364 XXVII. STEHCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Beevesia. 



5-celled; stigma sessile, 5-lobed j ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous, anatro- 

 pous ; raphe turned away from the placenta. Capsule woody septicidally 

 5-valved. Seeds 1-2 superposed, ascending oblong, compressed, winged 

 downwards, hilum lateral near the top; albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat, 

 foliaceous, radicle inferior.— Disteib. 1 or 2 species, natives of Eastern 



1. R. Walllchli, Br. m Bmn. PL Jav. Bar. 231 ad mt. ; leaves thinly 

 stellate hairy beneath oblong acuminate base rounded, calyx campanulate. 

 Sterculia punduana. Wall. Cat. 2701 ; Ghig. Itin. Notes, 73. 



Eastern Tkopical Himalaya ; Khasia Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ; Bhotan, GriffitJi ; 

 Sikkim, /. B.ff. 



A tree 50 ft. Leaves 3 by 1^ in., quite entire, 1-nerved, thinly sf ellate-hairy ; petiole 

 thickened at both ends ; stipules deciduous. Cymes panicled, dense, from the axils of 

 the fallen leaves, ultimate pedicels as long as the flowers, jointed, 2-bracteolate. 

 Flower-huds pyviibnn. Calyx J in., at first closed, afterwards 5-fid. Fetak white, 

 spathulate, clawed, exceeding tbe~ calyx. Staminal column slender, longer than the 

 flower, with 5 very short terminal divisions, each bearing 3 extrorse anthers ; connective 

 thi»;k. Carpels pubescent; style very short. Capsule l\-2 in., pendulous, woody, 

 oblong, obtuse, 5-lobed, lobes keeled, septicidally dehiscent, ultimately separating 

 through the dorsal suture also. Seeds pendulous. 



2. R. pubescens, Mast. ; leaves pubescent beneath oblong acuminate 

 base cordate, flowers panicled, calyx funnel-shaped, 



Eastekn Tkopical Himalaya ; Sikkim, T. Anderson ; Bhotan, Griffith. 



A tree ; branches thinly sprinkled with stellate hairs. Leaves 4^5 by 2-24 ™-i sub- 

 coriaceous, glabrescent above, pubescent beneath, nerves stellate liairy beneath ; petiole 

 1 in. Panicle terminal, many-flowered, peduncles, pedicels, and calyx pubescent, ulti- 

 mate pedicels shorter than the flower. Calyx j in., infundibuliform, 5-lobed, lobes 

 broadly ovate acute. Petals pink, linear-spathnlate, twice the length of the calyx. 

 Staminal column stout, 4 times longer than the calyx. Fruit not seen. — Differs from 

 B. Wallichii in its pubescent, cordate leaves, and larger flowers. 



5. KIiEINKOVIA, Linn. 



A tree. Leaves palminerved, ovate, acuminate, quite entire. Inflorescence 

 terminal, lax, cymose. Bracteoles small, ensiform. Sepals deciduous. I'etals 

 5, unequal, upper with longer claws, margins involute. Staminal column 

 dilated above into a beU-shaped, 5-fid cup, divisions each with 3 extrorse 

 2-celled anthers, cells divergent. Ovary inserted in the staminal cup, 

 globed, 5-celled; style slender, stigma 5-fid. Capsule membranous, inflated, 

 pyriform, loculicidally 5-valvea. Seeds 1 or 2 in each cell, tubercled ; albu- 

 men scanty or ; cotyledons convolute ; radicle next the hilum. — Disteib. 

 One species only. 



1. K. Kosplta, L.; DC. Prodr. i 488; Wall. Cat. 1152; W. & A. 

 Prodr. i. 64 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 141; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 23 ; Beddam 

 Flor. Sylvat. Anal. Oen. t. 4 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 186 ; Mast, in, Oliv. 

 Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 226. 



Eastekn and Western Peninsulas; Southern Concan, Nimmo ; (a doubtful native, 

 Oils, and Dalz.); Caknatic, Malacca and Sincapoke, Wallich, &c. Ceylon. — 

 DiSTRiB. Java, Philippines, East tropical Africa. 



Trunk straight ; bark smooth ; branches spreading. Leaves 6-12 by 2-3 in., 5-nerved, 

 smooth on both surfaces ; petiole nearly as long as the blade ; stipules ensiform. 

 Flowers. vQBe-colouced. Petals 5, shorter than the lanceolate sepals. Seeds tubercled.- 



