pterospermum.] xxvii. sterculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 369 



! A tree. ShooU slender, virgate, hoary. Leaves 3-6 by 1^ in., glabresoent abovej 

 covered with whitish or cream-colonred tomentum beneath, nerves stellate-hairy ; petiole 

 very short. Stipules 2-3-fld, subulate-lanceolate, ae long as the petiole . Peaimdes 

 axillary, half the length of the leaves, dilated at the top. Flower-buds oblong, striated. 

 Flowers 2-3 in. diam., sweet-scented, white. Sepals linear, rusty-pubescent, villous 

 within. Petals obliquely cuneate, longer than the sepals. Capside 3 by 1^-2 in., 

 elliptic, oove^red with light grey down. Seeds 2-4 in each cell. 



8. P. retlculatum, W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 ; leaves pubescent beneath 

 oblong entire or coarsely toothed towards the apex acuminate 3-nerved' 

 base cuneate, peduncles longer than the petioles, capsule oblong acute slightly 

 angular furrowed, seeds 4 in each cell. 



Malabar; on the Naggar hills, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves 4 by IJ in., coriaceous, whitish beneath, nerves prominent, rusty 

 stellate-hairy ; petiole very short. Peduncles 3-flowered. Braeteoles 3-sect, segments 

 linear. Flowers IJ in. diam. /Sspofe linear-lanceolate. Petefe obovate-ohlong. Staminodes 

 filiform. Ovary .with about 6 ovules in each cell. Capsule 3 in., furfuraceous. 



9. P. Heyneanum, Wcdl. Cat. 1169; leaves oblong acuminate coarsely 

 toothed or lobed near the apex 4-5-nerved base cuneate subcordate rarely 

 peltate, peduncles as long as the petiole, capsule oblong acute obscurely 

 5-ansled scarcely furrowed, seeds 8-10 in each cell. W. & A. Prodr. i. 69 } 

 Wight Jc. t. 489. P. suberifolium, Willd. Sp. iii. 728 ; Bot. Mag. 1526 ; 

 EoiA. Hort. B^nq. 50; Fl Ind. iii. 160. P. Lawianum, Nimmo in Grah. 

 Cat Bomb. PI. i4cQ ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24. Pentaglottis suberifolia, 

 WaU. Cat. 1169, pcniiy. Velaga xylocarpa, Gaertn. FrwA. ii. 245, t. 133. 



. Mountainous tracts throughout the Western Pekinsdla. 



A middle-sized tree, herbaceous portions rusty-tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 2-34 ™'i 

 variable in form and size, coriaceous, rarely lobed or peltate, whitish beneath, nerves 

 ; prominent 'rusty-pilose ; petiole pubescent, J in. Stipvhs deoiduoos, ensiform. 

 Braeteoles persistent, imbricate, deeply gashed. Flowers large, pure white, fragraat. 

 Sepah 2 in., oblong, revolnte, hairy outside. Petals obovate, spreading. Capsule 2 in,, 

 pomted a« both ends, more or less deeply furrowed at the sides, at first densely fur- 

 furaceous, afterwards glabresoent. — The nervation of the leaves varies in different 

 specimens, or even on the same ; when the leaves are entire the secondary nerves 

 are arched, when coarsely toothed or lobed they are strictly feather-nerved the 

 secondary nerves running out directly into the lobes. 



10. P. ^labrescens, W. & A. Prodr, i. 69 ; leaves obovate shortly and 

 suddenly acuminate base cuneate cordate or subpeltate 5-nerved, stipules 

 entire, peduncles as long as the petioles, capsule large oblong 5-angled 

 beaked cells 10^12-seeded. Wall. Gat. 1169, partly.— RUede HoH. Mai. vi., 

 t. 58. 



Hills of the Western PiMiHSULA ; the Conoan, Malabar, and Coromandel. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 34 in., coriaceous, glabresoent above, ashy pubescent beneath, 

 nerves conspicuons, rusty-pilose ; petiole J-4 in. Stipules ligulate, entire, half the 

 length of the petiole. Braeteoles deciduous. Flower-huds ovoid, acute. Flowers 

 i in. diam. Sepals linear-oblong, villous within. Petals oblong, nearly as long as the 

 sepals. Capsule 5-6 in., stipitate, at first covered with floccose rusty tomentum, after- 

 wards glabrous. — It is not quite certain that the flowers above described belong really 

 to this species. Wight describes the stipules as palmate, but in his specimens they are 

 entire. Probably it is not distinct from P. diversifoUma, Bl. 



11. P. obtusifollum, Wight ms. '; leaves glabresoent above ashy tomen- 

 tose beneath obovate oblong 1-nerved apex 2-lobed base cuneate, capsule 

 oblong obtuse tubercled downy. ' 



Malabar, and the Caenatic ; Courtallum, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves 3-4 by 2^-3 in., coriaceous, slightly oblique, obscurely, and remotely 



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