370 xxYii. STERCULiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pterospermunt,— 



toothed near the apex, feather-nerved ; petiole J in., downy. Peduncle longer than the 

 petiole, jointed in the middle. Bracteoles and flowers not seen. Capsule 2 by 1 in., 

 covered with squarish truncated tubercles. — Very distinct in its curiously tubercled fruit. 



8. ERZOIiaiNA, DC. 



Trees. Leaves simple or lobed, downy or stellate-tomentose beneath. 

 Peduncles axillary, l-many-flowered. Bracteoles 3-5, laciniate, or small and 

 caducous. Calyx, at first spathaceous, ultimately 5-parted. PeOds flat, with 

 dilated tomentose claws. Staminal column short, bearing externally nu- 

 merous linear-oblong 2-eeUed anthers, in many serieSj cells parallel. Stam- 

 nodes 0. Omry sessile, 5-10-celledj style erect, stigmas 5-10 spreading; 

 ovules many in each cell. Capsule woody, loculioidal. /Seeds winged above ; 

 albumen thin, cotyledons plaited or contortuplicate, radicle next the 

 hilum. — A genus of 7 or 8 exclusively Asiatic species. 



* Bracteoles deeply cut. 



1. E. Wallichii, BC. Mem. Mits. x. t. 5 : leaves ovate or roundish 

 acuminate 7-nerved base cordate, peduncles 1-flowered, bracteoles pinnati- 

 sect, sepals lanceolate, style pilose. Wall. Cat. 1174, C. Gumsia hirta, 

 Ham. in Wall. Cat. p. 157, 1174, B. 



NiPAL, Wallich. 



A shrub, herbaceous portions shaggy-toraentose. Leaves 4-8 by 6 in., crenate- 

 serrate, pilose above, stellate-tomentose beneath ; petiole 1-2 in. Stipules nearly 1 in., 

 leafy, lanceolate, with acute lobes. Peduncles villous, shorter than the leaf. Flowers 

 2J in. diani. ■ Sepals lanceolate, floocoBe-tomentose outeide, villous within. Petals 

 orbicular, with a narrow hairy claw. Column glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



2. E. Stocksii, HooTcjU. et Thorns, ms. ; leaves roundish subacuminate 

 5-7-nerved base cordate, peduncles 3-flowered longer than the leaves, brac- 

 teoles bipinnatisect mossy, sepals cuspidate, style pilose. 



Westees Penimsdla; Concan, Stocks. 



A shrub, bark purplish, herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. Leaves 4-5 by 3 in., 

 crenate, stellate-hairy above, pubescent beneath ; petiole 2 in. Stipules subulate. 

 Flower 14 in. diam. Sepals cuspidate, glandular at the base within. Petals spathu- 

 late. Ovary 10-lobed. Fruit not seen. 



3. E. Hookeriana, W. & A. Prodr. i. 70 ; leaves roundish acuminate 

 serrate base cordate, peduncles many-flowered, bracteoles shorter than the 

 calyx much cut pubescent, styles pubescent. — Beddome Flor. Sylvat. Anal, 

 Gen. t. 5. 



Western Peninsula; the Concan, Nilghiri, and Pulney Mts., Wight : Behak, alt. 

 1-4000 ft., /. B. H. 



A tree, herbaceous portions stellate-downy. Leaves 4 in. each way, thinly stellate- 

 hairy or glabrescent above, rusty-tomentose beneath, nerves prominent beneath; 

 petiole 2 in. Peduncle longer than the petiole, stellate-hairy, at length glabrous. 

 Flowers 2 in. diam. Sepals narrow-lanceolate. Capsule 1 in., ovoid, pointed, 10-valved ; 

 valves downy, tubercled or pitted, villous at the inner angle. 



4. E. Candollel, Wall. PI. As. Rwr. L 51, t. 64; Cat. 1175; leaves 

 ovate acuminate base cordate lobes rounded, peduncles many-flowered, brac- 

 teoles pinnatifid pubescent, style glabrous. Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 24. 



Biema; Mountains of Prome, WaUieh; Westeen Peminsdla; Kam Ghat in th» 

 Concan, Dalzell. Bhotah ? Serb. Griffith. 



A tree, bark grey, herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. Leaves 5 by 4 in., upper 

 smaller, palmately 5-7-nerved, stellate-hairy above, grey-pubescent beneath, crenate- 



