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16. Bombax malabarlcum. Letpan. 



Large spreading tree like No. 15, but generally 

 with big buttresses at base, and more prickles 

 on the stem when young. Branches horizontal 

 in whorls up to middle age ; leaflets long stalked, 

 green bel5w and long pointed. Pi. crimson or 

 pink. Stamens only about 70, united in bundles. 

 Pod velvety. 



17. Sterculia alata. Letkok. 



Large tree. L. cordate, 'large, with prominent 

 veins beneath. Fl. brown, velvety. Pr. stalked^ 

 woody, 5 inches diameter ; seeds winged. 



18. Sterculia colorata. W^ishaw. 



Buds velvety. L. five-lobed, broad, long stalked, 

 lobes entire. PI. velvety, brick red on red stalks, 

 before the 1. Fr. flat, papery, with two seeds 

 on their edges. 



19. Sterculia foetida. Shaw-byu. 



Twigs thick, glabrous. L. digitate, 5 — 9 leaflets, 

 sessile or nearly so. Fl. velvety especially 

 inside, red or purple with an offensive smell. 

 Fr. woody, glabrous, scarlet with black seeds.^ 

 Conspicuous in hot weather. 



20. Sterculia villosa. Shawni. 



Bark grey, used for ropes. Twigs velvety, with 

 large scars. L. velvety beneath, deeply lobed 

 and toothed, broad. Fl. pendulous. Fr. not 

 stalked, pod-shaped, woody, velvety, scarlet. 



21. Heritiera Fomes. Pinle Kanazo. 



Tree in pure forest within tidal limits, with flat 

 thin buttresses at base. Bark silvery grey. Roots 

 with flat processes growing up through the mud. 



