Sferciih'a] 



-A.A.. STBiRCLIjIAOEi^ 



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x\.ssaBi, Kha^i liills, Andamans, Burma. Talupil and in many jjlaces extprniinated on 

 a(\oiint of the ba^t, of which ropps for dragging timbw are made. Fl. March, Aprih 

 Fr. Jnnf\ July. CoppicPi> readily. 



Fig. B7. — Sterculia villo&a, Eoxh. ^. 



5. S. ornata, Wall. ; Xxxtz, F. M. i. 136 ; King ia Journ. As. Soc, Beng., 

 60, ii. (1892) 62.— Syn. ;S^. armaia^ Mast, in part. Tern. Shaw wa, Biirm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, young stoots toinentose -witli soft crimson 

 (brown when dry) often glandular liairs. Leaves from a deeply cordate base 

 almost reniform, more or less deeply divided into 5 or 7 acuminate lobes, under- 

 side densely tomentose; upper side sprinkled witli minute fascicled hairs. 

 Panicles softly tomentose, several at the ends of the thick branches, 8-15 in. 

 long, many-flowered. Fl. large, calyx widely campanulate, | in. diam,, pale 

 ochre coloured with a reddish base. Follicles 3-4 in. long, first densely 







