362 XXVII. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Stereulia. 



Sect. VI. Fterocymblum, £r. in Benn. PI. Jav. Ear. 219 (gen). 

 Flowers sub-hermaphrodite. Anthefrs 10. Styles coherent, stigmas recurverl. 

 Follicles 4-6, membranous, opening long before maturity. Seed solitary, 

 albuminous ; raSicle next the hilum. (Too nearly allied to Scaphium.) 



30. S. campanulata, Wall. mss. ; leaves cordate ovate entire glabrous 

 above pubescent beneath 6-nerved, panicles terminal, calyx turbinate-cam- 

 panulate, seed glabrous. — Pterocymbium javanicum, £r. in Benn. PL Jav. 

 Ear. 219, t. 45; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 179. 



'Pegu, Kurz. — Distrib. Java. 



A tree 50-60 ft. ; bark brownish. Leaves 4 by 3J in. ; petiole equalling or shorter 

 than the leaves ; stipules { in,, subulate, caducous. Panicles terminal, ascend- 

 ing, shorter than the leaf; pedicels jointed. Sracteoles caducous. Calyx smooth, 

 coriaceou.s, divided half-way down ; lobes lanceolate. Staminal column pubescent 

 below. OtJarJes 5, sessile, gibbous at the apex ; styles short, cohering; stigmas filiform, 

 recurved ; ovules 2, collateral, erect, anatropal. Follicles 5-6, or fewer by abortion, 

 stipitate, glabvojis. Seeds spherical, testa crustaceoua, wrinkled, innermost coat mem- 

 branous, between the two a woolly substance is interposed [Brown). 



31. S. tubulata, Mast.; leaves glabrous entire oblong abrujitly 

 acuminate, cymes terminal, calyx tubular-turbinate, follicles pilose 2 in., 

 seeds pilose. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 2 in., coriaceous, l-nerved, base rounded ; petiole 1 in. Cymes 

 panicled, as long as the leaves, flowers numerous. Calyx glabrous ; lobes spreading, 

 ovate-lanceolate, shorter than the tube. Staminal column slender, pilose ; anthers in a 

 ring, lobes parallel. Ovaries 5 ; styles infiexed, tips cohering. Follicles 6, 2-3 by 1 in., 

 stipitate, oblong, acute, dilated at the base. Seed ovoid. 



2. TARRXETXA, Blume. 



Tall trees. Leaves digitate or simple, glabrous or scaly. Flowers uni- 

 sexual, panicled. Calyx tubular, small, S-toothed. Petals 0. Stamirial- 

 column short, bearing a ring of 10-15 very densely clustered anthers, cells 

 parallel. Ovary of 3-5 nearly free carpels opposite the sepals ; styles as 

 many, short filiform, stigmatose within ; ovules 1 in each cell. Rift 

 carpels of stellately spreading samaras with long falcate wings. Seefh 

 oblong ; albumen bipartible ; cotyledons flat ; radicle next the hilum. — 

 DiSTEiB. Known species 3 or 4, natives of Australia, Java, and the Malay 

 Peninsula. 



1. T. simpllcifolla, Mast.; leaves simple oblong quite entire apex 

 retuse slightly 2-lobed with an intervening mucro, cymes panicled as long 

 as the leaves. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 6-7 by 3 in., coriaceous, glabrous, l-nerved, feather-veined, nerves 

 approximate ; petiole 2 in., striate, apex thickened. Cymes many flowered. Flower- 

 buds globos.e. Calyx clavate-campanulate, 5-toothed, downy externally. 6 fl. : sta- 

 minal column short; anthers annular, lobes parallel, globose. 9 fl. : o»ar^ 5- lobed, 

 sessile ; stigmas spreading. Fruit samarojd, 3 in., oblong, obliquely spathulate, 

 glabrous. 



' 3. HEXtlTXERA, Alton. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, simple, scaly beneath. Flowers small, uni- 

 sexual, in axillary panicles. Calyx 6-, rarely 4-6-toothed or cleft. Petals 0. 



