102 STEKCULIACE.E. 



Sterculiaceae 



Conspectus of the Formoaan Genera. 



(1) Flowers unisexual or polygamous. Petals 0. (2) 

 Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals exist. (3) 



(2) Anthers numerous 



Anthers 5, whorled ................................... HcrUiei'a. 2 



(3) Petals 'deciduous. Androeciura columnar below, dilated alxive into a cup, 



on the margin of which are placed the anthers usually alternating with 

 starniuodes. (4) 

 Petals marcesceut, Hat. Androecium tubular at the base only ; stamens 



5, staminodes 0. (6.) 

 (1) Capsules membraneous, inflated ....................... Kle'uthouia. 3 



Capsules more or less' woody, not inflated. (f>) 

 (")) Anther-cells divaricate ; seeds not winged. .............. Jlelidcrcs. 4 



Anther-cells parallel ; seeds winged ................. Pterospermum. 5 



(()) Ovary 2-celled ....................................... Mdoclda. (J 



()va.ry of one carpel .................................. WaWicna. 7 



1. Stet'culia LINN. 



Dicltotomous KCIJ to the, Fonnosan Species. 



(1) Loaves oblong, very shortly and obtusely caudate .... Sterculia itobilis. 

 Leaves angnLir, siiiuately three lobed ................ IS. 



Sterculia nobilis R. BHIAVX ; HAY AT A Materials for a Ilora of 

 p. 48. 



Norn, indiy. Pin-pon. 



HAL. Tainan, l>y. T. KAWAKAMI, Aug. I'JOC, (No. 1440). 



DISTIUB. Cliina and Sumatra. 



OLHKKV. A small tree ; leaA'es large, oblong, 30 cm. long, 15 cm. wide, 



