366 XXVII. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Selieteres. 



Bracteoles eetaoeous. Ca%a; . bell-shaped, 5-fid; lobes deltoid-lanceolate, pubescent. 

 Carpels 5, 1-lJin., oblong, beaked. — Varies in amount of pubescence, and in shaggi- 

 ness of capsule. The Himalayan forms have subglabrous leaves and very shaggy 

 carpels. 



4. K. obtusa, Wall. Cat. 1184; leaves thickly stellate hairy above 

 pubescent beneath oblong obtuse entire base rounded, cymes spicate, 

 ripe carpels shaggy oblong obtuse. £urz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 

 ii. 62. 



Tavot, Gomez; Mbkgdi, Oriffith; Movi^ueis, Lohb; Peoc, M'LeUand; Andaman 

 IsLDS.,Zw«. — DiSTEiB. China. 



Shrubby, herbaceous portions ferruginous. Leaves 2|-4 by 1 in., quite entire 

 3-nerved, petiole 4 in. Cymes not much exceeding the petiole ; pedicels with 3 minute 

 setaceous bracteoles beneath the flower. Flower-buds ovoid. Mlowers small, \ in. 

 Calyx cylindric campanulate. Bipe carpels scarcely 1 inch. 



5. 31. g^Iabriuscula, Wall. Gat. 1185; leaves obliquely lanceolate 

 base cordate thinly stellate-hairy serrulate^ ripe carpels short stellate-hairy. 

 ? H. spinulosa, Wall. Cat. 1847. 



AvA, at Prome, TFafficA ; Birma, Griffith. 



Shrubby, diffuse ; branches very slender, virgate, purple, glabrescent. Leaves 4J-4 

 by 4-1^ in. ; petiole \ in. ; stipules subulate, deciduous, as long as the petiole. FUmers 

 spicate ; peduncles half the length of the leaf. Ripe carpels 4-| in., oblong, beaked, 

 stellate-hairy. — Flowers not examined. 



6. K. splcata, Colebr. in Wall. Gat. 1845, B. 1182; leaves stellate- 

 hairy above downy beneath oblong lanceolate acuminate, base obliquely 

 subcordate, cymes elongated spike-like, ripe carpels long shaggy. H. vestita, 

 Wall. Gat. 1844. H. oblonga, Wall. Cat. 1183 partly. H. grewisefolia, WaU. 

 Cat. 1443. H. hirsuta % Herh. Ham. in WaU Cat. 2686. 



From SiKKiM, Assam, and Ava, to Penano. — Distrib. Malayan Archipelago to 

 China (cult.?). 



Shrubby. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., varying in breadth from ovate-oblong to lanceo- 

 late, unequally serrate ; petiole |-f in. ; stipules setaceous, as long as the petiole. 

 Peduncles shorter than the leaves, 3-flowered ; pedicels shorter than the flower. Calyx 

 neaj-ly J in., bell-shaped, curved, distended at the base, downy. Bipe carpels 14-if 

 in. ; stalks exserted from the persistent calyx, oblong-lanceolate, beaked, very shaggy. 

 — Variable. The following form is sufficiently distinct to be made a separate variety. 



Vae. lanigera, pubescent, leaves thinly hairy with simple hairs above pubescent 

 and stellate hairy beneath coarsely and irregularly toothed, ripe carpels oblong very 

 densely shaggy. H. lanigera, Wall. Cat. 1846. 



The plant labelled in Wall. Gat. 2687 as H. longifolia and also as S. carthagenemis 

 is apparently a form of this species with narrow leaves ; but it is too imperfect to be 

 accurately determined. 



7. K. plebeja, Kurz in Journ. Asiat. Soc Beng. 1870, ii. 67 ; shrubby, 

 scabrous, leaves ovate-lanceolate or ovate-oblong dentate, ripe carpels 

 stellate-tomentose and muricate. 



Akeacak, Kurz. 



Leaves 3-5 in., mostly petioled, base rounded, slightly hispidulous or subglabrous 

 above, stellate-hispid and scabrous beneath, densely cano-tomeutose when young. 

 C^mes few-flowered. i^Zoscera small, yellowish. CaZj/a; ^ in. , stellate-hairy . Petals 

 longer than the calyx (Kurz l.c.) 



7. FTEROSPEXtBXVia, Schreb. 



Trees or shrubs, scaly or stellate-tomentose. Leaves usually bifarious; 

 leathery, oblique, simple or lobed, peuninerved. Peduncles 1-3 axillary 



