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XX. STERCULIACE^ 



[Heritiera 



rounded or slightly cordate base, blade 5-10, petiole i-§ 

 than leaves, fl. pale greenish-pink, calyx \ in. long, 

 in., glabrous, shining, with a strong sharp keel. 



in. Panicles shorter 

 Ripe carpels 1-3, 1J-3 



Fig. 41. — Heritiera littoralis. Dryander. h. 



Coast of Burma and the Andamans, coasts of the Peninsula and Ceylon. Fl. E. S. 

 Seashore within the tropics of the old world and Australia. 2. H. Fomes, Buch. 

 (H. minor, Boxb. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 141). Sundriban, sea coast of Burma and the 

 Malay Peninsula. Leaves narrowed towards the base, blade 4-6, petiole J in., ripe 

 carpels obliquely compressed, slightly keeled. 



B. Inland species. 



3. H. macrophylla, Wall. ; Kurz, P. Fl. i. 141 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7192. 



A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, bright silvery beneath, blade 

 7-14, petiole 2-4 in. Panicles large, half the length of leaves. PL pink. Pr. 

 globose, rough, with an abrupt, flat beak. 



Khasi hills, Cachar, Manipur, Upper Tenasserim (Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. t. 204 

 reports it from the Delta of the Mekong river). 4. H. acuminata, Wsfll. ELhasi hills 

 Leaves lanceolate, long acuminate, blade 3-5, petiole J-J in. Fl. white, ripe carpels 

 globose f in., wing coriaceous, 1J in. long. 



