Stereulia] 



XX. STERCULIACEiE 



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5 thick segmentSj outside rusty tomentosej inside dark purple with long hairs, 

 staminal column \ in. lonii:. slender, glabrous, anthers 10-12. Follicles 3 in. 

 lone;, redj with large black seedsj which are roasted and eaten. 



On the west side of tlie Peninsula from the Thai Ghat southwards, fretitieiit in ever- 

 givf^n forest (Andamans, Bunim doiihtful), Oeylon. 8. S. EoxMrgMi, Wall. Sikkim, up 

 to l),000 ft., Asmara, Khasi hills. A small tree. Differs by glabrous plliptie-oMong 

 leaves, blade 1-5, petiole J-2 in. long, short racemes with slender peduueles and filiforni 

 pedicels. Follicles 3-4 in. pink. 9. S. striatiflora, Mabt. Amber jMines, Upper Burma. 

 A shrub. Leaves glabrous, membranous, oblaneeolate, blade 8-18, petiole 1 in,, midrib 

 and secondary nerves prominent, panicle shorter than leaves, talyx funnel-shaped, 

 striated. 



10. S. alata, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 287.— Syn. .S^. Hmjnli, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 230. 

 Vern. Aneltliondi^ Tarn.; Letkol', Burni. 



A large deciduous tree. Leaves from a cordate base broadly-oratej entire, both 

 surfaces glabrous, blade 4-12, petiole 2-4: in. long, basal nerves 5 or 7, promi- 

 nent beneath, the middle one with 4 pair of secondary nerves. M. in short 

 rusty-tomentose racemes, calyx | in. long, campanulate, divided halfway into 

 5 or G thick lanceolate segments, which are rusty stellate-tomentose outside 

 and red-veined within. I'oUicles stalked, woo<Iy, nearly globose, 5 in. diam. 

 Seeds oblong, with a large obovate thick spongy terminal wing, 21 in. long and 

 1^ in. broad. 



Tibta valley, Sikkim, not common, Silhet, Ohittagong. North Kanara, Tinnev<^lli 

 and Travancore. Lo^\er Burma, Andamans. Fl. Febr., March. Malay Peninsula. 



11. S. coccinea, Roxb. ; Ivurz, F. M. i. 137. 



An evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves glabrous, oblong-lanceolate, entire, 



Fia. 39.— Sterculia coccinea, Boxb. 4 



blade 6-16, petiole 1-2 in. long. Panicles slendei-, axillary. Pi. pink (yellowish, 

 Duars) on capillary pedicels, ^ in. long, buds narrow-eonical, calyx 5-lobed 

 nearly to the base, lobes linear, ^^ in., often cohering at the tip, long spreading 

 hairs on them. PoUicles coriaceous, lanceolate, crimson, 3-4 by f in. 



