Herltlera] XX. STEECULIACE.E 87 



5. H. Papilio, Bedd. FL Sylv. t. 218. 



A lofty tree, wood red, very iiardj young shoots and inflorescence ciotlied 

 with golden stellate tomentiim. Leaves lance ilate, skining above, silvery 

 beneath, blade 4-5, petiole f in. long. Panicles twice or three times the 

 length of petiole^ ripe carpels with a broad oblique membranous wing, 2-*H 

 times the length of carpel, veined with numerous strong parallel nerves. 



Common in the pvergrt^i'n forebtb of the Tinnpvelh and Travancore Ghats at 3,000 ft 

 and upwards. 'Fl. E. 8. Prain, Ann Garrl. Calf . ix , 9, unites 4 and 5. 6. H. duMa, 

 "Wall. ; Prain in Anv. Clard. Gale. ix. t. 3. Kha'si hills, 1, ovate, glabrous above, deus«d\ 

 silvery-lepiclote beneathj ripe carpeh 11 in long, compressed, cuneate-oblong, a 

 narrow thick wing on one side. ISTeaily allied to H, Uttoralh. 



3. ERIOL^NA, BO. : FL Brit. Ind. i. 370. 



Deciduous trees or large shrubs with stellate pubescence, heart wood close- 

 grained. Leaves cordate toothed, with 5-0 basal nerves, stipules deciduouh. 

 Peduncles axillary, 1-many-flowered. FL bisexual, buds supported by an 

 involucre of 3-5 bracteoles, generally laciniate and early caduoouh, calyx deeply 

 5-cleft, rarel}^ 4-clef t, segments hairy on both sides. Petals Ubually 5, some- 

 times 4, on thick and broad claws, tomentose inside. Filaments connate at 

 base into a short tube, anthers linear, 2-celled, cells parallel. Ovary tomen- 

 tose, 5-10-celled, style erect, stigmas 5-10, spreading. Capsule woody, 5-lU- 

 celled, dehiscing loculicidally, dissepiments attached to the valves. Seeds 

 numerous, winged above. Species 7-8, Asiatic. 



A. Bracteoles laciniate, petals 5. 



1. E. Wallichii, DC, Mem. Mus. Paris x. 1823 t. 5; Gamble list 12. 



A tree, wood red-brown, hard, close grained. Young shoots, petioles and 

 under side of leaves clothed with dense soft greyish tomentum, stipules lanceo- 

 late, as a rule deeply laciniate. FL large, solitary on axillary pedicels, 3-4 in. 

 long, subtended by 5 broad deeply-cut l3racteoles. Calyx segments on both 

 sides densely tawny-woolly, IJ^ in. long, style and stigma with long hairs. 



Ondh forests, Bikkim. PL H. S. 



2. E. Hookeriana, Wight et Arn. ; Bedd. Manual, 35, t. v.; Brandis, F. 

 FL 36. Vern. Bunditn^ Kol ; Guagoli^ South. 



A small tree, young shoots, petioles and under side of leaves clothed with 

 soft brown or tawny tomentum. Peduncles axillary many flowered, sub- 

 tended by pinnatisect bracteoles. Calyx segments -|-1 in. long, style hairy. 

 Capsule 1 in. long, sharply bent down, valves tubercled, not keeled. 



Common in the deciduous forests of the Satpnras, in Berar and in the "Western 

 Peninsula. Chota Nagpore, probably also in Behar. PL E. S., C. S, Olofeely allied and 

 pei-haps not specifically di&tmct is 3. E. Stocksii, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; west side of the 

 Peninsula, from the Aravalli hills {Giali, tlhaula GiaJa) the Pancli MehaLs {Jehad) 

 to the Konkan. Under side of leaves giey or tawny-tomentose, peduncles 1-3 fid., 

 bracteoles deeply laciniate, so as to appear mos«^y. 



4. E. Candollei, Wall., PL As. Ear. t. 64; Kurz, F. FL i. 148. Vern. 

 Doani, Buim. 



A large tree, heartwood brick red, beautifully mottled, young shoots, petioles 

 and imder side of leaves thinly tawny pubescent. FL yellow, generally in 

 terminal panicles, bracteoles B under each flower, deeply cut, style glabrous. 

 Capsule 2 in. long, valves obtusely keeled, not tuberculate. 



Bhutan. Burma, not uncommon m deciduous forebts. Ruby Mines district. To 

 thib possibly belong specimens collected by me, Nov. 1863, in fruit on the banks of the 

 Choti G-andak, Gorakhpur district. (Yern. B^m ) 



5. E. qninquelocularis» Wight Ic. t. 882 (Microchlmna under the plate ; 

 Bedd. FL Sylv. Manual t. 5, 



A small tree, young shoots, and under side of leaves clothed with short but 



