Sterculia] 



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Assam, Khasi hills, An* In mans, Burma. Valued ami in many places exterminated oa 

 account of the bast, of which ropes for drac.Ljiiis timber are made. Fl. March, April. 

 Fr, June, July. Coppices readily. 



Sterculia villosa, Roxb. L 



.">. S. ornata, Wall.; Eurz, F. Fl. i. L36 ; King in Jo urn. As. Soc. Beng., 

 60, ii. I L892) 62. — Syn. S. armata, Blast, in part. Wm. Shate wa, Burm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, young shoots tomentose with soft crimson 



(brown when dry) often glandular hairs, Leaves Er a deeply cordate base 



almost reniform, more or less deeply divided int" •"> ">• 7 acuminate lobes, uinler- 

 side densely tomentose, upper side sprinkle. I with minute fascicled hairs. 

 Panicles softly tomentose, several al the ends of • the thick branches, 8 15 in. 

 I"iiu r , many-flowered. Fl. large, calyx widely campanulate, J in. diam., pale 

 ochre coloured with a reddish has,-. Follicles 3-4 in. long, ti r- 1 densely 



