STEBCULIA 



follicular, each carpel distinct and either woody or 

 membranaceous and sometimes opening and spreading 

 into a leaf -like body long before maturity (Fig. 2399); 

 seeds 1-many, sometimes arillate or winged, sometimes 

 hairy. Sterculias have very various foliage, the leaves 

 of different species being simple, palmately lobed or 

 digitate. The flowers are mostly in panicles or large 

 clusters, sometimes large and showy, varying from 

 greenish to dull red and scarlet. The species are grown 

 mostly for street and lawn trees. The only kinds that 

 are generally known in this country are .S. plalanifoUa, 

 S. diversifolia and S. acerifolia, the last two known in 

 California as Brachychitons. All are easily grown from 

 seeds. Sterculiaceous plants are allied to the Malvaceie. 



STEREOSPERMUM 



1723 



of the branchlets, of 5-11 elliptic, oblong or lanceolate, 

 entire, pointed, thick leaflets: fls. large, dull red, in 

 simple or branched racemes, appearing with the Ivs.: 

 fr. large and woody follicles, glabrous outside, often 

 3 in. or more in diam. and containing black seeds the 

 size of a hazelnut. Tropical Africa and Asia to Aus- 

 tralia.— Grown in southern Florida. In its native coun- 

 tries, the seeds are said to be roasted and eaten. 



BB. Lvs. 



Htire . 



c. Follicles pubescent outside and corky inside. 

 al&ta, Roxbr. Large tree, the young parts yellow- 

 pubescent, the bark ash-colored: lvs. large, cordate- 

 ovate, acute, 7-nerved: fls. about 1 in. across, in few- 

 fld. panicles shorter than the lvs., and which arise from 

 the leafless axils, the calyx tomentose and the segments 

 linear-lanceolate: follicles 5 in. in diara., globose, with 

 wide-winged seeds. India. — Introd. into S. Florida. 

 cc. Follicles glabrous on the outside, usually villous 

 within. 



(Bia,7ni,h,tuH acerifdtium, F. 

 I I TuLE. Evergreen 



lvs. long 

 III lobes oblong 

 1 shmmg: fls. bril- 

 i.iiig, in large, shOT^y 

 long-stalked. Aus- 

 i bloom, and planted 

 I Th lives m either 



UH.R.: 



acerifdlia, A. Cunn 



Muell.) Brai.h\(hm li 



tree, reaching a hei.l 

 petioled, large, d< i | I 

 lanceolate to rhomlmi'i 

 liant scarlet, the cah \ ii«mi 4111 

 trusses, tolhcles laigc, glabious, 

 tralia. — A most showy tree when 11 

 on streets and lawns 111 Californi; 

 drj or fairly moist places. 



diversiJdlia, G Don ( /.'- »< h ii> Inl , 

 Bkach\chit(in 1 ill 111 I ^hiiii 1- i\i|t the fls. 

 h s ver> \arnius. iim^tU ii\ iii 1 \ iii i in< eolate in 

 outline, often 1 iitiii s n . tiiii - \ li.n l\ 1 lobed on 

 the same tin. ill j.iii^ m iinini iii tN iimii ntuse when 

 5oung, bell sh i|,i (1 ^< imshiiil m.lwhiti iii>tllowish 

 white, in a\ili II \ |i (1111 I ^ li llu li ^ 1 ' - in Imig. ovoid, 

 glalirous, st.ilkii! \u^ti ili t - I'l mti d in ( .ilifornia, 

 and commonei than the last. 



Var. occidentaiis, Benth. [BiacliyclMon Origoiii, 

 F Muell tS'. G<f'(/o)((, Hort.). Lvs. deeply 3 lobed, the 

 lobes nariow, sometimes with short lateral ones : fls. 

 salmi.n I olcii 1 ih \ smaller and more tomentose. West 

 Aiisti ili.i -I Mt( 11 d in S. Uahforma. T. TT R 



STEREOSPERMUM (Greek- hard -^eed) 

 nuutti About 10 species ot tn p il fitp^ r 

 Asia and Africa, of which _' 

 S. Calif. They have handsi.n 

 or twice pinnate, and lar;,! I 

 pale yellow or pale rose, bmn I I 



panii les, caljx ovoid, ojien m 1 li s, ,1 m th, I, ml 

 lobi s '1. nearly equ.il, muud, < ns]ii d, tmithed 

 late capsule long, terete, loculRidalh 1 vah pi 



Biqno 



A. Carpels erp<fn'liini h' f >n uiaturtty into leaf-like 



h.Hh, . :i„ .,„„ Ih suds. 



plataniJolia, 1,11111 1 1/ 1 1, 1 m 1 plitnni Im selnut 



round III ail. il til I ..t 111. .Imiiii si/, « iih <Ii , nlu.ms fnh 

 age; lvs. vfiv lai/e, gl.iliious. coi l.ite-oiliicular, pal- 

 mately 3-5 lobed like maple lvs., the lobes sharp- 

 pointed fls. small, greenish, with reflexed calyx-lobes, 

 in termmal panicles: carpels 4 or 5, bearing globular 

 pea-like seeds —Said to be native of cliin i ■iiid T ipnn 

 Hemslev admits it to the "Flora i.t 1 I 111 iinl ^ iij-i iif 

 says m "Forest Flora of Japan' tli ii it 1 . m . t tin 



Bentham, m "Flora Hongkongen^is sns th it it is 

 native to China. Franchet and Savatier, in"Enuraeratii) 

 Plantarum Japonicarum," admit it as an indigenous 

 Japanese species. Now a frequent tree from Georgia 

 south. Excellent for lawns and shade. 



AA. Carpels not becoming leaf-like. 

 B. Jjvs. all digitatehj compound. 

 ioBtida, Linn. Tall, handsome tree, with all parts gla- 

 brous except the young foliage : lvs. crowded at the ends 



a height of 20 ft m two years, 

 made rich by a good fertilizer. 

 ser\atoiv m the Noith it soon ri 



crisped. Hong Kong. 



AA. Foliage once-pmnate: fls. pale or dark purple. 



suavfiolens, DC. Tree, 30-60 ft. high : lvs. 12-18 in. 

 long: Ifts. 7-9, broadly elliptic, acuminate or acute, 5X 

 x3 in.: panicle many-fld., viscous, hairy: fls. IJi in. 

 long; lobes crisped-crenate. India. 



H. Nbhbuno and W. M. 



