xxvi i. STERCULIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Ptcrospcrmum. 



toothed near the apex, feather-nerved ; petiole \ in., downy. Peduncle longer than the 

 petiole, jointed in the middle. Brarf.o/, * and _//>/,, not seen. (' 1 in., 



covered with squarish truncated tubercles. Very distinct in its curiously tubercled fruit. 



8. ERIOLJENA, DC. 



Trees. Leaves simple or lobed, downy or stellate-tpmentose beneath. 

 rl uncles axillary, 1 -many-flowered. f>ract<-<>l<'$ 3-5, laciniate, or small and 

 caducous. GV//.'', at first spathaceows, ultimately 5-parted. Piinh flat, with 

 dilated tomentose claws. Xt'iim'/mf column .short, bearing externally nu- 

 merous linear-oblong 2-celled anthers, in many series, cells parallel. S'/"////- 

 nndt* (t. Oi'iirt/ sessile, 5-10-celled ; style erect, Mi^mas .v --in spreading; 

 ovules many in each cell. ( V/y/.xv/A woody, loculicidal. &r<.l* winded above : 

 albumen thin, cotyledons ]>laited or contortuplicate, radicle next the 

 hiluin. A genus of 7 or 8 exclusively Asiatic species. 



oAx deeply cut. 



1. E. Wallichii, DC. .!///>. MH&. x. t. r> ; leaves ovate or roundish 

 acuminate^ 7-ncrved base n.rdate, peduncles 1 -flowered, bractcolcs pinnati- 

 - pals lanceolate, style pilose. 1\\i/l. Cut. 1174, C. dunisia hirta, 

 I/urn. /// Wall. Cat. p. 157, 1174, B. 



A shnili, lu-rliaccous portions sha^y-tomentose. Leaves 4-8 by 6 in., < 



above, Bteliate-tomentoae iK-ncuih : ])i-tiolc 1 '_' in. ^fi/mJfft m-arly 1 in., 



th 



leaf'v, lanceolate, with acut \< /"/,,> villous, shorter than the leaf. 



'2\ in. diain. N<y/r//.s- lance., late, villous within. J\-lnls 



orbicular, with a narrow hairy claw. Coluinn glabrous. J-'ruit nut seen. 



2. E. Stocks!!, Ilonk.jil. >t TJfim*. ms. ; leaves roundish snliacuininate 

 5-7-nc-rvcd base eoi'date, jiednnclcs 3-flowered lunger than the leaves, brac- 

 teoles lupinnatisect nmssy, M-p;ds cuspidate, style pilose. 



\Vi'..-n I.N E*EJfl8t i.\ : < k>M( 



A shrub, bark purplish, herbaceous ]n,rtions stellate-hairy. Lcarex 4-5 by 3 in., 

 crenate, stellate-hairy above, pube-cent beneath ; petiole "2 in. titijmlcs sul-ulate. 

 I .'_, in. diain. X////x cu-jiiiiate. .rlainlular at the base within. Petals spathu- 

 late. Ovary 10-lobed. Fruit imt seen. 



3. E. Hookeriana, II'. rf- J. /'/'^//. i. 7<> ; leaves roundish acuminate 

 serrate base cordate, peduncle^ many-flowered, bracteoles shorter than the 



calyx much cut pubescent, styles pubescent. Beddome Flor. ftyh-nt. Annl. 

 Gen. t. r>. 



WI:-TII:N I'IMN-II.A; the Concan, Nilghiri, and Pulney Mts., Wight; BKIIAK. alt. 

 1-4000 ft,, /. D. H. 



A tree, hi ri aceous portions stellate-downy. Leaves 4 in. each way, thinly stellate- 

 hairy or glabreseent above, rusty-tonientose beneath, nerves prominent beneath ; 

 petiole 2 in. Peduncle longer than the petiole, stellate-hairy, at length glabrous. 

 Flower* '2 in. diain. AV,/,,,/. S narrow-lanceolate. C,ij,x t //<- 1 in., ovoid, pointed, 10-valved ; 

 valves downy, tubercled or pitted, villous at the inner angle. 



4. E. Candollei, W<dl. PL As. Ear. i. 51, t, 64; Cat. 1175; leaves 

 ovate acuminate base cordate lobes rounded, peduncles many-flowered, brac- 



teolespinnatiHd pubescent, style glabrous. iJalz. $ (/'///$. Jinmh. Fl . -l\. 



BIRMA : .Mountains of Prome, Wallich ; WESTERN PENINSULA; Ram Ghat in the 

 Concan, iHilzdl. UHOTAN ? Herb. Griffith. 



A tree, bark grey, herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. Leaves 5 by 4 in., upper 

 small, r, palrnately 5-7-nerved, stellate-hairy above, grey-pubescent beneath, creiiute- 



