Stebculia.J STJEECULIACE^. lOP 



in. long, tapering at both ends, bright red when ripe, coriaceous, rough, 

 with stellate pubescence outside, smooth and shining inside. Seeds 

 oval, smooth. 

 Forests of Dehra Dun and of the Siwalik range, Eohilkhand, and Oudh.. 

 DiSTBiB. : Outer Himalaya from Kumaon westward to the Indus, up to 

 3,500 ft. ; Salt range (Punjab) ; Bengal, W. & S. India, and in the Anda-- 

 man Islands. The flowers appear before the new leaves in March and. 

 April, and the fruit ripens in June and July. The wood is soft. and light. 

 From the barb a very strong fibre is obtained, as well as a gum similar 

 to that of the preceding species, and also called " katira." 



3. S. colorata. Boxh. Fl. Corojn. i, 26, t. .25 ; Fl. Ind. Hi, 146 ; W. ^ 

 A. Prod. 63 ; D. Sc G. Bomh. Fl. 23; F.B. I. i, 359 ; Brand. For. Fl. 34 ; 

 Watt E. D. Vern. Bodula, samarri (Oudh), harar (Bundelkhand). 



A moderate-sized tree, often with a fluted trunk. Leaves crowded at 

 the ends of the branches, 6-9 in. long, usually 5-lobed, roundish or reni- 

 form, deeply cordate, thinly coriaceous, pubescent when young, ulti-- 

 mately glabrous; lobes triangular, acuminate, entire; petiole ii-9 in.,,. 

 puberulous ; stipules lanceolate, caducous. Flowers many, in erect panicles 

 from the axils of the previous year's leaves, densely clothed as also the 

 short pedicels with coral-red stellate tomentum. Calyx^in. long, funnel- 

 shaped, curved ; lobes short, triangular, acute, pilose within. Anthers 

 20-30, sessile, closely surrounding the 5 flask-shaped ovaries. Styles 5; 

 stigmas acute. Follicles 2-3 in. long, stalked, membranous, glabrous,, 

 opening long before maturity. Seeds usually 2, oval, smooth, pinkish 

 outside. 



Forests of Eohilkhand and Oudh (rare) ; also in Bundelkhand. Disteib. : 

 Himalaya up to 4,000 ft., and southward from Bengal to South India 

 and Ceylon ; also in Burma and the Andamans. Flowers during March . 

 and April shortly before the new leaves appear. Wood very soft. 

 The twigs and leaves are used as cattle fodder. 



4. S. pallens. Wall, in Voigt Hart. Suburb. Gale. 105 (name only) ; 

 King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LX, pt. ii, 73; Fl. Malay Pen. 182. S. 

 fulgens, F. B. I. i, StiO {in part). Vern. Kardala (Dehra Dun). 



A small tree with yellowish smooth bark. Leaves crowded at the ends of ' 

 the branches, upwards of 12 in. in diam., obscurely 3-lobed, orbicular or- 

 subsquarrcse, cordate, coriaceous, scabrid above, densely clothed beneath 

 with yellowish stellate tomentum even when mature; lobes acute or- 

 acuminate ; petioles about as long as the leaves, terete, downy. Flowers in 

 erect panicles, appearing before the leaves, densely clothed with pale 

 yellow stellate down. Calyx Sihout i in. long, campanulate, smooth in- 

 side ; teeth about J; the length of the tube, ovate, acuminate. Follicles- 

 c-i in. long, stalked, membranous, prominently veined, smooth and 

 shining when mature. Seeds 2, about ^ in. long, oval, smooth. 



Dehra Dun and Siwalik range. Distrib. : Himalaya up to 5,000 ft. in 

 (jarhwal and Kumaon. Flowers in March and April. This species may- 

 be distinguished from S. colorata chiefly by the tomentose under surface- 

 of the leaves, and by the shape and colour of the calyx. The seeds are. 

 eaten. 



