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XX, STERCULIACEiE 



[StercuUa 



clotliecl with pungent fragile liairSj glabrescent afterwards, brilliant orange- 

 scarlet when ripe, 



Louer Burma, prolDaWv aKo on the Aiidamans. The ropes made of tlie bast ab good 

 as those of K v'dJosa, 3?L Pehr. Closely allied : 6. S. HypocHra, Pierre, Fl. Cochinch. t. 

 185. Lower Burma, T. H. Aplm, April, 1888. 6 fl. smaller, \ in. across, calyx hegments 

 half the length of tnbe or le^s, panicles 12 in. long, ample, drooping, ramifications 

 slender, pedicels filifoini. 



(c) Leaves simple; entire. 



7. S. guttata, Roxb.; Wight Ic. t. 487: Bedd. M. Sylv. t. 105. Vern. 

 Kalxcln'^ Thana; Kukar, (joldar, Mar. ; Hapim-samcja^ Kan. ; Kawili^ ThoncU^ 

 Tarn. ; Kdi'cdam^ Mai. 



A large or middle-sized tree. Leaves from a rounded or slightly cordate base 



Fi<>. 38. — KSterciilia guttata, Koxb, |. 



ovate, sliortly acnminate, entire, nnder side as well as petioles tomentose, blade 

 5--10y petiole 1-3 in. long, secondary nerves 8-12 pair, tbe lowest pair basaL 

 M. white or pale yellow, with an offensive smell, in racemiform, rnsty or tawny 

 tomentose panicles at the ends of branches. Calyx divided to neaV<the base into 



