92 XX. STERCULIACEjE [Pterospermum 



Chittagong bill tracts, Upper and Lower Burma. Fl. H. S. 



10. P. lanceaefolium, Eoxb. ; Brandis, E. Fl. 35. 



A large tree, young shoots and under side of leaves with short tawny, 

 sometimes grey tomentum. Leaves lanceolate from a rounded, nearly equal- 

 sided base. Fl. fragrant, axillary, on peduncles longer than calyx, bracteoles 

 few, bifid or trifid, segments subulate. Calyx 1\ in., petals white. Capsules 

 lanceolate, hairy, 2-3 in. by f-1 in. 



Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong. PI. H. S. (specimens from Ceylon and the Konkan 

 are doubtful). 11. P. Blumeanum, Korth.; King, in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 60(1892) 

 84. (P. cinnamomeum,T\.\iYz, and javanicum, Jungh. ; Kurz, P. PL i. 147.) Assam, Mar- 

 taban and Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Leaves very unequal sided, 

 blade 3-5, petiole J in., calyx 2 in., capsule woody, cylindric, 3-4 in. long. 



Leptonychia glabra, Turcz. : Kurz, F. Fl. i. 150, is a small tree in the evergreen forests of 

 the Western Ghats, from the Carcoor Ghat southwards ; in Tenasserim, the Andamans, 

 the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, quite 

 entire. Fl. bisexual, in axillary fascicles, petals 5, valvate, short, orbicular, concave, 

 hairy. Staminal tube short, bearing an inner series of 5 short fleshy subulate, an outer 

 series of 5-10 ligulate staminodes, and between these two series a third of 10 stamens. 

 Capsule coriaceous, J in. long, rugose, seed 1, oblong, black. (L. moacvrroides, Bedd., 

 Fl. Sylv. t. 114 ; L. heteroclita, Kurz, supposed to differ by 10 staminodes in the outer 

 series, probably is the same species.) 



7. REEVESIA, Lindl. ; Fl. Brit, Ind. i. 363. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, entire, penniveined, the lowest pair of lateral 

 nerves basal. Fl. bisexual, in terminal corymbose panicles, calyx campanulate, 

 5-dentate, petals clawed. Staminal column adnate to gynophore, much longer 

 than pietals, bearing a globose head of 2-celled anthers. Ovary 5-celled, 5-lobed, 

 2 ovules in each cell. Capsule woody, septicidally 5-valved. Seeds winged 

 downwards, cotyledons flat, foliaceous, in a fleshy allimmen. Species 3, from the 

 eastern Himalaya to China. 



1. R. Wallichii, Brown; Khasi hills, China, a middle-sized tree. Leaves glabrous, 

 ovate from a rounded or acute base. PI. white, capsule obtuse, 1^-2 in. long, the valves 

 separating in two along the dorsal suture. 2. E. pubescens, Masters, Sikkim 3,000- 

 5,000 ft., differs by pubescent leaves with a broad often nearly cordate base, larger 

 pink flowers. 



Guazuma tomentosa, H. B. & Kunth ; Wight 111. t. 31 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 107. A tree 

 indigenous in troihcal America, but often planted in India. Leaves from an unequal- 

 sided base ovate-oblong, acuminate. Fl. bisexual, small, yellow and purple, in axil- 

 lary many fid. cymes. Petals : claw concave, lamina of 2 linear segments. On the 

 staminal tube 5 petaloid staminodes, alternating with 5 filaments, each bearing several 

 anthers. Capsule ovoid, woody, tubercled, resembling a mulberry. 



Melochia velutma, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. Manual t. 5 ( Visenia umbellata, Wight Ic. t. 509)> 

 is a small soft-wooded, ornamental tree, indigenous in the Malay ArchipelagS (in Lower 

 Burma, Kurz), cultivated frequently throughout India. Branchlets, petioles, under side 

 of leaves and inflorescence velvety-tomentose. Leaves broad-ovate from a cordate or 

 rounded base,' serrate, basal nerves 5-7, blade 4-9, petiole 1-4 in. long. PI. bisexual, pale 

 pink, sometimes white, in large corymbose axillary and terminal panicles, calyx cup- 

 shaped, cleft half way into 5 triangular segments, petals 5, spathulate, equal, marcescent. 

 Stamens 5, filaments at base connate into a short tube. Ovary 5-celled, 2 ovules 

 in each cell, styles 5, free. Capsule loculicidally 5-valved. 



Kleinhovia Hospita, Linn. ; Bedd. Man. t. 4. A showy tree, indigenous in the 

 delta of the Mekong river, on the seashore of the Malay Archipelago, but also inland 

 in tropical Bast Africa and Australia, cultivated in the Western Peninsula. Leaves 

 5-7 nerved, broadly ovate, often with a cordate base. Fl. rose-coloured, 2-sexual, in 

 large terminal panicles. Sepals 5, distinct, equal, petals unequal, zygomorphic. 

 Staminal tube adnate to g5 T nophore. enlarged into a 5-fid cup, each segment bearing 3 

 2-celled anthers, cells divergent. Five small acute staminodes between segments. 

 Capsule inflated pyriform, membranous, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, 

 tubercled, cotyledons convolute. 



