Sterculia] 



XX. STERCULIACEjE 



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5 thick segments, outside rusty tomentose, inside dark purple with long hairs, 

 staminal column ^ in. long, slender, glabrous, anthers 10-12. Follicles 3 in. 

 long, red, with large black seeds, which are roasted and eaten. 



On the west side of the Peninsula from the Thai Ghat southwards, frequent in ever- 

 green forest (Andamans, Burma doubtful), Ceylon. 8. S. Koxburjrhii, Wall Sikkim. up 

 to 6,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills. A small tree. Differs by glabrous elliptic-oblong 

 leaves, blade 4-5, petiole 1-2 in. long, short racemes with slender peduncles and filiform 

 pedicels. Follicles 3-4 in. pink. 9. S. striatiflora, Mast. Amber Mines, Upper Burma. 

 A shrub. Leaves glabrous, membranous, oblanceolate, blade 8-18, petiole 1 in., midrib 

 and secondary nerves prominent, panicle shorter than leaves, calyx funnel-shaped, 

 striated. 



10. S. alata, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 287.— Syn. S. Haynii, Bedd. El. Sylv. t. 230. 

 Vera. Aneithondf, Tarn.; Letkdk, Burin. 



A large deciduous tree. Leaves from a cordate base broadly-ovate, entire, both 

 surfaces glabrous, blade 4—12, petiole 2-4 in. long, basal nerves 5 or 7, promi- 

 nent beneath, the middle one with 4 pair of secondary nerves. El. in short 

 rusty-tomentose racemes, calyx -J in. long, campauulate, divided halfway into 

 5 or thick lanceolate segments, which are rusty stellate-tomentose outside 

 and red-veined within. Follicles stalked, woody, nearly globose, 5 in. diam. 

 Seeds oblong, with a large obovate thick spongy terminal wing, 2^ in. long and 

 1^ in. broad. 



Tista valley, Sikkim. not common, Silhet, OhiUagong. North Kanara, Tinnevelli 

 and Travancore. Lower Burma, Andamans. Fl. Febr., March. Makvy Peninsula. 



U.S. coccinea, Roxb. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 137. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, entire, 



-Sterc 



cocc inca, 



blade 6-l<>, pel iolo 1-2 in. long. I ';> nicies slender, axillary. Kl. pink I yellowish, 

 Dual's 1 on capillary pedicels, \ in. long. luids narrow-conical, calyx ."> lobed 

 nearly to the Base, lobes I incur. }-\ ii: .often cohering at the tip. loiii; spreading 



hairs on them. Follicles coriaceous, lanceolate, crimson, 3—4 by j in. 



