104 STBRCULIACEM, [EsioLiSNA. 



Ovary sessile 5-10-celled ; style eveot; stigmas 5-10, spreading; 

 ovules many in each cell Capsule woody, loculicidal. Seeds winged 

 above ; albumen tliin. — Species 7 or 8, all Asiatic. 



Peduncles 1-flowered 1» E. Wallichii. 



Peduncles many -flowered. 



Style pubescent 2. E. Hooheriana, 



Style glabrous S. E. CandoUei. 



1. E. waUichii, DC. Mem. Mm. Par. X, 102 ; F. B. I. i, 370. Watt E, D 



A shrub or small tree ; herbaceous portions shaggy-tomentose. Leaves 

 4-8 in., ovate or roundish, acaminate, 7-nerved, base cordate, orenate- 

 serrate, pilose above, stellate-tomentose beneath ; petiole 1-2 in.; stipules 

 about lin. long-, leafy, lanceolate, with acute lobes. Peduncles 1-flowered, 

 villous, shorter than the leaves. Bracteoles pinnatisect. Flowers 2^ in. 

 across. Sepals lanceolate, floccose-tomentose outside, villous within. 

 Petals orbicular, with a narrow hairy claw. Siammal-column 

 glabrous. Style pilose. Fruit not seen. 



-In the Gonda district of Oadh, adjoining the Nepal frontier (Duthie's 

 collectors). Ihis is probably the.plant referred to by Brandis in his For. 

 Fl. p. 36 as having been found in Oudh by Mr. EichardjThompson. Dis- 

 TEIB.: Nepalaiid Sikkim Himalaya. The wood is much esteemed by 

 the Nepalese. 



2. E. Hookeriana, W. Sf A. Prod. 70; F. B. I. i, 370; Brandis For, 



■Fl. 36. 



A small tree; herbaceous portions stellate-downy. Leaves 4, in, each 

 way, roundish, acuminate, serrate, cordate, thinly stellate-hairy or 

 glabrescent above, rusty-tomentose beneath ; nerves prominent beneath ; 

 petiole 2-in. Pedunciesmany-flowered, longer than the petiole. Bracteoles 

 shorter than the calyx, much cut, pubescent. Flowers 2-in. across. 

 Sepals narrowly lanceolate. Styles pubescent. Capsule 1 in., ovoid, 

 pointed, 10-valved ; valves downy tubercled or pitted, villous at the 

 inner angle. 



'Dry hills in Bundelkhand, also near Gwalior and Guna. Disteib.: 

 Behar, Konkan and southward to the Mlgiri and Pulney Mts.; also in 

 Bhutan and Burma. 



3. E. Candollei, Wall. PI. As. Bar. i, 51, t. 64; D. Sf G. Bomb. Fl. 24; 

 F. B. I. i, S70; Brand. For. Fl. 36, Watt E. D. Vern. Bim. (Gorakhpur. ) 



-A deciduous tree with grey bark: herbaceous portions stellate-hairy. 

 LeavesuTptob in. long, palmataly 5-7-nerved, ovate, acuminate, cordate, 

 crenate-dentate, stellate-hairy above, grey- pubescent beneath ; lobes 

 rounded ; petiole 1^-3-in. Peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the 

 leaves. £racieoies pinnatifid, pubescent. Fiowers l^n. across, yellow. 

 Sepals lanceolate, glandular within at the base, a little longer than the 

 bracteoles. Petals oblong, with a thick hairy claw. iS^f^/le glabrous ; 

 stigmas 8-10, revolute. Capsules about 2-in. long, ovoid, acatcj beaked, 

 10-lobed. Seeds many. 



