188 XXIII. STEECULIACE^. [Stercutia. 



acuminate lobes, green, and softly villousi on both sides, and especially in the 

 calyx, which is narrow, tubular-campanulate, 1 to IJin. long ; the red colour and 

 induplicate lobes are the same as in X. rmniflora. — Brdcliychiton Buhiilli, Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5183. 



Hab.: Here and there in southern localities. 



7. S. discolor (two-coloured), F. c. M.; Benth. Fl. Au-'^tr. i. 228. A tall 

 tree, the young shoots tomentose. Leaves very broadly cordate, nearly orbicular, 

 shortly acuminate, angular or very shortly and irregularly 5 or 7-lobed, glabrous 

 above, white underneath with a very close tomentum, mostly 4 to 6in. diameter. 

 Flowers (if correctly matched) like those of S. ramiflora, and similarly clustered. 

 Calyx H to 2in. long, broadly campanulate, tomentose inside and out, divided to 

 the middle into broad lobes with induplicate margins. Follicles very shortly 

 stipitate, 4 to Gin. long, acuminate ; densely rusty-tomentose outside. — Brachy- 

 chiton discolor, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 1. 



Hab. : Pine Kiver and other southern localities. 



Wood soft, coarse in grain, and light-coloured. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 24. 



8. S> lurida (lurid), F. v. M.: Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 228. A tree. Leaves on 

 long petioles, deeply 5 or 7-lobed, the lobes sinuate or even lobed as in S. acerifolia, 

 and of the same size, but softly pubescent, especially underneath. Flowers like 

 those of S. discolor, of a livid variegated colour. Calyx campanulate, 1^ to 2in. 

 long, divided to the middle into broadly ovate lobes, with the margins thin and 

 induplicate. Follicles (according to F. v. Mueller) shortly stipitate, large, 

 tomentose, many-seeded. — Brachychitnn luridum, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 1, andii. 177. 



Hab.: Southern scrubs. 



9. S. Trichosiphon (staminal column hairy), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 229. 

 Broad-leaved bottle-tree; " Ketey," N.Q., Tlwzet. A deciduous tree, quite 

 glabrous, leafless when in flower. Leaves 4 to Bin. long and broad, more or less 

 deeply cut into 5 or rarely 7 palmate lobes, sometimes broad and shortly 

 acuminate, sometimes lanceolate with long points, and glabrous on both sides. 

 Racemes short, mostly simple. Calyx narrow, tubular-campanulate, about fin. 

 long, the lobes lanceolate, spreading, much shorter than the tube. Staminal 

 column swollen and hairy in the middle. Stigma peltate. Follicles shortly 

 stipitate, glabrous, oblong-triangu.lar, 2 to Sin. long. — Trichosiphon australe, 

 Schott, Melet. 84 ; Brackychiton platanoides, R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 234. 



Hab.: Northumberland Island, Burdekin, Suttor and Dawson Rivers, Wide Bay, Leichhardt 

 district. 



Wood soft, spongy. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods No. 25. 



Boots of young plants and seeds eaten by natives of N.Q. — Thozet. 



10. S. acerifolia (Maple-leaved), A. (Jnnn. in Loud. Hon. Brit. 392 f partly;: 

 Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 229. Flame-tree. A large timber-tree, quite glabrous. 

 Leaves on long petioles, deeply 5 or 7-lobed ; lobss oblong-lanceolate or almost 

 rhomboid, occasionally deeply sinuate, the whole leaf often 8 or lOin. diameter, 

 thin but shining and glabrous on both sides. Flowers of a rich red, in loose 

 axillary racemes or small panicles of 2 to Sin. Calyx broadly campanulate, fin. 

 long, quite glabrous, with short broad lobes, valvate in the bud. Ovary raised on 

 a short column, quite glabrous, the carpels quite distinct, and the styles scarcely 

 cohering at the broad radiating stigmas. Follicles large, on long stalks, quite 

 glabrous. — Brackychiton aivrl folium, F. v. M. Fragm. i. 1, and ii. 177. 



Hab.: Common in the south, and here and there met with in the north. 



Wood soft, light-coloured, and of light weight. — Bailey's Cat. Ql. Woods Xo. 26. 



