IHolam.] XXVII. stkrculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 371 



dentate; petiole 1^-3 in. Flowers crowded, yellow, IJ in. Peduncles shorter than 

 the leaves. Sepak lanceolate, glandular within at the hase, elightlj exceeding the 

 biacteoles. Petals oblong, apex notched, claw thick, villous. Ovarjf ovoid ; style 

 glabrous, stigmas 8-10, revolute. Oapside 2 by 1 in., woody, ovoid, acute, beaked, 

 10-lobed, 10-valved '; valves oblong, acute, keeled or rounded at the back, villous or 

 rarely glabrous at the inner margin. Seeds oo imbiioate ; embryo erect, cotyledons flat. 

 — The Bhotan plant may, when fuller material is accessible, prove to be distinct. 



** Bracteoles entire,'or nearly so {3a.c]sia,, Spreng. ; Schillera, Reich). 



5. E. spectabilis, Planch, in Herb. Hook. ; leaves ovate acuminate 

 base cordate, cymes many-flowered panicled, bracteoles a little below the 

 flower linear entire rarely lobed, style pilose at the base. Wallichia specta- 

 bilis, BG. Mem. Mvs. x. 104, t. 6. Microlsena spectabilis, WaU. Gat. 1173. 

 Gumsia tiliacea, Wall. Gat. 1173 D. 6. chloroxylon, Ham. in WaU. Gat. 

 1^157, 1173, E. 



' Cbstral Himalaya ; Nipal, WdUich; Simla, Wehh. 



'- A shrab or small tree, young shoots stellate-haiiy. LeoBes 3-4 by IJ in., unequally 

 serrate, 7-9-nerved, scabrid above, ashy-pubescent beneath ; petiole 2 in. Stipules 

 capillary. Peduncles longer than the leaves ; ultimate pedicels stellate-hairy, nearly as 

 long as the flower. JFlowers 2 in. diam., sulphur-coloured. Puds oblong. Calyx at 

 first spathaceous, ultimately 5-parted ; sepals linear-lanceolate. Petals ohovate-spathn- 

 late, claw thick, villous. Ovary ovoid, villous, oo -celled ; stigmas oo . Capsule 1 4 in., 

 woody, oblong ; valves obtuse, tjubercled, villous at the inner angle. — Yields a fibre fit 

 for rope-making. 



6. E. qulnquelocularis, Wight under Ic. t. 882 ; Ic. Index 36 ; leaves 

 roundish toothed apex acute shortly acuminate base cordate, bracteoles a little 

 distance from the flower minute caducous entire or lobed, style hairy stigma 

 5-10-lobed, Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. Anal. Gen. t. 5. Microchlsena quinqueIocula,ris, 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 71. M. fiavescens, Garcke in PI. Hokenack. No. 1-533. 



Behak, alt. 1-4000 ft., /. D. PL.; Western Peninsula, Nilghiri mts., Gardner; 

 Coimbator, Wight; Concan, Dalzell; Belganm Ghats, Bitehie. 



A tree, herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. Leaves 2^-3 in. each way, palmStely 

 7-nerved, thinly stellate-hairy or glahrescent above, whitish and softly pubescent be- 

 neath; petioles 2 in. Cymes at the end of the branches; peduncles longer than the 

 leaves, stellate-hairy ; pedicels shorter than the flower, jointed above the middle. 

 Flower-hids ovate-oblong. Sepals | in., lanceolate, stellate-hairy, glandular at the 

 base within. PetaZs equalling the sepals ; claw broad, pubescent. Column as long as 

 the petals. Stigmas revolute. Capsule IJ in., oblong, pointed, 5-10-valved; valves 

 not tuberoled, usually villous at the inner angle. Seeds numerous. 



9. FENTAFETES, Linn. 



Herbs. Leaves hastate-lanceolate. Mowers axillary. Pra^cteoles 3, ca^ 

 ducous, subulate. Syxils 5, lanceolate, connate at the base. Petals 5. 

 Stamens 20, connate at the base, 15 fertile in 5 groups (of 3 each) alternating 

 with S staminodes, which are nearly as long as the petals ; anthers 2-ceUed, 

 extrorse. Ovar^ sessile, 5-ceUed, cells many ovuled ; style entire, twisted 

 and thickened upwards, stigmas 5 minute. Capsule locmicidally 5-valved. 

 Seeds 8-12, 2-seriate in each cell, not winged; cotyledons plaited, 2 partite, 

 radicle inferior.— A single species, widely distributed in tropical Asia. 



1. P. phcenicea, Linn. ; Roxh. Fl Ind. iii. 157 ; W.&A. Prodr. i. 67 ; 

 WaU. Gat. 1157, 2, 3, 4 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 190. Dombeya phoemcea, 

 Cav. Diss. iii. t. 43, t \.—Rheede, Hort. Mai. x. t. 56. 



Throughout the hotter parts of India, from the Pahjab to Bibma and the Western 

 Penissula. 



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