buds ovoid, acute. Flon; rs 

 4 in. diam. Sepals linear-oblong, villous within. Petals oblong, nearly as long as th<- 

 sepals. Capsule 5-6 in., stipitate, at first covered with floccose rusty tomentum, after- 

 wards glabrous. It is not quite certain that the flowers above described belong really 

 to this species. Wight describes the stipules as palmate, but in his specimens they are 

 entire. Probably it is not distinct from P. diversifolium, Bl. 



11. P. obtusifoliuxn, Wight ms.; leaves glabrescent above ashy tomen- 

 tose beneath obovate oblong 1-nerved apex 2-lobed base cuneate, capsule 

 oblong obtuse tubercled downy. 



MALABAR, and the CARNATIC; Courtallum, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves 3-4 by 2^-3 in., coriaceous, slightly oblique, obscurely, and remotely 



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