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XX. STERCULIACE.E 



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coaiselv toothed. Fl 

 small, calyx I in., cap- 

 sulf^ 2-8 in. long, verru- 

 cohp -wlien yonng. 5. P. 

 glabrescens, "Wight et 

 Arn. ( Tatta Polavu, 

 Tam.j TlnnevelliGrhats. 

 Leayps entire, oboyate, 

 shortly acuminate, Made 

 5-8, petiole ^,-1 in., calyx 

 i in. long, captoule 4-5 

 in., ^\\t\\ 5 sharp raided 

 ridges, 



(). P. rubigino- 

 sum, Hevne ; Bedcl. 

 M.Sylv. tlOli. Verii. 

 Cli I n n a pol a r u , 

 Tam. ; MaJavuram, 

 ThodaU, Mai. 



A tall tree, branch- 

 letBj under side of 

 leaves and inflores- 

 cence red-brown or 

 tawny pnbe&cent. 

 Leaves 1-3 in., very 

 oblique, the npper lialf 

 niucli larger, rounded 

 at base. FL solitary, 

 axillaiy, sepals linear, 

 2 in. long. Capsule 

 cylindric pentagonal, 

 2 in. long. 



Fj(». 44.— Pteios|ernnini Heyneanuni, AVall. 

 "Fl. brancdi and coppice shoot. .}. 



Webt hide of the Peninsula, in evergreen forests, f rom ]\[alahar southwards, ascending 

 to 8,000 ft. Fl. September-January, 



B. Eastern species. 



7. P. acerifolium, Willd. ; Wight le. t. (kM ; Brandis, E. FL 1. 11. Yern. 

 Hat i pa Ha, Xep. ; Tatmg peticim^ Bunn. 



A tall evergreen tree, bark smooth grey, thin, heartwood red. Branchlets 

 and infloi'escence clothed with ferruginous tomentuni. Leaves large from 

 obovate to orbicular, often peltate, sinuately lobed, glabrous above, grey- 

 tomentose beneath, blade H-15, petiole 4-12 in. Calyx segments linear, up to 5 

 in. long, petals pm-e white. Capsule brown-tomentose, pentagonal, 2~G in. 

 long. Seeds numerous, ^vith large brown membi'anous wings. The capsule is 

 believed to take more than 12 months to ripen. 



Foot of Himalaya, from the Jumna eastward, in Silckim ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Khasi hills, Manipur, Chittagong, Burma. Fl. H. S. 8. P. aceroides, Wall. Tenas- 

 serim and Andamans. Fl. December-February. Leaves oblong or obovate-ohlong, not 

 lobed, petiole \ in. Fl. solitary or in 3-4 fid. axillary cymes, sepals 2-3 in. long. 



9. P. semisagittatum, Ham. ; Kurz, F, FL i. 14(5. Yern. Xagyi^ Biirm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, trunk longitudinally channeled, branchlets, 

 under side of leaves and inflorescence softly tawny-tomentose. Leaves 3-9 in., 

 from an unequal base oblong-lanceolate, almost sessile, one basal bbe rounded, 

 the other longer, triangular, often long-acuminate, stipules deeply pinna tifid, 

 segments filiform. FL large, white, on short axillary peduncles, solitary or a 

 few together, supported by a woolly involucre of large pinnatifid bracteoles, 

 segments filiform. Petals broad-obovate. Capsule woody, 3 in. long, cylindrical, 

 rusty-tomentose. 



