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3 mm. latis elevato-reticulato-venosis, minoribus 2 cm. longis. Fructus calycis 

 tubo adnatus turbinatus vertice subplanus, calycis laciniis alseformibus 

 cinctus. Semen subglobosum, albumen ruminatum. 

 HAB. Hainan, leg. Z. KATSUMADA, 1909. 



Stereuliaeeae. 



Sterculia LINN. 



Sterculia luzonica WARE. ; MERRILL Fl. Manila p. 327. 



OBSERV. Folia alterna oblongo-cordata 11 cm. longa 7 cm. lata, apice 

 subito acuminata ad summum obtusa, basi cordata cliartacea vel tenuiter 

 coriacea, margine integerrima, utraque pagine glabra, basi 5-7 nervia, venis 

 lateralibus utroque latere 6 a costa angulo 50 egressis, petiolis 3 cm. 

 longis teretibus. Folliculi gemini divaricati vel solitarii, breve stipitati, 

 apice brevissime rostrati breve villoso-pubescentes rugulosi, oblique semi- 

 globosi, 4- 5 cm. longi 3 cm. lati, inflati, extus in exsiccato f usco-flavescentes, 

 intus subrubescentes, valvis incrassatis lignosis. Semina in carpelKs singulis 

 2, ellipsoidea 18 mm. longa 11 mm. lata, utrinque obtusa vel rotundata, 

 tenuissinie latere compressa, testae exocarpium tenuiter chartaceum subnitidum 

 nigricans obscure et tenuissime striatum, mesocarpium pulveraceum, endo- 

 carpium cliartaceum nitidum nigricans. 



HAB. Kotosho, leg. U. MORI et S. SASAKI, 1911, Aprili. 



This somewhat differs from the type in having acuminate leaves and 

 much thinner broader carpels. 



Tiliaeese. 



Triumfetta LINN. 



Triumfetta semitriloba LINN. ; MASTERS in HOOK, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 

 p. 396 ; MERRILL Fl. Manila p. 314. 



HAB. Karapin, Jan. 1912, leg. B. HAYATA et S. SASAKI. 

 DISTRIB. India and the Philippines. 



