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STERCULIACE^E. I. STERCULIA. 



ovate, acuminated, entire, smooth ; calycine segments spread- 

 ing ; tube of stamens almost sessile ; styles 5, reflexed. fy . S. 

 Native of the East Indies and the Mauritius. 

 Great-fontered Sterculia. Clt. 1820. Tree. 



11 S. NI'TIDA (Vent. malm. no. 91. in a note.) leaves lanceo- 

 late-oblong, acuminated, entire, smooth ; calycine segments 

 spreading ; urceolus of stamens almost sessile, Jj . S. Native 

 of Africa. Flowers probably dioecious, in axillary panicles. 



Shining-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



12 S. FRONDOSA (Rich. act. soc. nat. par. p. 111.) leaves 

 oblong-obovate, very blunt, somewhat repand, smooth, shining, 

 crowded at the top of the branches ; panicles axillary, on long 

 peduncles. Jj . S. Native of French Guiana. 



Leafy Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



13 S. URCEOLA'TA (Smith, in Rees' cycl. no. 3.) leaves ellip- 

 tical-oblong, acute, pale, coriaceous, smooth, young ones 

 velvety beneath ; panicles contracted, few-flowered, hardly 

 longer than the petioles, tomentose ; calyx bottle-shaped, stel- 

 lately-tomentose, with the segments connected at the base, 

 fj . S. Native of the island of Honimoa near Amboyna. 

 Clompanus minor. Rumph. amb. 3. p. 169. t. 107. Carpels 

 many-seeded, scarlet. Flowers of a dirty-white colour, with an 

 offensive smell. Seeds small, red. 



{7rceo&i<e-calyxed Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



14 S. COCCINEA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtusely acuminated, smooth ; panicles axillary and 

 lateral, nodding ; segments of calyx linear, spreading. Jj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies in Silhet. Carpels scarlet, 6-seeded. 

 Seeds covered with a black aril. 



Searto-follicled Sterculia. Clt. 1817. Tree 20 feet. 



15 S. LJE'VIS (Wall, in Hook. bot. misc. pt. 3. p. 287.) leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, bluntly acuminated, glabrous ; racemes axil- 

 lary and lateral, drooping ; segments of the calyx linear, spread- 

 ing ; follicles scarlet. Tj . S. Native of Pulo-Pinang. S. 

 coccinea, Jack, mal. misc. vol. 1. pt. 1. Hook, bot. misc. pt. 3. 

 p. 287. but not of Roxb. from which it differs in the follicles 

 only containing 2-3 seeds, and in the flowers being racemose, 

 not panicled. The seeds are covered with black pulpy aril. 



Smoothed Sterculia. Shrub 10 feet. 



16 S. SUBPELTA'TA (Blume, ex. Schlecht. Linnaea. 1. p. 654.) 

 leaves on long petioles, somewhat peltate, oval-oblong, acumin- 

 ated, quite entire, covered with cobwebbed tomentum beneath ; 

 racemes simple ; carpels stalked, oblong, tapering to both ends. 

 fj . S. Native of Java. Young leaves cordate. 



Subpeltate-leaved Sterculia. Tree 25 feet. 



17 S. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves elliptic- 

 lanceolate, tapering to both ends, acuminated, quite smooth ; 

 racemes axillary. ^ . S. Native of Nipaul. Reevesia, Lindl. ? 



Narrow-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



18 S. PARVIFLORA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves obovate, 

 acuminate, somewhat cordate at the base, smooth, except the 

 nerves beneath, which are clothed with rusty down as well as 

 petioles, panicles, and young branches ; panicles axillary ; sepals 

 conniving at the apex. J? . S. Native of Silhet and Pulo- 

 Pinang. S. angustifolia, Jack. mal. misc. 1. no. 1. p. 21. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 482. but not of Roxb. 



Small-flowered Sterculia. Shrub. 



19 S. GUTTA'TA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves ovate, blunt, 

 thick, smooth, entire ; racemes somewhat fascicled, spreading, 

 longer than the leaves ; calyxes woolly on the inside, spreading. 

 Tj . S. Native of Malabar on the mountains. Ramena-Pou- 

 Marain, Rheed. mal. 4. t. 61. Root aromatic. Flowers 

 sweet-scented, pale-red, woolly on the inside. 



Spatted Sterculia. Clt. 1825. Tree 70 feet. 



20 S. WALLI'CHII ; leaves ovate-oblong, entire, or with a few 

 large teeth at the apex, smooth above, but villous on the nerves 



beneath ; racemes long ; flowers in fascicles ; sepals very villous, 

 at length spreading. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. 

 Wallich's Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



21 S. OBLONGIFOLIA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 482.) leaves oblong, acute, tapering to the base, quite 

 entire, smooth ; flowers in lax racemes ; calyxes spreading ; 

 genitals almost sessile ; carpels somewhat drupaceous, 2-seecled. 

 fy . S. Native of Mexico. 



Oblong-leaved Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



22 S. HETEROPHY'LLA (Beauv. fl. d'ow. 1. t. 40.) leaves ob- 

 long, smooth, tapering to the base, on long stalks, entire or 3- 

 lobed, irregularly toothed ; flowers panicled, terminal. I; S. 

 Native of Guinea in the kingdom of Waree. Flowers dirty- 

 yellow. The seeds of this species are also called Cola in Guinea. 



Various-leaved Sterculia. Tree 50 feet. 



23 S. IVI'RA (Swartz, fl. ind. occ. 2. p. 1160.) leaves ovate, 

 smooth, acuminated at the apex, entire, rarely 3-lobed ; flowers 

 panicled, hermaphrodite. I? . S. Native of South America 

 in woods. Ivira pruriens, Aubl. guian. t. 279. I. crinita, Cav. 

 diss. 5. t. 162. Flowers yellowish, with spreading segments. 

 Carpels covered with stiff bristles at the base, clothed on the 

 inside with stinging, minute, rufous bristles. Seeds 3-5, black. 

 This tree is called Ivira in South America. 



Ivira Sterculia. Clt. 1793. Tree 60 feet. 



24 S. IMBE'RBIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 483.) leaves ovate, smooth, 

 very blunt and cordate at the base, entire, acuminate ; carpels 

 naked at the base, pedicellate. Jj.S. Native of Cayenne. S. 

 Ivira, Rich, in Pers. ench. no. 10. 



Beard/ess-carpe\\ed Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



25 S. DIVERSIFOLIA (G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 392.) 

 leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, entire or 3- 

 lobed ; lobes acuminate, smooth. ^ . G. Native of New Hol- 

 land. The rest not seen. S. heterophylla, Cung. mss. 



Diverse-leaved Sterculia. Clt. 1824. Tree 20 feet? 



2. Leaves cordate, entire, or somewhat 3-lobed. 



26 S. ALA TA (Roxb. cor. 3. p. 83. t. 287.) leaves very broad, 

 ovate, acuminated, quite entire, smooth on both surfaces, cordate 

 at the base, with a spreading recess, on long petioles ; racemes 

 axillary, solitary, shorter than the petioles ; sepals long, lanceo- 

 late, acuminated, rusty on the outside as well as the peduncles. 

 Jj . S. Native of Silhet, where the natives eat the seeds as a 

 substitute for opium. Leaves 5-7-nerved at the base. Flowers 

 reddish ; sepals reflexed. 



Winged Seven-Seeded Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



27 S. MACROPHY'LLA (Vent. malm. no. 91. adn.) leaves cor- 

 date, roundish, entire, thick, tomentose beneath ; carpels ovate, 

 very smooth on the inside, 2-seeded. Jj . S. Native of the 

 East Indies. Panicles terminal. 



Large-leaved Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



28 S. CORDA'TA (Blum, bijdr. ex Schlecht. Linnsea. 1. p. 654.) 

 leaves subcordate, oval, acuminated, quite entire, tomentose 

 beneath ; panicle nodding ; flowers monoecious ; calyx 5-cleft ; 

 ovaries joined. fj.S. Native of Java. 



Corrfate-leaved Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



29 S. CANIX/LLII (Wall. pi. rar. asiat. 1. p. 4.) leaves round- 

 ish, cordate, obtuse, entire, smooth, rather membranaceous ; car- 

 pels ovate, quite smooth both on the inside and outside, 3-seeded. 

 tj . S. Native of the island of Timor. S. populifolia, D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 483. but not of Roxb. Flowers unknown. 



De Candolle's Sterculia. Tree 23 feet. 



30 S. POPULIFOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50. Wall. pi. rar. 

 asiat. 1. p. 3. t. 3.) leaves roundish-cordate, entire, membrana- 

 ceous, acuminated, smooth ; racemes axillary, branched, stalked ; 

 segments of the calyx linear, obtuse, revolute ; follicles ovate, 

 ventricose, terminated by a cultriform, very blunt wing, on long 



