^JQ Sterculiaceae Vnt. 



acl char. faiii.); albumen periphericum, 2-partituin ; cotyledones cras- 

 sae, caruosae, ad margines tenues, inter albumen prominulae. huic 

 adnatae, medio crassiores, basi cordatae ; radicula giobosa, vix inter 

 lobos cotyledonum prominula ; gemmula conica, minuta. — Nomen 

 sundense Soutkicelliae est Hdntap. — An potius genus Liuneanum 

 Slerculia in diversa sejungendum? cf. Endl. Gen. 5320. Msn. Gen. 

 30 et 31. Comm. 25. — Southicellia et Poecilodermis conjungendae 

 "vadentur, cum in priori carpella jam plus minus stipulata evadant. 



Char. Spec. cf. Wlp. Rprt. V. 99. 23. S, cordaia Bl. Bijdr. 83. Sprg. 

 Sjst. Veg. cur. post. 256. Wlp. Rprt. I. 335. 13. — Southicellia 

 Blumei Wght. ex Std. Nomclt. bot. ed.II. p. 613. — Magnopere affinis 

 St. macrophjllae Vnt. DC. Prdr. I. 483. 18, quam Wght. et Arn. 

 Prdr. I. 62. 231 varietatem forsan habent S. jjopulifoliae Rxb., quae 

 Hildegardia Schtt. et Endl. Gen. 1. c. h-, dum nostra ad SouthioeUiam 

 ducenda. — S. macrophylla Sprg. Syst. Veg. cur. post. 256. 



Descrpt. Arbor alta; folia juvenilia profunde cor- 

 data, subrotunda, margine integerrima, sinuata imoque obtuse 

 lobata, subtus tomento persicino tecta, supra glabra, nondum 

 evoluta, aut vix evoluta cum petiolis et stipulis lanceolato- 

 acuminatis, ferrugineo-tomentosa, ramorum fructiferorum basi 

 subcordato - emarginata, breviter obtuseque acuminata, 3 — 6 

 poll longa, 2 — 3,5 poll. lata, subtus et praeprimis petioli te- 

 retes 1,0 poll. longi, utrinque incrassati, dense ferrugineo- 

 tomentosa, ad apicem ramulorum congesta ; inflorescentiae pa- 

 niculatae iafra folia congesta nutantes aut divaricatae; flores 

 her77uq)hroditi : cali/x campanulato-urceolatus, extus uti tota 

 inflorescentia cinnamomeo-toraentosus ; limbus 5-fidus, patens, 

 pilis densis , purpureis tectus ; germen stipite subgloboso 

 suffultum, 5-loculatum, roseum, pubescens; stylus brevis; 

 stigma radiatim, 5-lobum; stamina 10 ad basin germinis 

 apici stipitis inserta, filamenta libera, brevissima, tenera; an- 

 therae extrorsae, basi germinis incumbentes, subgloboso-didy- 

 mae; carpella oblonga, utrinque acutiuscula, 2,5 poll. longa, 

 1,5 poll. lata, extus cinnabarina, intus rosea; semina 4 — 5 

 juxta suturam centralem affixa, biseriata, 0,5 poll. longa, 0,3 

 poll. crassa, obtuse oviformia, nigra, sericantia; umbilicus 

 albidus ; arillus carnosus , albidus , testae arcte adhaerens, 

 membrana ft-agih secernenda, nigra tectus; testa atro-sangui- 

 nea, coriacea, membrana interna cinnamomea; alhume^i cras- 



