Buettneria.] xxvu. STERCULIACEJE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 377 



4. B. elliptica, Mast. ; shrubby, unarmed, leaves pilose on both sur- 

 faces especially along the nerves elliptic- oblong shortly acuminate. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A climbing shrub. Stem terete, downy. Leaves 5-6 by 3 in., base 5-nerved, rounded ; 

 petiole 3 in., pilose. Peduncles axillary, shorter than the petiole ; pedicels |-| in., um- 

 bellate, thinly stellate-hairy. Flowers | in. diam. Petals shorter than the lanceolate 

 sepals. Fruit not seen. 



5. B. uncinata, Mast. ; shrubby, unarmed, leaves glabrescent elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate, capsule covered with hooked gland-tipped barbed 

 spines. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Stem glabrous, scarred. Leaves 8-10 by 3 in., coriaceous, glabrous or with a few 

 thin hairs along the midrib on the under surface, base rounded, 3 nerved ; petioles 

 2^-3 in., thickened at both ends. Fruitiny-peduncles half the length of the leaves. 

 Capsule depressed, 3-celled, spheroidal, the size of a hazel nut. 



6. B. IVIaing-ayi, Mast. shrubby, unarmed, leaves glabrous on both 

 surfaces lanceolate acuminate, capsule globose obscurely 5-lobed studded 

 with short subulate prickles. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 10 by 3 in., coriaceous, base rounded, 5-nerved ; petiole 

 2 in., thickened at both ends. Peduncles barely 1 in., spreading at right angles, and 

 bearing an umbel of flowers; pedicels ^ in. Sepals in., ovate-lanceolate. Petals 

 shorter than the sepals, with a long linear appendage. Staminodes erect, oblong, 

 obtuse, 2-fid. Style as long as the ovary. Fruiting peduncle as long as the petiole. 

 Capsule \.\ in. diam. 



** Leaves more or less orbicular, or not much longer than broad, usually 

 lobed. 



7. B. aspera, Colebrooke in Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey} ii. 383 and in 

 Wall. Cat. 1144 ; a tree, unarmed, leaves glabrescent suborbicular or oblong 

 shortly acuminate base cordate, capsule glabrous globose covered with stout 

 curved prickles. B. grandifolia, DC. Prodr. i. 486. B. iiepalensis, Turcz. 

 in Butt. Mosc. 1858, 207. 



NIPAL, Wallich; SILLET, Da Silva, SIKKIM and the KHASIA MTS., ascending to 

 4000 ft., /. D. H. & T. T DISTRIB. China. 



Tree. Leaves 4 by .2^ in. and upwards, base 7-nerved ; petiole 2 in. and upwards. 

 Peduncle pubescent, as long as the petioles ; pedicels umbellate, ultimate pedicels ^ in., 

 jointed in the middle. Flower-buds ovoid. Flowers minute, downy, campanulate. 

 Sepals deltoid. Capsule 14 in. 



8. B. andamanensis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1871, ii. 47 ; Flora, 1871, 

 277 ; shrubby, unarmed, leaves glabrescent palmately lobed, capsule glo- 

 bose glabrous covered with short subulate spines. 



ANDAMAN ISLDS., Kurz; TENASSERIM, at Martaban, Brandis ; and Moulmein, 

 Lobb. 



A climbing shrub. Stem terete. Leaves 4-5 by 4 in., thinly stellate-hairy, glabres- 

 cent, ovate, shortly 3-5-lobed, lobes acute or acuminate, irregularly and coarsely 

 toothed, base 5-7-nerved, deeply cordate, lobes rounded ; petiole 2-4 in. Stipules in., 

 subulate, deciduous. Cymes 2-3-chotomous. Peduncles slender. Capsule the size of 

 a cherry. 



9. B. pilosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 618 ; shrubby, unarmed, leaves pilose on 

 both surfaces suborbicular palmately lobed, capsule globose downy, studded 

 with subulate barbed prickles. Wall. Cat. 1145. B. velutina, Wall. Cat. 

 1148, 1925. 



