104 STERCULIACEiE. 



Cat. B.jjl.p. 18 i—Sonner. it. 2, t. 132;—Rumph. 3, p. 1 69, t. 107.) 

 gi^^'^ftt^ Junglee-badam. L. b. Moluccas. Both Peninsulas of 

 India, Bengal. Fl. middle-sized, scarletish- sulphur, very fetid. March; 

 fr. R. S. — Seeds roasted, and eaten by the Natives. {Roxb.) 

 SouTHWELLiA, Salisb. (Schott. and Endl. I. c.) 



1 . Balanghas, Schott. and Endl. {I. c. — Sterculia Balanghas, L. ; — DC. 

 pr. \,p. 482 ; — Roxh. fl. ind. 3, p. 144 ; — W. and A. pr. \, p. 62 ; — 

 ill. I, t.ZQ ;— /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 17 ■,—Rheed 1, t. 49.) China 

 Chesnut. b China. Both Peninsulas of India. Fl. small, flesh-co- 

 loured, faintly fragrant, H. S. ; fr. R. S. Seeds considered whole- 

 some, and, when roasted, nearly as palatable as chesnuts. (Roxb.) 



2. coccinea, (Sterculia coccinea, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 151 ; — DC. pr. p. I, 

 482.) 5 Silhet, Penang. Fl. largish, greenish-yellow, tinged with 

 rose, C. S ; fr. H. S. 



3 angustifolia, (Sterculia angustifolia, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 148 ; — DC, 



pr. \.p. 482 ;— not Jack.) b Nepal, Penang. In H. C. G. fl. March. 



(Roxb.) 

 4. parviflora (Sterculia parviflora, Roxb. fl. ind. 3, p. 147; — G. Don 



Mill. diet. l,p. 516.) b Tippera. Penang. In H. C. G. fl. Feb. March 



and April. (Roxb.) 

 Cavallium, Schott. and Endl. (/. c.p. 33.) 



1. urens, Schott. and Endl. (/. c. — Sterculia urens, Roxb. Corom. 1, ^. 24 ; 

 — fl. ind. 3, p. 145;— DC. pr. I, p. 483;— W. and A. pr. \,p.63;—J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 18.) L. b Peninsula of India. Fl. small, greenish, 

 C. S. ; fr. H. S. — Yields a gum resembling Tragacanth. Seeds roast- 

 ed and eaten by the Natives, though they are said to be cathartic. — A 

 kind of coffee may be made of them. (Dr. Gibson.) Native guitars 

 are made of the wood of this tree, (/. Grah.) which is soft and 

 spongy. 



2. comosum, Schott. and Endl. (/. c. ; — Sterculia comosa, Wall. pi. as. 

 rar. 2, t. 127.) L. b Amboyna. Fl small, purplish, sweet-scented. In 

 H. C. G. Fl. ? 



HiLDEGARDiA, Schott. and Endl. (/. c.) 



1. populifolia, Schott. and Endl. (/. c. ; — Sterculia populifolia, Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 148 ; — Wall. pi. as. rar. 1. t. 3 ; — not DC.) b Coromandel. 

 Fl. large, scarlet. Introduced into H. C. G. in 1800, but had not fl. 

 in 1814. 

 Erythropsis, Lindl. (Schott. and Endl. I. c.) 



1. Roxburghiana, Lindl. (Sterculia colorata, Roxb. Corom. 1 t. 23 ; — fl. 

 ind. 3, p. 146 ^—DC.pr. 1, p. 483 ,—W. and A. pr. 1, p. 83 ;—J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 17.) L. b Peninsula of India, Khassya Moun- 

 tains, Hurdwar. Fl. large, red, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 

 FiRMiANA, Marsigli. 



1. platanifolia, Schott. and Endl. (Sterculia platanifolia, L. suppl. DC. 

 pr. \,p. 483.) 5 China, Japan— R. S. 1838. 



