Eeritiera.] xxvii. STERCULiACEiE,' (Maxwell T. Masters.) 363 



Anthers in a ring at the top of the column, cells 2, parallel. Ovaries 5-6, 

 almost free ; style short, stigmas 5 thick ; ovules solitary in each cell. Mipe 

 carpels woody, indehiscent, keeled or winged. Albumen 0; cotyledons 

 thick ; radicle next the hilum.— A genus of 4-5 species, natives of Tropical 

 Asia, Africa and Australia. 



1. K. littoralis, Dryand. in DC. Prodr. i. 484; leaves ojbilong base 

 rounded or subcordate, ripe carpels smooth outer margin winged inner 



: keeled. W. & A. Prodr. i. 63 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 142 ; Thwaites Enum. 28 : 

 Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Par. 237 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 179 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Bomb. Fl. i% H. Fomes, Wall. Got. 1139,ioari:?y : H. macrophylla, 

 hart. Balanopteris Tothila, Gcertn. Fruet. ii. 94, t. ^^.—Eheede Hort. Mai. 

 vi. t. 21. 



Coasts of Bengal and of the Easteeh and Westeen PENiNSULAa and Ceylon, 

 extending inland as far as the Khasia hills and Caohar. — Disteib. Tropical coasts 

 of the Old World. 



A tree. Leaves 5-8 by 2-4 in., coriaceous, white beneath, -with flat "scales ; petiole 

 \\-\ in. ; stipules lanceolate, caducous. 6 flowers small, in axillary much branched 

 clusters, which are shorter than the leaves. Calyx nearly J in., urceolate, 6-toothed, 

 downy. CbZumn short. Anthers 5. Showers larger than the 5. Calyx bell-shaped, 

 Fruits 1-4 in., oblong, woody, smooth or tuberoled. 



2. K. Fomes, Buck, in Symes Ava Emb. t. 28, (1800) ; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate acuminate tapering at the base 1-nerved, ripe carpels obovate 

 flattened furrowed on the inner edge winged on the outer. Balanopteris 

 minor, Qcertn. Fruat. ii. t. 98, f. 2. Heritiera minor, Rooi). Sort. Beng. 60, 

 Fl. Ind. iii. 142. 



Abundant in the Gangetic delta, extending inland to Silhet, and along the shores 

 of the Eastern Peninsula. — Distbib. Borneo. 



A tree. Trunk straight, often deeply grooved. Leaves 4^6 by 2 in., ashy beneatb 

 and scaly ; petiole 1 in. ; panicles axillary, half the length of the leaves, crowded, much 

 branched, rusty-pubescent. Flowers small, \ in., orange-coloured, bell-shaped. — Much 

 used for firewood in Calcutta. 



3. K. Papilio, Beddorm Flor. Sylvat. t. 218 ; leaves lanceolate 3-nerved 

 silvery and scaly beneath, flowers monoecious, ripe carpels winged. Wall. 

 Cat. 7836. 



Teavancore and Southern Cahnatic, at Caurtallum and Tinnevelly, Seddome. 



A lofty evergreen tree, all the young parts panicles and inflorescence clothed with a 

 golden, soft, stellate tomentura. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., young downy on the upper 

 surface, ultimately coriaceous, glabrous and shining beneath, permanently silvery and 

 wiih close-set scales ; petiole |-| in, ; stipules entire. Panicles axillary, much shorter 

 than the leaves. S fl. : calyx campanulate, 4-6-cleft. Staminal column slender, 

 glabrous; anthers 4-5. 9 fl, : calyx ^ in., dS-cMt. Carpeis 5-6, ultimately quite 

 glabrous, with a pair of staminodes between each. Stigmas recurved. Bme carpel 

 samaroid, wing large, subdeltoid, membranous, like that of some butterflies (Seddome). 



H. attenuata. Wall. Cat. 1140; Sr. in, Benin. PI. Jav. Bar. 237, is a species of 

 JKotffi. (See BvJtacefB.) 



4. REEVSSXA, Lindl. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple. Flowers numerous, white, in terminal 

 much branched cymes. Calyx campanulate or funnel-shaped, 5-fid. Petals 

 .clawed. Staminal-column adnate to the gynophore, bearing a globose head 

 of 2-celled anthers, cells diverging, ultimately confluent. Qvaery 5-lobed, 



