Stereulia.] xxvii. STERCULiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 359 



BntMA and the Eastern Peninscla. — ^Disteib. Java. 



A free ; herbaceous portions rusly-villous. Leaves 8-10 hy 2^ in., nerves rusty-hispid 

 heneath ; petiole J-4 in., hispid ; stipules 1 in., suhulate-lanoeolate. Panicle scarcely 

 equalling the leaves, laxly hispid, many-flowered ; ultimate pedicels spreading, scarcely 

 exceeding the flowers. Flower-buds short, broadly ' ovate, acute. Oaiyx Jin. loHg, 

 subglobose, lobes linear-subulate, incurved or spreading, hispid. Follicles 2 in., lanceo- 

 late, heated, downy externally, crimson inside. Seeds 4 in. long, black. 



18. S. ensifolla, Mast. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends apex 

 gradually acuminate stipules half the length of the petiole, panicles erect 

 half the length of the leaves, calyx-lobes much exceeding the tube, stigmas 

 short. 



Pbnang, Philips ; Meegui, Oriffith. , 



A tree. Leaves 8-10 by 2^ in.', glabrous above, pubescent beneath, nerves rusty- 

 hispid beneaih; petiole j-1 in., densely rusty-tomentose ; stipules filiform, half the 

 length of the petioles. Panicle few- flowered ; ultimate pedicels shorter than the flower, 

 rusty-tomentose. Fhwer-hvds ovate-lanceolate. Calyx nearly J in. ; lobes linear- 

 lanceolatej sparingly hispid at the edges. Ovary 5-lobed, hispid ; style curved, stigma- 

 lobes rounded, short, radiating. FoUicles downy, curved, lanceolate, beaked. 



19. S. parviflora, Eoxb. Hort. Bmg. 50 ; Fl. Ind. iii. 147 ; leaves oblong- 

 ovate acuminate glabrescent above slightly pubescent beneath base sub- 

 cordate, panicles spreading as long as the leaves, calyx minute, tube urceolate 

 5-toothed teeth inflexed. Wall. Gat. 1121 ; Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. Ss32. 



SiLHET, Wallich; Malacca and Penanq, Maingay, &o. 



A large tree. Leaves .'i-^ by 2J-4:in. ; petiole li in., apes thickened. Panicle 

 stellate hairy ; ultimate pedicels as long as the calyx, capillary, pilose. Calyx ^ in., 

 yellowish; tube longer than the 5, appressed, connivent lobes. Ovary globose, 5-lobed ; 

 style short. Follwles 2 in., downy, oblong, beaked. Seeds oblong, black, albumen 

 bipartite. 



20. S. blcolor, Mast. ; leaves oblong-acute glabrescent above hoary 

 tomentose beneath base rounded or subcordate midrib rusty subpilose 

 beneath, calyx-lobes linear incurved as long as the campanulate tube. 



Malacca, Mg,ingay. . ... 



A tree 40-50 ft. Leaves 3-4 by li in., coriaceous, 1-nerved, entire ; petiole IJ m., 

 striate. Panicle many-flowered, shorter than the leaves; branches spreading or de- 

 flexed, rusty-tomentose ; ultimate pedicels longer than the flowers. Calyx i in., 5-fid 

 to the middle. 



21. S. nXaing'ayl, Mast. ; leaves obovate oblong abruptly acuminate 

 glabrous base cordate, panicle erect or spreading equalling the leaves, 

 calyx-lobes linear as long as the campanulate downy tube. 



Malacca, Jfoinoaw. „ . 7 a 3 



A lofty tree. Leaves 8-9 by 3-4 in. ; petiole 3 in. PanicU erect, many-flowered ; 

 pedicels spreading, pubescent, longer than the flowers. Flowers J m. long urceolate- 

 campanulate. Follicles 3-4 in., oblong, acuminate, downy externally. Seeds % m. 

 oblong, black; albumen and cotyledons fleshy. 



Sect. II. Firmlana, Marsili; Br. in Benn. PL Jav. Bar. 235 (gen.). 

 Follicles membranous, opening long before maturity. Seeds two or more; 

 embryotransverse, radicle inferior. 



22. S. colorata, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Cor. PI i. 26, t. 25 ; Fl.Ind 

 iii. 146: leaves glabrescent roundish palmately lobed lobes agminate, 

 calyx tubular club-shaped covered with orange coloured down. Wau. mu 



