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XX, STEECULIACEiS 



[Buettnerla 



fciikkim, ascending to 4,000 ft, Kliasi hills, Anclamans, Burma. M. May, June. 

 Cochincliina, China. 3. B. crenulata. Wall. Pegu, Tenas&erini, Leaves ovate-acumi- 

 nate, blade 3-4, petiole 1-3 in. long, capsule ^-1 in. cliam., prickles i m. long. 

 4. B. andamanensls, Kurz. Amlamans, Tenasherim (Thaungyeen, March, 1859 D.B.}. 

 Leaves 8-ry lohed. capbule^ ]-l in. cliam., prickles on a conical bas=^, unequal in length. 



(i PTEROSPERMUM, Schreber ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 366. 



Tree=^, rarely shrubs, hairs stellate. M. bisexual, bracteolate, calyx deeply 5- 

 cleft, deciduous. Staminal column short, adnate to the gynophore, divided into 

 20 filamenthj 15 with linear anthers, 5 without anthers (staminodia). Ovary 

 5-celled, stigma club-shaped and furrowed. Capsule woody or coriaceous, 

 opening loculicidally in 5 valves. Seeds winged at the end, albumen none or 

 scanty, cotyledons wrinkled or folded. Species 18, tropical Asia. 



A. We^^tern species. 



1. P. suberifolium, Lam. ; Trimen Handb. Ceylon i. Wd. Vern. BayalOj 

 Uriya : Taclctj Xariulu, TeL 



A middle-sized tree, Lranchlets and inflorescence densely cioi^hed with fine 



ferruginous or tawny 

 stellate hairs. Leaves 

 distichous, 2-4 in., from 

 a rounded base ohovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, often 

 irregularly lobed in the 

 upper part, upper side 

 glabrous, under side 

 white or yellowish, 

 felted with fine stellate 

 hairs. Fl. yellowish- 

 white, sweet scented, 

 peduncles short, axil- 

 lary, sometimes bearing 

 2-3 flowers, bracteoles 

 deciduous, linear. Calyx 

 1 in., capsule 2-3 in. 

 long, I in. diam., at- 

 tenuate into a stalk 

 |-| in. long, tapering 

 at the apex to a point, 

 white- velvety. 



"Western Peninsula on 

 the east side, along the 

 coast and inland on the 

 hills, ascending to 3,000 ft . 



Fic. 43.- 



-Pterobpennum suberifolium, Lam. 

 Fl.fr. 4. 



2. P. Heyneanum, Wall ; Wight Ic. 489. Yern. Tadaj Tel. 



A middle-sized tree, branchlets, petioles and infloi^escence rusty-tomentose. 

 Leaves greyish-brown, tomentose beneath, variable in shape, ordinarily oblong, 

 coarsely toothed or lobed, blade 4-6, petiole ^ in. long, those on coppice shoots 

 palmately lobed, on petioles 2-3 in. long. Peduncles axillary, a little longer 

 than petiole^ 1-3 fld., bracteoles palmatifid, calyx 2 in, long, petals obliquely 

 spathulate. Capsule brown- velvety, 2-2 1 in. long. 



Western Peiiinbula on the east side, along the coast and inland on the hills. Fl. 0. S. 



Nearly allied : 8. P. reticulatum, Wight et Arn. (JPoIavu, Tarn.) West side of the Penin- 

 sula, from North Kanara southwards. PL 2-3 together, nearly sessile, supported by 

 mtmeroxis imbricate deeply laciniate bracts almost mossy, segments filiform. Calyx 1-1 J 

 in. 4. P. oMtisifolitmi, Wight. Tinnevelli Ghats. Leaves cuneate or obovate, obtuse, 



