STERCULIACEJE. Jg^ 



lobes of the calyx are more or less tomentulose inside, and are not 

 coherent at their apices. The stigmas are subsessile and connate. 

 Follicles furfuraceous-tomentose, short-stipitate, very turgid, an inch 

 and a half in length along the straight dorsal suture. Seeds 3 or 4, 

 cylindrical-oblong, 5 lines in length; the testa smooth and reddish, 

 except at the apex, where it is furfuraceous. Cotyledons adnate to 

 the albumen. 



5. BKACHYCHITON, Schott & Endl., R. Br. 

 1. Brachychiton populneum, R. Br. 



Brachychiton populneum, R. Brown, in Horsf. PI. Jav. Har. p. 284. 

 Poecilodermis populnea, Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot. p. 33. 



Hab. Hunter's River, New South Wales. (In flower.) 



6. FIRMIANA, Marsili. 



1. FlRMIANA DIVERSIFOLIA, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 13.) 



F. foliis cordatis integris vel apice trilobis (quandoque quinquelobis f) , 

 lobis acuminatis; folliculis apertis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque obtusis 

 breviter stipitatis. 



Hab. Ovolau (and Vanua-levu?), Feejee Islands. 



A tree of considerable size. Leaves cordate, entire, or nearly so, and 

 acuminate, or three-lobed towards the apex, 7-9-ribbed, reticulate-veined, 

 membranaceous, 6 to 9 inches long and 5 to 8 inches wide, glabrous, 

 or the under surface, with the branchlets, &c, very minutely stellate- 

 puberulent under a lens; the lobes short, triangular and acuminate, 

 the. middle one longer. Petioles 4 or 5 inches long. Flowers not 

 seen. Fructiferous panicles ample. Common gynophore 3 lines long, 

 glabrous, peltately dilated at the apex, where it bears 5 carpels on 



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