Pterospernium] 



XX. STERCULIACE.E 



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coarsely toothed. FL 

 small-, calyx § in., cap- 

 sule 2-3 in. long, verru- 

 cose when young. 5. P. 

 glabrescens, Wight et 

 Am. i Valla Polo i- a. 

 Tain.) Tinnevelli Ghats. 

 Leaves entire, ohovate, 

 shortly acuminate, Made 

 5 8, petiole .1-1 in., calyx 

 4 in. long, oapsule 4-5 

 in., with 5 sharp raised 

 ridges. 



6. P. rubigino- 

 sum, Hevne : Bedd. 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 10G. Vern. 

 cii in a a polavu, 

 Tarn. : Malavuram, 

 Thodali, Mai. 



A tall tree, branch- 

 lets, under side of 

 leaves and inflores- 

 cence red-brown or 

 tawny pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., very 

 oblique, t he upper half 

 much larger, rounded 

 ;it base. Fl. solitary, 

 axillary, sepals linear. 

 2 in. long, i lapsule 

 r\ lindric pentagonal, 

 2 in. long. 



West side ol the Peninsula, in evrrjrrern forests, from Malabar southwards, ascending 

 to 8,000 ft. Fl. September-January. 



Km.. 14.— Pterospermum BCeyneanum, Wall. 

 F). branch and coppice shoot. .'. 



li. Eastern s] ies. 



7. P. acerifolium, Willd. ; Wight Ic. t. 631 : Brandos, F. Fl. t. 1 1. Vern. 

 Eatipnila, Kep.; Taung peticUn, Burm. 



A tall evergreen tree, bark smooth grey, thin, heartwood red. Branchlets 

 and inflorescence clothed with ferruginous tomentum. Leaves large from 

 ohovate to orbicular, often peltate, sinuately lobed, glabrous above, grey- 

 tomentose heneath, blade 6-15, petiole 4-12 in. Calyx segments linear, up to5 

 in. long, petals purr white. Capsule brown-tomentose, pentagonal, 2-6 in. 

 long. Seeds numerous, with large brown lnemliranoiis wings. The capsule is 

 believed to take more than 12 months to ripen. 



Fool of Himalaya, fr the Jumna eastward, in Sikkim ascending to 1,000 ft. 



Khnsi hills. Manipur, Chittagong, Burma. Fl. II. s. 8. P. aceroides. Wall. Tenas- 

 Berimaml Viiclnnians. Fl. December Februarj . Leaves oblong or obovate-oblong, nol 

 lolied. petiole ' in. Fl. solitary or in :: 1 fld. axillary 03 mes, sepals _ 8 in. long. 



9. P. semisagittatum, I lam. : Kurz. F. Fl. i. 1 16. Vern. Nagyi, Burin. 



A. middle-sized deciduous tree, trunk Longitudinally channeled, branchlets, 

 under side of leaves and inflorescence softlj tawny-tomentose. Leaves 3-9 in., 



from an unequal base oblong-lanceolate, almost sessile, basal lobe rounded, 



the other longer, triangular, often long-acuminate, stipule- deeply pinuatitid, 

 segments filiform. Fl. large, white, on short axillarj peduncles, solitary or a 

 few together, supported by a woolly involucre of Large pinnatifid bracteoles, 

 segments filiform. Petals broad-obovate. < lapsule woody, ■"• in. Long, cylindrical, 

 rusty-tomentose. 



