Hdlcteres] XX. STEECULIACE.E Sd 



Fetchmura J South..; Kaval, Or/a, Uriya; Kevanl^ Muradslny^lslz.v.\ Kaiargl^ 

 Kauri^ Kan. ; Kalva, Tarn. ; Th%mg6 che, Burm. 



A large rougMy tomeatose shrub. Leaves from a more or le^s cordate— of tea 

 oblique — base, broadly obovate or orbicular, sliorfcly acuminate, irregularly 

 toothed, sometimes slightly lobed, blade 4-5, petiole \ in., ba&al nerveb 4-7, 

 stipules linear, deciduous. FL brick-red, in axillary, sometimes extra-axil- 

 lary fascicles, pedicels shorter than calyx. Calyx ^ in., petaL twice ab long, 

 the 2 larger spathulate, the 3 others with two teeth at the end of claw. Fruit 

 1-2 in. long, on a gynophore nearly as long, cylindrical, hairy, twibted. 



Subhimalayan tract, from the Jhekim eastward, tliroughout Central India, the 

 Webtern Penm&ula, and j)robal)ly Burma. Fl. April to December, fiesli foliage in 

 April. Ceylon, Malay Peniiibula, and Archipelago. Australia. 



B. Fruit straight, not twisted, 



2. H. hirsuta, Lour. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 143 ; King, Journ. As. Soo. Beng. Ix. 

 (1892) 82.— Syn. H. spicata, Oolebr. ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 3GG. 



A shrub, softly tomentose. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, ba^al nerves 

 3-5. FL purple or deep blue, tinged with pink, in short axillary racemes. 

 Fruit l-l| ia., cylindric, acuminate, densely clothed w^ith long btellate wool 

 and soft prickles (var. lanigera very densely woolly). 



Tenasserim. Fl. March, Malay Peninsula 3. H. au^ustifolia, Liiin {Il.ohffisa, AVall ; 

 Kurz, F. PI i. 144). Tenasbeiim, Malay Peniiibula, China. Leaves lanceolate, grey- 

 tomentose beneath, 3 basal nerves, calyx ^ m, petals a little longer. Fruit cylmdric, 

 }-| in long, densely covered with soft villous piickles. 4. H. elongata, Wall Sikkim, 

 Assam, Burma, Yunan. Leaves obliquely ovate-lanceolate, thinly btellate-pubescent. 

 Fl. in axillary or terminal elongate racemes, as long as or longer than leaf. Fruit l-lj 

 m. long, cylindric, beaked. 5. H. glabriuscula, "Wall. Upper Burma. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-lJ m., softly pubescent, peduncles axillary 2-3 fid. Fl less than 4 in. 

 Fruit J in., stellate-pubescent, valves beaked. 



Abroma augusta, Linn. ; Bedd. FL Sylv. Manual t. 5, ib a small tree, indigenous m 

 the Malay Archipelago, perhaps also in the Peninsula, naturalized m many parts of 

 India Branchlets, under side of leaves and inflorescence soft-pubescent. Leaves ovate 

 from a cordate base, often lobed or angled, basal nerves 5-7. Peduncles extra-axillary 

 with 2-3 laige purple bisexual fl. Sepals 1 m., persistent, petals contorted ^iii buid, 

 claw concave. Stammal tube short, 5 petaloid stammodes alternating ^^ ith 5 sessile 

 anthers. Capsule turbinate, membranous, 5-angled, 5-winged. 



5. BUETTNERIA, Linn.; FL Brit. Ind. i. 37G. 



Large woody climbers, flowers minute, in axillary much branched cymes. Fl. 

 bisexual, petals 5, a narrow fleshy blade, with 2 small lateral lobes on a concave 

 claw. Staminal tube with 5 broad truncate or emarginate teeth, and between 

 them 5 extrorse anthers. Capsule globose, echinate, 5-celled, 5-valved, the 

 cells 1-seeded. Species 50, a few in tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, 

 the rest in America. 



1. B. pilosa, Roxb. ; Kurz, F. Fl. i. 151. Vern. Tattaga-nice, Burm. 



A large climber, the «tem as thick as a man^s thigh. Leaves cordate 

 serrulate, shortly 3-5 lobed, lobes acuminate, blade 5-6, petiole 4-5 in. 

 Capsules globose, f in. diam., densely covered with long brown rigid but 

 flexible bristles. 



Sikkim up to 4,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong, Burma. Fl. May- 

 July. 



2. B. aspera, Colebr. j Kurx:, F. FL i. 151. 



A powerful woody climber, often with a tree-like stem. Leaves cordate, 

 entire, glabrous and shining above, blade 5-8, petiole 2-5 in. Capsule globose, 

 l|-2 in. diam., armed with many long sharp spines. 



