Pterospermuni.] xxvii. sterculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) '367 



and terminal. Bracteoles entire./Jaciniate, persistent or caducous. Calyx 

 of 5 more or less connate sepals. Petals 5, deciduous with the calyx. 

 Staminal column short, bearing, opposite to the sepals, 3 linear 2-celled 

 anthers between each pair of five antipetalous ligulate staminodes ; cells 

 parallel ; connective apiculate. Ovary inserted within the top of the 

 staminal column, 3-5 -celled; style entire, stigma 5-furrowed ; ovules many 

 in each cell. Capsule woody or coriaceous, terete or angled, locuHcidally 

 5-valved. Seeds vsdnged above, attached in two rows to the inner angle of 

 the cells of the capsule ; albumen thin or ; cotyledons plaited or cor- 

 rugated, radicle inferior. — Disteib. A genus of about 15 species, confined 

 to tropical Asia. 



* Bracteoles linear, entire, very caducous. 



1. P. Jackianum, Wall. Cat. 1164; leaves rusty-pubescent beneath 

 oblong abruptly acuminate undulate entire base l-nerved, flowers sub- 

 sessile, capsule ovoid acute. — P. oblongum, Wall. Cat. 1165. 



Penang, Jack, WaUich, &o. 



A tree. Leaves 3-4 by 1 J-2 in., oblique, nerves stellate-hairy beneath ; petiole Jin. ; 

 stipules caducous. i'Voiuers solitary, axillary, If in. diam. iracieote minute, . linear-' 

 subulate. Flower-buds lanceolate, S-ribbed. Sepals 2 in., linear-lanceolate, rusty- 

 tomentose externally, villous within. Petals half the length of the sepals. Capsule 

 14 by 1 in., terete, shortly stalked, covered with flat scaly hairs, 5-oelled. 



2. P. suberifolium, Lam. III. t. 576, f. ii. not of Rood). ; leaves creamy- 

 pubescent beneath oblong abruptly acuminate coarsely toothed or somewhat 

 lobed towards the apex base cuneate rounded or subcordate 4-nerved, 

 capsule ovoid or obovoid-terete, seeds 4 in each cell. W. & A. Prodr. i. 68. ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 30 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomh. Fl. 24 ; Wigkl in Hook. Bat. 

 Misc. iiL t. 26; Wall. Cat. 1166; 1172 in part. P. canescens, Roxb. Sort. 

 Beng. 50 ; Fl. Ind. m.. 1162. P. oblongum. Wall. Cat. 1165? Pentapetes sube- 

 rifoHa, L. ; Gav. Diss. iii. t. 43, f. 2. 



Westeen Peninsula ; Madras, Pondicherry, &c. ; Ava, at Amherst, Wallich; Ceylon, 

 I'hwaites. 



A small tree. Leaves 2-6 by 1-2 in., coriaceous, glabrous above, nerves stellate- 

 hairy not prominent ; petiole J in., rusty pilose. Peduncles axillary, twice as long as 

 the petiole. Bracteoles very caducous. Flower-buds oblong. Flowers IJ in. diam., 

 white, fragrant. Sepals oblong, revolute. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, equalling the 

 calyx. CeUs of ovary 4-OTuled. Capsule 1-2 in., subangular, tapering to both ends, 

 4-5-valved, valves covered with dense fluffy pubescence. Seeds 2-4 in each cell. — 

 The Amherst specimen (P. oblongum, Wall.) is imperfect, and may belong to another 

 species, probably to P. JacUanum, according to a fruit preserved in the Kew 

 Museum. 



3. P. dlversifolium, Blume Bijdr. 88 ; leaves hoary beneath obovate- 

 (Jhlong acuminate sinuate rarely peltate 3-5-lobed base cordate l-nerved, 

 capsule large subclavate-oblong 5-angled. P. acerifolium, Zoll. & Alorr. Syd. 

 Verz. 27, excl. syn. WUld. 



Malacca, Maingay ; Southern Cabnatic, at Tinnevelly, Beddome. —Disijai. 

 Java, Philippines. . 



■ A tree. Leaves 6-8 by 2\ in., coriaceous, veins arched, rusty-pilose ; petiole 1 m. ; 

 Stipules entire. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Flower-luds linear-oblor.g. 

 Bracteoles entire, strap-shaped. Sepals 5-6 in., linear, rustj-tomentose outside, silky 

 within. Ovary d'jwny, shorter than the style. Capiuk 8-10 in. ; woody, sulcate, 

 tapering to the stalk. 



