] XXVII. STEHCULiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 357 



Malacca, Mammy. — Disteib. Java. 



A large tree. Leaves 12-16 by 10-12 in., venation arched, secondary veins proceed- 

 ing nearly to the margin before arching ; petiole downy, 6 in. Panicles deflexed, much, 

 branched, nearly equalling the leaves, ultimate pedicels capillary, shorter than the 

 flowers, pubescent and hispid. Flower-buds minute, subglobose. Calyx \ in., cup- 

 shitped, stellate-hairy, 5 fid ; lobes triangular, erect, shorter than the tube. Follicle 

 2 in., downy, smooth within. 



10. S. ling'uifolia, ilfa«;. ; leaves glabrous oblong- obtuse base rounded 

 1-nerved, racemes slender pendulous shorter than the leaves, calyx-lobes 

 linear subulate 3-4 times longer than the tube. 



Tavoy, Parish. 



A shrab, 6 ft. Leaves 7-8 by 2 in., coriaceous ; petiole 1^ in. Flower-huds lan- 

 ceolate. Calyx ^ in., salmon-coloured ; lobes slightly ciliated externally, free at the 

 tips, much longer than the tube. — Imperfect specimens only seen. 



11. S> pubescens, Mast. ; leaves glabrous above pubescent beneath 

 oblong obtuse or abruptly acuminate base cordate, panicle erect, calyx 

 campanulate lobes triangular acute. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree, younger portions rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4^6 by 2-2^ in., nerves ste'llate- 

 hairy beneath; petiole 1 J in., sulcate striated; stipules \ in., subulate. Panicle much 

 branched, as long or longer than the leaves ; ultimate pedicels jointed, pubescent, 

 spreading. Calyx \ in., segments hairy within, equalling the tube. Ovary globose, 

 downy, style deciduous. 



12. S. armata, Mast. ; leaves glabrous above downy beneath oblong 

 acute base rounded nerves hispidulous, panicle erect, calyx broadly cam- 

 panulate lobes ovate-lanceolate. 



Bhotan, Griffith. 



A tree. Barh grey, marked with very large cordiform scars. Leaves crowded at 

 the ends of the branches, 5-6 by 2 in. ; petiole | in., rusty-hispid ; stipules J-4 in., 

 deltoid-lanceolate, striate. Panicle as long as or longer than the leaves, erect or 

 ascending, many-flowered ; pedicels subpilose, as long as the flowers. Flower-huds 

 oblong. Calyx % in. diam., pink, o-fld ; lobes spreading, longer than the bell-shaped 

 tube. Fruit not seen . 



tt Galyx-ld)es narrow incwrved, freqmrdly cohering at the tips, gaping at 

 the ddes. 



13. S. ISBvis, Wall. Cat. 1138; leaves lanceolate acuminate glabrous 

 base tapering, panicles erect, nearly the length of the leaves, calyx sub- 



flobose, segments broadly lanceolate. £r. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 230 ; 

 (iq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 174. S. coccinea. Jack Mai. Misc. i. 286, not of 

 Soxb. 

 Pesasg, Wallich; Malacca, Maingay; Pehu, Kwz. — ^Disteib. Java. 

 A small tree. Leaves 6-7 by 1^-24 in. ; petiole 1^-2 in., thickened at the apex. 

 Peduncles very slender, ultimate pedicels spreading, as long as the flower. Bracteoles 

 very minute, subulate. Flower-huds oblong. Flowers 4-| in. ; calyx-lobes linear 

 from a broad base, much longer than the tube, glabrous without, bearded nithin. Fol- 

 licles 14 in., woody, downy externally, smooth and crimson within, tip beaked. Seeds 

 small, oblong, black, shining. 



14. S. coccinea, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 151 ; leaves glabrous 

 lanceolate abruptly acuminate base tapering, panicles lax drooping, calyx- 

 segments deltoid below linear-lanceolate above 4^5 times longer than the 

 ifAe.— Wall. Gat. \IW, C ; Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 2^0. S. lanceolata, 

 Ham. in Wall. Gat. 1122. 



