Carpels shortly tomentose from stellate ‘hairs, flowers about 4 in 
Sterculia. | STERCULIACER. 133 
in making oe belongs to this order. The greater part of the 
urmese species are woody, and some of them reckon amongst 
the loftiest trees of the country. 
*« — onset in flower — tea peace al nde or fewer. 
unisexual or polyg S. 
Anthers numerous, aa tamety clutored follicles sane’ . Sterculia, 
Anthers 5, in a ring ; carpels indehise . Heritiera. 
* * Carpels sited into @ pie or lobed ovary or " frwit. 
Ss hermaphrodite. “Petals ee 
aS = 
t s 5-15, usually er tees rece ap 
Anther-cells di earetie or confiue seeds n ee 
Anther-cells er gee seeds win a . Orosper mute 
tt A ere numerous ; staminodes ‘ivine . x ates ay 
XX Petals usually — marcescent. 
Ovary 5-celled; stamens 5 . Melochia. 
ne Ant ~ ers turned inwards. Petals concave = base. 
rs by 2-4 alt epi with stamin 
Capsule Sawin ater, ‘lies ent ; ieser non z ; ie - Abroma, 
Fruit globular, muricate, indeb scent ; athens none : * - Guazuma. 
Capsule 2-5-lobed, not winged, dabanent | seeds arillate. . Leptonychia. 
<x authors singly alternating with staminodes . - Buettneria. 
STERCULIA, L. 
Flowers polygamous. Calyx tubular or bell-shaped, 4-5-lobed or 
cleft, a eee Petals none. Ovary of 4 to 5 free sessile or 
umen 2-parted t 
folded Tne or shrubs, with tote or palmately lobed or digitate 
leaves. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles. 
* Seeds numerous, ae ated their upper end, enclosed in 
a woody large foil . St. alata. 
* > Seeds not sited: y" or more along the sut ure of the car- 
pels or solitary and laterally adnate to the base of the 
follicle 
c) Follicles Masala r grt not expanded or yer cns ae 
simply de cent along the he ventral ps ads Seeds 2 
rpel 
more ious 4 the ati of the ca 
di, 
X Leaves digita 
Leaves glabrous ; en soe sie the purple lobes spreading . St. fetida, 
Leaves pleat greyish puberulous beneath, = =— the lobes 
» Sho: . St. versicolor. 
: RK Leaves palmately lobed or cut. Leaf-shedding 
trees. 
Carpels densely covered with stiff Fe oe a flowers small . St. urens. 
+ Ste villosa, 
Chrpels done densely covered ed with ‘stiff short hairs, glabrescent flowers 
nearly 3 in. . St. ornata, 
"XXX ae “all entire. "Small evergreen trees or 
meagre shrubs, 
