STERCULIACE^. 103 



Rheed. 6, t. 30; — Rumph. auct. t. \1.f. 1.) ^§t5C3rt^ Antmnora. 5 

 Extends from one end of India to the other, particularly along the 

 foot of the Himalayas. (Serampore.) Fl. largish, brick-coloured, 

 R. and C. S. ; fr. Feb. and March. Fruit used by the Natives in 

 dysenteries and bowel-complaints, from mere superstition. At Bom- 

 bay it is employed medicinally in diseases of the ear. (^Dr, Gibson.) 

 Helicteres, L. (DC. pr. I, p. 476; sect. Orthocarpeea. — Schott. and Endl. 

 o. c.p. 31.) 



1. hirsuta, Lour, {DC. pr. 1, p. 476 ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 16. — H. 

 spicata, Colebr. ; — Roxb. H. B.p.97.) B Cochin-China, Archipelago 

 of the Eastern Peninsula of India. Fl. largish, dark purplish brown, 

 throughout the year ; fr. C. S. 



2. angustifolia, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 476.) ^ China. Fl. small, white- 

 purple, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



3. elongata, Wall. Cat. S Taong-Dong. Fl. largish, pale yellow, C. S. ; 

 fr. H. S. 



4. virgata, Wall. Cat. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 1, p. 508.) B China. Fl. 

 small, C. S ; fr. H. S. 



5. pulchra. Wall. B Burma. Fl. small, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



B. SterculiecE, Schott. and Endl. 

 Fterygota, Schott. and Endl. (o. c. p. 32.) 



1. Roxburghii, Schott. and Endl. (/. c. — Sterculia alata, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, 

 p. 182.) L. b Silhet. Chittagong. Fl. largish, ferrugineous, streaked 

 with crimson and yellow, Feb. and March ; fr. Dec. — Seeds at Silhet 

 eaten by the Natives as a cheap substitute for opium. (Roxb.) 

 Heritiera, Ait. (DC.pr. I, p. 484 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 63; — Schott. 

 and Endl. I. c.) 



1. minor, Lam. (DC. I. c. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 3. p. 142 ; — ere/, syn. Rumph. — 

 H. Fomes, Willd.; — Buch.; — DC. I. c. — Balanopteris minor, Gurtn.fr. 

 2, t. 98, f. 2.) yfpf^ Soondree. L. b Soonderbuns. Fl. small, dull 

 orange, March and April ; fr. Sept. and Oct. Used in Calcutta, &c., 

 for fire-wood. 



2. littoralis. Ait. (DC. pr. 1, p. 484; excl. syn. Rumph. — Roxb. fl. ind. 

 1, jo. 142 -y—W. and A. pr. 1, jo. 63 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 18.— 

 Balanopteris Tothila, Gurtn.fr. 2, t. 99 ;— Rheed. 6, t. 21,) b Mauri- 

 tius, Peninsula of India. Fl. small reddish. — Introduced into H. C. 

 G. in 1810, but had not fl. in 1814. 



3. macrophylla. Wall, b Munipore. Fl. small, yellowish, H. S. fr. — 



4. acuminata. Wall. 5. Hills N, E. of Bengal. 

 Triphaca, Lour. 



1. africana, Lour. (fl. cochin. 2, p. 577 ; — DC. pr. I, p. 483,) b Mozara- 

 bique. C. S. 1838. 

 Sterculia, L. (Schott. and Endl.) 



1. fcEtida, L. {DC.pr. 1, p. 483 ;—Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 154 ;— IF. and 

 A.pr. 1, ;;. G3;— Wight, icon. 1, t. 181. and 2, t. 364 ;— 7. Grah. 



