378 XXVIT. STERCULIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Buettncna. 



EASTERN BENGAL; SILHET, Da Silva; Assam and Khasia Mts., Griffith; BIRMA, 

 Wattick, &c. ; CHITTAGONG, H.f. & T. 



A climbing shrub. Branches hispid with spreading hairs, or thinly stellate-hairy. 

 Leaves 4 in., shortly 3-lobed, lobes deltoid, entire or serrulate, 7-9-ner\cd, midrib glan- 

 dular, base deeply cordate, lobes rounded, upper ovate-lanceolate ; petiole 1^-4 in., 

 densely rusty-tomentose. Stipufi* subulate. Inflorescence lax, much branched; 

 peduncles longer than the petioles. Flowers minute, campanulate. ticjials lanceolate. 

 Petals yellow, incurved, appendage orange. Capsule the size of a large cherry, globose. 

 Seed ovate-oblong. 



16. COMXKERSONXA, Forsk. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, oblique. Jnjlorwtice cymose, terminal 

 or axillary or leaf opposed, r-////./.- 5-cleft. Pctak :>, concave at the base, 

 prolonged into a long strap-shaped appmda^e at the apex. Fertile *t<nn>-n* 

 5, opposite the petals ; anthers Bubglobose, 2-celled, cells div. .r-in.i: : Btanri- 

 nodes 5, opposite to the sepals, lanceolate. ('<////</.< ."i, opposite to the 

 connate ; ah/I,-* connate ; ovules iMi. Cuj*,!/,- loculieidally .Vvalved, covered 

 -with bristly hairs. Seeds ascending, albuminous, strophiolate ; cotyledons 

 flat, radicle next the hilum. DISTRIB. A genus of about <s species, some 

 of which are natives of the Malay peninsula and archipelago, others of 

 Australia. 



1. C. platyphylla, Awlr. Jl>t. //'/'. t. 603, flkfatrf; leaves broadly 

 ovate-lanceolate oblique stellate-hairy above hoary toincntose beneath. 

 C. javensis, G. J)n Om. >>/. i. :>^i. (.'. ediinata, /;/////,. /;//(//-. Ml; Wa& 

 Cat. 1U:J; J /////-. lint, /,',/,'. t. r.l'.t, ,.nt ,,f Fnrxt. C, 1 . ediinata, VOtr. ii. Mi'/. 

 ri. Iwl. Bat. i. pt. 2, 182. Buettneria hypoleuca, Turd, in MOK. Bull. 

 1858, 207. 



MALACCA, PENANG, and SINGAPORE. DISTRIH. Malay isles. 



A shrub or low tree. Youn_:'r hmur/tcs softly downy. Leave* G by 4 in., obliquely 

 suboinlate, stibacuininato, in-.-^nlarly sn-rulatc. IIT\TH with reddish clown beneath; 

 petioles i : l in., downy. Xti/inl>x ili-ci.liious, herbaoeOQS, ]> ilniately cut. Fl<>ir,-rs 

 numerous, rotate, }, in. diam., in much bran. lu> 1 tfrmiual cyiuosi-. i-orymbs ; ultimate 

 pedicels divaricate, hispid, as long as the flowers. C,i/;/.r -loin .s <>v. as the 



tube. Petals 5, base concave, appendage liin-ar. N/<////r/^x fj, oppo-ite the petals, and 

 concealed within their concavity; stamiimdrs f>, lanet-ol.-itc, opposite the sepals, 

 as the petals. Ovary 5-celle I, cells opposite the petals. <'tt/>*tilc globose, the size of 

 a marble, covered with long filiform intricate ciliolated j 



Var. LescJicuft i/ltii ; lea ves glabrescent equally serraie, peduncles opposite the leaves. 



The true C. cchin-itu of Forst. has not yet been met with within the limits of this 

 Flora, though it probably will be discovered in Malacca. It is distinguished from the 

 preceding by its narrower lance- shaped leaves, glabrous on the upper surface. 



17. LEPTONYCHIA, Turcz. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers cymose axillary. Sqmh 5, 

 valvate, distinct nearly to the base. PetaJs .">, valvate, short, orbicular, con- 

 cave. Androecium tubular below, filamentous above, filaments 3-seriate, 

 outer series of 10-15 ligulate staininodes opposite the petals, middle of 

 10 fertile stamens also opposite the petals, innermost of 5 very short ileshy 

 subulate staminodes opposite the sepals; anthers linear-oblong, introrse, de- 

 hiscing at the sides longitudinally. Ovnnj sessile, 3-4-celled ; placentas 

 axile ; styles connate, stigmas capitellate ; ovules many in each cell, ana- 

 tropous. Capsule 2-3-celled, or by abortion 1-celled, dehiscing septicidally 

 or loculieidally, or both, simultaneously or irregularly, tietds black, 



