358 XXVII. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Stereulm. 



Tropical Eastekn Himalaya; Sikkim, 3-6000 ft., J. Z). HI/ Bhotan, Griffith; 

 Assam, and (he Khasia Mts. 



A small tree. Leaves 4-8 by 1-3 in., quite entire, sometimes with scanty stellate 

 hairs beneath ; petiole 1 in., hairy, apex thickened ; stipules subulate. Panidei 

 equalling the leavc-s," ultimate pedicels capillary, as long as the flowers. Bracteotes 

 subulate. Mower-buds l&nc.eolsde from a broad base ; <5 flowers IJ in. diam., green ex- 

 ternally, pink within. /Sepals incurved, woolly tips coherent or free, sometimes spread- 

 ing. jFoUicles 4-6 in. , lanceolate, beaked, downy externally, crimson on both surfaces. 

 Seeds 4-8, ovoid, smooth, albumen scanty, bipartite. — On some specimens diinorphio 

 male fl. may be seen, the majority similar to those above described, others in which the 

 sepals are united for the greater part of their length, forming » distended, somewhat 

 fleshy, pink, accrescent bell-shaped calyx, nltimately attaining a length of 2 in. This 

 hypertrophy may be the result of insect or i'uugns growth. 



15. S. uobllls, R Br. in Benn. PL. Jav. Bar. 231; leaves glabrous 

 oblong acuminate, panicles pendulous, calyx-segments as long as the bell- 

 sbaped tube linear incurved. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. part 2, 175. S. Balanghas, 

 RoaA. Fl Ind. iii. 14.4, not of Willd. ; Wall. Cat. 1118, B, C, E. Southwellia 

 nobUis, SaliA. Par. Land. t. 69. 



Malabar, at Quilon, Wiy}d; doubtful if wild. — Distrie. China and Sumatra. 



A tree; bark brown. Leaves 2-12 by 2-6 in. ; petiole 1 in. Panicles lax, axillary, 

 many-flowered; ultimate pedicels filiform, glabrous, spreading horizontally. Flower- 

 buds fusiform. S flowers | in. diam,, fragrant, campanulate, boary-tomentose outside, 

 red within. Stamintd cofumn s\enAeT,,cmvedL. 5 flowers few. OwaiTO very hairy, stipi- 

 tate, 5-lobed, style curbed. Follicles woody, o\"oid, beaked. Seeds few, testa, dark 

 chestnut, clammy, inner coat coriaceous, dull black; albumen 0; cotyledons thick. — 

 Seeds eaten as chestnuts. 



16. S. Balangrlxas, L.r Mr. in Benn,. PI. Jav. Ear, 231, not of Roxb.; 

 leaves pubescent beneath 'oblong-ovate obtoise acuminate or lanceolate base 

 rounded not cordate, panicle erect or nodding as long as the leaves, flowers 

 globular, sepals as long as the hispid bell-shaped tube, stigmas long. WaU. 

 Gat. 1118, D ; Wight, III. t 30 ; W. & A, Prodr. i. 62 ; Thwaites Enum. 29. 

 —Rheede Hort. Mai. i. t. 49. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India and in Ceylon. 



A tree ; herbaceous portions rusty-tomentose. Leaves 5-6by3in. ; petiole 1^-2 in.; 

 stipules subulate. Panicle stellate-hairy ; pedicels longer than the flowers. Flower- 

 huds ovate, obtuse. Calyx globose i in. diam., downy outside, hispid within, 5-cleft to 

 the middle, segments connivent. Stigmas recurved, as long as the style. F«Uicles 3 in., 

 woody, oblong acuminate, covered witli rusty dawn. Seeds oblong, black. 



Vak. 1. mollis; leaves elliptic-oblong, panicles nodding, pedicels capillary pilose, 

 spreading. S. mollis. Wall. Cat. 1131, 1426, 1427; Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Par. 

 231. — Bhotan and the Eastern Peninsula. More densely pubescent than the type, but 

 otherwise hardly distinguishable. 



Var. 2. angustifolia; leaves narrow lanceolate, panicle spreading or ascending, 

 pilose. S. angustifolia, Poxb. Hort. Benn. oO ; FL Ind. iii. 148; Wall. Cfesf. 1133; 

 Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 231. — North-Western provinces, Nipal and Mergui. Kox- 

 burgh describes the panicle as pendulous : I always find it ascending in herbarium 

 specimens. ' 



Var. 3. gldbrescens; leaves glabresoent beneatk Mergui, Griffith, 



17. S. rubigrinosa, Vent. Hort. Malm. ii. 91, in note ; leaves oblong 

 acute or abruptly acuminate glabrous above downy beneath base rounded 

 stipules very long, panicle erect, calyx-lobes as long as the tube, stigmas 

 short. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 232 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. L pt. 2, 175. 

 S. angustifolia, Jack Mai. Misc. i. ; Eook. Bat. Misc. i, 287. S. Jackiana, 

 Wall. Gat. 1134. 



