L^ton^ohia.] xxvii. sterculiace^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) 379 



aril fleshy orange-coloured, albumen fleshy ; cotyledons flat leafy, radicle 

 superior.— DiSTEiB. A genus of 3 or 4 species, natives of both Peninsulas, 

 the Archipelago, and also of west tropical Africa. 



1. Xi. acuminata, Mast.; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate base 

 tapering, outer staminodes 10, inner subulate not ciliate, capsule 2-valved 

 vsives ultimately dimidiate, 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. _ Leaves 8 by 24 in., gktroue on both surfaces ; petiole J-2 in. Flower-buds 

 oblong, pointed, 6-sided. Mowers 4-| in. diam. Sepals spreading, coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late, downy on both sides. Petals less than half the length of the sepals, erect, sub- 

 poriaceous, orbicular, concave, villous. Andrceciwm tubular at the base, outer stami- 

 nodes linear-ligulate, nearly as long as the sepals, fertile stamens intermediate, as long 

 as the outer staminodes, and placed with them in pairs opposite the petals ; anthers 

 adnate ; inner staminodes 5, very short, subulate fleshy, opposite the sepals. Ovary ob- 

 long, villous, 3-celled ; style terete, as long as the fertile filaments, stigma capitate 

 obscurely lobed. Seed oblong, testa black shining smooth, aril fleshy orange-yellow 

 .tubular covering half the seed from the bilum upwards, albumen fleshy, embryo 

 straight, cotyledons flat leafy base cordate, radicle superior away from the hilum. 



2. Xi. glabra, Twrcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, 222 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 abruptly acuminate base tapering subcordate, outer staminodes 15, inner 

 staminodes ciliated, capsule 1-celled. Ovdem. in Compt. Rend. Ac. Roy. Sc. 

 Amderd. 2 ser. ii. 8, cum. ic. and Walp. Ann. vii. 449. Grewia? caudata, 

 Wall. Cat. 1099. G. heteroclita, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 590. Binnendykia tri- 

 chostylis, Kurz in Nat. Tijdschrift Ned. Ind. ser. 3, iii. 164. Turraea tri- 

 chostylis, Miq. M._ Ind. Bat. Supp. i. 602. 



Malacca, iKat7sj02/;-PENANe,TFafficA;. Modlmein, Ldbb; IwsxssEsm, Melfer, — 

 DiSTEiB. Moluccas, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, ..... 



A tree. Leaves 4-6 by 2 in., glabrous or thinly stellate -hairy, base 3-5-nerved, some- 

 what oblique ; petiole J in. Peduncles axillary, solitary, or in short few-floweripg 

 cymes. Buds oblong, club-shaped. Ovary oblong, obscurely 4-lobed. Capsule \ in. 

 depressed pyriform, coriaceous, rugose" shining and' wrinkled within. Seed ^ in. — In the 

 absence of perfect flowers on the Indian specimens itis not absolutely certain that they 

 are specifically identical with those iirom Sumatra. 



3. Xi, moacurroides, Beddcmie Fl. Sylvat. t. 114 ; leaves elliptic 

 acuminate base rounded, outer staminodes 10, capsule tubercled. 



Cabnatic and Mysore, Beddome ; Courtallum, Wight. 



A small Grewioidtree. Branches vargate. Leaves. Z-A by If in., glabrous on both 

 surfaces, base 3-nerved; petiole 1-4 in. - Stipules, lanceolate, caducous. Flowers in 

 axillary cymes, half the length of the petioles. Sepals | in., linear-lanceolate, pubescent. 

 Petals orbicular, half the length of the sepals, densely villous. , Ovary 4-lobed ; style 

 pubescent. Capsule J-| in., obovoid, verrucose, irregularly 2-valved. — The leaves and 

 flowers of this species are smaller than those of the preceding, 



Okdee XXVIII. TILIACE.ffi. (By Maxwell T. Masters, P.R.S.) 



Trees, shrubs or "hej-b?. ] Zeaijes ^ alternaie,.' rj,re)y,' opposite, simple or 

 lobed. Stipules free,' often caducous. Flowers usually cymose, cymes few- 

 flowered, or large and many-flowered. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite or 

 unisexual. Sepals 3-5, free or connate, valvate. Fetals as many as the 

 sepals, rarely absent, imbricate or valvate. Stamens numerous, rarely 

 definite, usually springing from a prolonged or dilated torus, free or some- 



