368 xxvii. STERCTTLiACEiE. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pterospermum. 



** £racieoles laciniate or palmately divided. 



4. VtWibisinosvLmfffeynem Wall. Cat. 1168, 1168 B; leaves rusty- 

 pubescent beneath obliquely ovate-lanceolate entire base 4-nerved, capsule 

 oblong beaked 5-angled 5-furrowed. W. & A. Prod/r. i. 68 ; Bedmme Plor. 

 Sylvat. t. 106. ' 



Western Peninsula ; Canara at Telliclierry, Bottler ; Travancor at Quilon, Wight. 



A shrub ; branches slender, rod-like. Leaves 2 by f in., upper smaller, coriaceous, 

 obliquely cordate, midrib with 2 nerves on one side and one on the other, basal lobe 

 rounded, often overlapping the corresponding lobe of the adjoining leaf; petiole i-J in. ; 

 stipules oblique, laciniate. Peduncles J-f in. Bracteoles caducous. Flower-huds 

 olilong, downy. J'Voajcr* If in. diam. /Sispafe 1 in., linear, rusty-tomentose. Capsule 

 2 in., ultimately glabrous. 



5. P. acerifollum, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. i. 500 ; leaves roundish or 

 oblong simple or lobed entire or coarsely toothed palmately nerved base 

 cordate often peltate, peduncles shorter than the petioles, capsule stipitate 

 oblong angled sidcate glabrescent. Roai>. Hort. Beng. 50 ; M. Ind. iii. 158 ; 

 W.& A. Prodr. i. 69 ; Wight Ic. t. 63 ; Wall. Cat. 1170. P. aceroides, Wall. 

 Gat. 1171 ; Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, ii. 62. Pentapetes acerifolia, 

 Cav. Diss. iiL t. 44. 



From the N. West Himalaya, in Kumaon, alt. 4000 ft., to Chittagong, Tenasserim 

 and the Concan. Both Eoxburgh and Wight question it being a native either of 

 Bengal or the Western Peninsula. — ^Disteib. Java (native ?). 



A large tree ; bark smooth, herbaceous portions floccose-pubescent. Leaves 10-14 

 by 6-12 in., polymorphous, palmately 7-12-nerved, adult glabrescent above, canopube- 

 scent beneath, nerves prominent beneath and stellate-hairy ; petioles like the midrib, 

 striated, lower as long or longer than the blade ; stipules multifid, caducous. Flower- 

 huds oblong, obtuse, 5-angled, rusty-tomentose outside. Bracteoles caducous. Flowers 

 5-6 in. diam., pure white, fragrant. Sepals linear-oblong, internally villous. Petals 

 linear-oblong, somewhat cuneate, but little shorter than the calyx. Staminodes club- 

 shaped. Ovary oblong, 5-angled, 5-celled, cells many-ovuled. Capsvle 4^6 in. long, at 

 first covered with a reddish fluffy crust, 5-oelled, 6-valved. Seeds numerous in each cell, 

 obliquely ovoid, compressed ; wing large, thin ; testa brown, smooth ; albumen scanty, 

 mucilaginous ; cotyledons thin, folded (Roxb.). — The flowers render water gelatinous. 



6. P. semisa^lttatuin, Ham. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii. 160; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate entire base very obliquely cordate or sagittate auricled on one 

 side, bracteoles deeply laciniate, capsule elliptic-oblong terete. Wall. Cat. 

 1167. 



Chittagong, H.f. & T. ; Birma, WaUich, Griffith ; Tenasserim, at Martaban, 

 WaMich. (Carnatio, probably cultivated.) 



A large tree. Bark ash-coloured, herbaceous portions very downy. Leaves 5-6 

 by 1| in., glabrescent above, hoary beneath, 5-7 -nerved, auricle often as long as the 

 petiole which is 1 in. ; stipules pinnatifid. Plovxrs terminal and axillary, generally 

 solitary on shortj rusty-tomentose, drooping peduncles, 5-6 in. diam., pure white. 

 Bracteoles conspicuous. Flower-lmds lanceolate. Sepals linear, tomentnse outside, 

 pubescent within. Petals obliquely obovate-cuneate, stellate-hairy externally. Stami- 

 nodes as long as the style. Capsule woody, 2-3 by 14 in., covered with dense yellow 

 fluffy down. Seeds about 10 in each cell, winged much as in P. acerifolium. — 

 Dr. Brandis informs me that the geographical distribution of this species needs further 

 enquiry. 



7. P. lancesBfolium, Eoaib. Hort. Beng. 50; Fl. Ind. iii. 163 ; leaves 

 lanceolate and 1-nerved acuminate base rounded, capsule ovoid acute, 

 obscurely 5-angled. Wall. Gat. 1 1 72. 



North- West Himalaya, Kumaon, Madden; Silhet, Roxburgh; the Khasia Mts. 

 ascending to 4000 ft. ; Tenasserim at Tavoy, Wattich. 



