'^^ XX. STERGULIACE^ [Pterospermum 



i 'luttagoug hill tiact^ Upp^r and Lower Burma. PL H. S. 



10. P, lancesefoHum, Roxb. ; Brandis, F, FI. 35. 



A large tree, young shoots and under side of leaves with short tawny, 

 sometimes grey tomentnm. Leaves lanceolate from a rounded, nearly equal- 

 bided base. Fl. fragrant, axillary, on peduncles longer than calyx, bracteoles 

 few, bifid or trifid, segments subulate. Calyx 1 J in., petals white. Capsules 

 lanceolate, hairy, 2-3 in. by |-1 in. 



Kha.si hilLs, :\raiiipiu% Chittagong. FL H. S (specimens from Ceylon and tlie Konkan 

 are doubtful). 11, P. Blumeanum, Kortli.; King, in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 60 (1892) 

 b4. (P. nnnamomeiuih Kurz, iiiid javanicum, Jungli. ; Kurz, P. M. i. 147.) Assam, Mar- 

 ta"ban and Tena^serimj MaLT-v Peninsula and Archipelago. Leaves very une(iual sided, 

 blade B-o, petiole I in., calyx 2 in., capsule woody, cylindric, 8-4 in. long. 



IieptoaycMa glabra, Turcz. : Kurz, P. PI. i. 150, is a small tree in the evergreen forests of 

 ^f ^ Western Ghats, from the Carcoor G-hat southwards 5 in Tenasserim, the Andamans, 

 the 3lalay Peninsula and Archipelago, Leaves oblong4anceolate, acuminate, quite 

 entile. FL bisexual, in axillary fabcicles, petals 5, valvate, short, orbicular, concave, 

 hairy. Staminal tube hhort, bearing an inner series of 5 short fleshy subulate, an outer 

 series of 5-10 ligulate btaminodes, and between these two series a third of 10 stamens. 

 Capsule coriaceous, ^ in. long, rugose, seed 1, oblong, black. (X. moacitrroldes, Bedd., 

 FL Sylv. t. 114 ; L. heferoeltta, Kurz, hupjDosed to differ by 10 staminodes in the outer 

 spries, probably U the same species.) 



7. REEVESIA, Lindl.; M. Brit, Ind. i, 363, 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, entire, penniveined, the lowest pair of lateral 

 nerves basal. PL bisexual, in terminal corymbose panicles, calyx campanulate, 

 5-dentate, petals clavv'ed. Staminal column adnate to gynophore, much longer 

 than petals, bearing a globose head of 2-celled anthers. Ovary 5-celled, 5-lobed, 

 2 ovules in each cell. Capsule woody, septicidally 5-valved. Seeds winged 

 downwards, cotyledons flat, foliaceous, in a fleshy albumen. Species 3, from the 

 eastern Himalaya to China, 



1. E. WallicHii, Brown ; Khasi hills, China, a middle-sized tree. Leaver glabrous, 

 ovate from a rounded or acute base, PL white, capsule obtuse, U-2 in, long, the valve-. 

 ^^Inn^i^^^-S^^ ^^'J^ along thp dorsal suture. 2, K. putoescens, Masters, Sikkim 3,000-" 

 o,uuu ±t., difters by pubescent leaves with a broad often nearly cordate base, larger 

 piiiK iloirers. ^ 



_ Guammatomeatosa, H. B. (feKunth; Wight IlL t. 31 5 Bedd. PL Sylv 1. 107. A tree 

 indigenous in tropical America, but often planted in India. Leaves from an unequal- 

 sided base ovate-oblong, acuminate. FL bisexual, small, yellow and purple, in axil- 

 lary many fld. cymes. Petals: claw concave, lamina of 2 linear segments. On the 

 staminal tube 5 petaloid staminodes, alternating with 5 filaments, each bearing? several 

 anthers. Capsule ovoid, woody, tubercled, resembling a mulberry. 



MelocMa velTitina, Bedd, M. Sylv. Manual t, 5 ( Hsewm umheUata, 'Wight Ic. t 509)? 

 IS a small soft-wooded, ornamental tree, indigenous in the Malay Archipelago (in Lower 

 Burma, Kurz), cultivated frequently throughout India. Branchlets, petioles, under side 

 of leaves and inflorescence velvety-tomentose. Leaves broad-ovate from a cordate or 

 rotinded base, serrate, basal nerves 5-7, blade 4-9, petiole 1-4 in. long, PL bisexual, pale 

 j)ink, sometimes white, in large corymbose axillary and terminal panicles, calyx cup- 

 siiaped, cleft half way into 5 triangular segments, petals 5, spathulate, equal, marcescent. 

 btamens 5, iilaments at base connate into a short tube. Ovary 5-celled 2 ovules 

 in each cell, styles 5, free. Capsule loculicidally 5-valved. ' 



memhoYm SoBprn, Linn.; Bedd, Man. t. 4. A showy tree, indigenous in the 

 delta of the Mekong river, on the seashore of the Malay Archipelago, but also inland 

 m tropical E|ist Africa and Australia, cultivated in the Western Peninsula. Leaves 

 5-7 nerved, broadly ovate, often with a cordate base, 1^1. rose-coloured, 2-sexual, in 

 large ^ terminal panicles. Sepals o, distinct, equal, petals unequal, zyfi:omorphio 

 Staminal tube adnate to gynoplaore enlarged into a 5-fid cup, each segment bearing B 

 2-celled anthers, oelle divergent, Pive small acute staminodes between segments. 

 Capsule miiated pyriform, membranous, loculicidally 5-valved. Seeds 1-2 in each cell, 

 tubercled, cotyledons convolute. ' 



