Helicteres] XX. STERCULIACE -E 89 



Petchmura, Sonth. j Kaval, Orla, Uriya; Kevani, Muradsing, Mar. ; Kavargi, 

 Kauri, Kan. ; Kaiva, Tarn. : Thungi cTie, Barm. 



A large roughly toinentose shrub. Leaves from a more or less cordate — of teu 

 oblique — -base, broadly obovate or orbicular, shortly acuminate, irregularly 

 toothed, sometimes slightly lobed, blade -4-5, petiole .', in., basal nerves 4-7, 

 stipules linear, deciduous. Fl. brick-red, in axillary, sometimes extra-axil- 

 lary fascicles, pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx h in., petals twice as long, 

 the 2 larger spathulate, the 3 others with two teeth at the end of claw. Fruit 

 1—2 in. long, on a gynophore nearly as long, cylindrical, hairy, twisted. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Jhelnni eastward, throughout Centra] India, the 

 Western Peninsula, and probably Burma. Fl. April to December, . fresh foliage in 

 April. Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, and Archipelago. Australia. 



B. Fruit straight, not twisted. 



2. H. hirsuta, Lour. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 143; King, Jouru. As. Soc. Beng. lx. 

 (1892) 82.— Syn. //. spicata, Colebr. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 366. 



A shrub, softly tomentose. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, basal nerves 

 3-5. Fl. purple or deep blue, tinged with pink, in short axillary racemes. 

 Fruit 1-1} in., cylindric, acuminate, densely clothed with long stellate wool 

 and soft prickles (var. lanigera very densely woolly). 



Tenasserim. Fl. Maivh. Malay Peninsula. 3. H. angustifolia, Linn, i //. obtnsa, Wall.: 



Kurz, F. Fl. i. Ill>. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, China. Leave- Ian. late, grey- 



tomentose beneath, 3 basal nerves, calyx j in., petals a little longer. Fruit cylindric, 

 in. long, densely covered v. iih soft villous prickles. 1. H. elongata, Wall. Sikkim, 

 Assam, Burma, Vunan. Leaves obliquely ovate-laneeolate, thinly stellate-pubescent. 

 Fl. in axillary or terminal elongate raeemes, a- long as or longer than leaf. Fruit 1-1 J 

 in. long, evlindiie, beaked. 5. H. glabriuscula, "Wall. Dpper Burma. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-1J in., softly pubescent, peduncles axillary 2-3 fid. Fl. less than '. in. 

 Fruit A in., stellate-pubescent, valves beaked. 



Abroma augusta, Linn.: Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Manual t. ■">. i- a small tie., indigenous in 

 the Malay Archipelago, perhaps also in the Peninsula, naturalized in many parts "f 



India. Branchlets, under side of leaves and inflorescence soft-pubescent. Leaves ovate 

 from a cordate base, often lobed or angled, basal nerves 6—7. Peduncles extra-axillary 

 with 2-3 large purple bisexual ri. Sepals 1 in., persistent, petals contorted in bud, 

 claw concave. Stamina! tube short. 5 petaloid staminodes alternating with 5 sessile 

 anthers. Capsule turbinate, membranous, 5-angled, 5-winged. 



... BUETTNERIA, Linn.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 376. 



Large w ly climbers, flowers minute, in axillaiy much branched cymes. Fl. 



bisexual, petals"), a narrow llosliv Made, with "J small lateral lobes on a concave 

 claw. Stamina] tube with 5 broad truncate or emarginate teeth, and between 

 t ln'in ."> extrorse anthers. Capsule globose, echinate, 5-celled, B-valved, 

 cells 1-seeded. species BO, a few in tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, 



t lie rest ill A lira. 



1. B. pilosa, I'oxli. ; Kurz. F. Fl. i. I.il. Vera. Tattaya-nicd, Burm. 



A large climber, the stem as thicfc as a man's thigh. Leaves cordate 

 serrulate, shortly 3 5 lobed, lobes acuminate, blade 5-6, petiole I 6 in. 



Capsules globose, jj in. diam., densely covered with long brown rigid but 



flexible bristles. 



Sikkim 1 1 1 ■ to I.ihhi ft.. Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong, Burma. PI. Mny- 

 Julj . 



2, B. aspera, Colebr.; Kurz. F. Fl. i. 161. 



\ powerful woody climber, often with a treelike stem. I.ea\e- . it- 

 en t ire. glabrous and shining above, blade ."> s. petiole 2-B in. Capsule globose, 

 1 '.-_ in. diam., armed with many Long sharp spines. 



