STERCULIACE.E. I. STERCULIA. 



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stipes, smooth without, but villous within. Tj . S. Native of 

 the Coromandel coast. S. populifolia var. acutiuscula, D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 483. Flowers downy, scarlet inside, but yellowish 

 on the outside. Seeds grey. 



Poplar-leaved Sterculia. Fl. April. Tree 20 feet. 



31 S. CHI'CA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 278.) leaves 3-lobed, 

 cordate, smooth above, but tomentose beneath ; petioles smooth ; 

 panicle subterminal, broad, tomentose, rusty ; genitals stipitate ; 

 ovary very villous ; cells 8-ovulate. fy . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Goyaz, where it is called Chica by the inha- 

 bitants, who eat the seeds, which have a very agreeable taste ; 

 they are about the size of a pigeon's egg. Cambess. in St. Hil. 

 pi. usu. bras. no. 46. Calyx spreading, yellowish on the out- 

 side, and brownish within. 



Chica Sterculia. Fl. June. Tree 30 to 40 feet. 



32 S. CORDIFOLIA (Cav. diss. 5. p. 144. f. 2.) leaves sub- 

 cordate, somewhat acuminate, smooth, sometimes bluntly 3- 

 lobed ; carpels acuminated, downy, bristly on the inside, many- 

 seeded. \i . S. Native of Senegal. 



Heart-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



33 S. TOMENTOSA (Thunb. jap. icon. p. 38. but not fl. jap.) 

 leaves cordate, 3-lobed, pubescent beneath ; panicle very long, 

 branched ; sepals reflexed. ^ . G. Native of Japan. 



Tomentose Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



34 S. TRI'LOBA ; leaves large, cordate, with a spreading recess, 

 smooth on both surfaces, 7-nerved, and with 3-acuminated 

 lobes. ^. S. Native of the East Indies, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 



Three-lobed-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



3. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, 



85 S. PLATANIFOLIA (Lin. fil. suppl. 423.) leaves palmately 

 3-5-lobed, smooth on both surfaces ; panicle branched, axillary ; 

 calyxes rotate, reflexed. fj . H. Native of Japan and China. 

 Cav. diss. 5. t. 145. Hibiscus simplex, Lin. spec. 977. Fir- 

 miana, Mars. act. pat. 1. t. 1, 2. Culhamia, Forsk. descr. 96. 

 syn. dub. ex Salisb. Flowers green. Carpels membranous. 

 A beautiful tree, with leaves like those of the Sycamore. 



Plane-tree-leaved Sterculia. Fl. July. Clt. 1757. Tree. 



36 S. COLORA'TA (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 26. t. 25.) leaves smooth, 

 palmately 5-lobed ; lobes acuminate ; calyxes cylindrical-clavate ; 

 carpels oblong, smooth, membranaceous, on long stalks, fj . S. 

 Native of the East Indies on the mountains. Calyxes and car- 

 pels reddish-scarlet. Flowers racemose. Seeds yellow. 



CWowrerf-calyxed Sterculia. Fl. April. Clt. 1818. Tree 

 40 feet. 



37 S. U'RENS (Roxb. cor. 1. p. 26. t. 24.) leaves pubescent, 

 7-8-nerved at the base, and cordate with the lobes overlapping 

 each other, 5-lobed at the apex ; lobes acuminate ; calyxes campa- 

 nulate; carpels ovate, hispid. Tj . S. Native of the mountains on 

 the Coromandel coast. Panicles terminal, every part covered with 

 a glutinous, farinaceous, yellow down. Flowers small, yellow. 

 The wood is soft and spongy. It is used to make Hindoo 

 guitars. The bark is exceedingly astringent, and tinges the saliva 

 reddish. The seeds are roasted and eaten by the natives ; they 

 taste very like parched peas. The capsules are covered on the 

 outside with yellow down, and many stiff", stinging hairs. 



Stinging Sterculia. Clt. 1793. Tree 40 feet. 



38,-S. VILLOSA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) leaves 5-7-lobed, 

 acute, villous beneath ; lobes 3-lobed; calyxes 5-parted, spread- 

 ing ; carpels coriaceous, scabrous from stellate hairs. Tj . S. 

 Native of Coromandel. Smith in Rees' cycl. no. 16. Racemes 

 panicled. 



Villous Sterculia. Clt. 1805. Tree 30 feet. 



39 S. PELTA'TA ; leaves on long footstalks, peltate, 5-lobed, 

 middle and lower lobes acuminated, the 2 intermediate ones ob- 

 tuse, with wide, rounded recesses, smooth above, and pubescent 



beneath ; petioles and young branches white from tomentum. 

 fj . G. Native of China, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Peltate-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



40 S. HELI'CTERES (Pers. ench. 2. p. 240.) leaves half 5- 

 lobed, somewhat villous beneath ; lobes ovate-roundish, acute ; 

 calyxes campanulate, with spreading segments, velvety on the 

 outside. fj . S. Native of Carthagena in woods. Helicteres 

 apetala, Jacq. amer. 238. t. 181. f. 79. Stamens 14-15. Car- 

 pels divaricating. Flowers dirty-yellow, with purple spots. 



Jfelicteris-like Sterculia. Clt. 1820. Tree 40 feet. 



41 S. CARIOEFOLIA ; leaves palmately 5-lobed, with wide 

 recesses ; lobes spatulately-obovate, acuminated at the apex, 

 beset with brown hairs on the nerves beneath, and petioles. 



Tj . S. Native of Sierra Leone, (v. s. herb. Lamb.) 

 Can'ca-leaved Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



42 S. ACERIFOLIA (Cuning. mss. in Loud. hort. brit. p. 392.) 

 leaves palmate, 5-lobed. fy . S. Native of New Holland. 



Maple-leaved Sterculia. Clt. 1 824. Tree 30 feet. 



43 S. PUNCTA'TA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 

 prod. 1. p. 483.) leaves villous beneath, palmately 5-cleft ; lobes 

 ovate-roundish, acuminate ; branches and petioles dotted ; calyx 

 rotate ; carpels 4-seeded, bristly on the inside. tj . S. Native 

 of New Spain. Panicle branched. Sepals acutish, villous as 

 well as the peduncles. 



Z)oMerf-branched Sterculia. Tree 20 feet. 



44 S. ABYSSI'NICA (R. Br. in Salt's trav. app.) leaves 3 or 

 obsoletely 5-lobed, coriaceous, smooth, peltately cordate, with 

 the recess closed ; racemes panicled ; sepals villous, spreading. 



Tj . S. Native of Abyssinia. Leaves like those of the Ivy, 

 Abyssinian Sterculia. Tree. 



4. Leaves palmate, compound. 



45 S. FOZ'TIDA (Lin. spec. 1431.) leaves compound, with 7-9- 

 oblong, lanceolate, acuminated leaflets ; flowers panicled. t? . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Cav. diss. 5. t. 141. Sonn. voy. t. 

 132. Clomp&nus major, Rumph. amb. 3. t. 107. Anthers 15. 

 Carpels many-seeded. Flowers brownish, tinged with red 

 at the base, of an ungrateful smell, as well as every part of the 

 plant when bruised or cut. The wood is pale, lasting, and does 

 not split ; it is therefore very proper for the turner, and being well 

 varnished makes handsome vases, &c. It has nothing of the ill 

 smell which the flowers have. The leaves, and especially the bark, 

 are aperient, repellent, diuretic, and diaphoretic. The seeds are 

 oily, and if swallowed incautiously they bring on nausea and ver- 

 tigo. This happens probably when eaten raw. 



Fetid Sterculia. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1690. Tree 20 feet. 



46 S. VERSI'COLOR (Wall. pi. asiat. rar. 1. p. 48. t. 59.) 

 leaves peltately-digitate ; leaflets 5, oblong, acuminated, tomen- 

 tose beneath ; panicles axillary, branched ; flowers monoecious. 

 \l . S. Native of the East Indies on hills about Segaen, oppo- 

 site the city of Ava. Flowers at first yellow, but changing to 

 deep orange-colour. Peduncles red. Segment of the calyx 

 connivent at the apex, but at length spreading. 



Party-coloured-dowered Sterculia. Fl. Oct. Tree 16 feet. 



t Species the names of which are only known. 



47 S. SCATI'GERA (Wall. mss. in Lin. soc. herb.) carpels 

 large, membranous, veiny, with a seed or tubercle at the base of 

 each, fj . S. Native of Malabar. 



Spine-bearing Sterculia. Tree. 



48 S. LANC*FOLIA (Roxb. hort. beng. p. 50.) Jj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies at Silhet. 



Lance-leaved Sterculia. Tree 30 feet. 



Cult. All the species will thrive in a light loamy soil, or a 

 mixture of loam and peat. Ripened cuttings, not deprived of 

 their leaves, will strike root readily in sand under a hand-glass ; 



