246 The Philippine Journal of Science i9i9 
STERCULIACEAE 
FIRMIANA Marsigli 
FIR MIAN A COLORATA (Roxb.) R. Br. in Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. (1844) 
235. 
Sterculia colorata Roxb. PI. Coromandel 1 (1795) 26, t. 25. 
Karoland, Kampong Goenoeng Merlawan, Bartlett & La Rue 
206, June 28, 1918, with the local name tjipa tjipa. 
India, Ceylon, and the Andaman Islands. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
OSMELIA Thwaites 
OSMELIA BARTLETTI! sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor, ramulis inflorescentiisque pubescens; foliis 
chartaceis oblongo-ellipticis, 7 ad 9 cm longis, glabris vel subtus 
ad costa nervisque leviter pubescentibus, acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque 4, curvatis, perspicuis ; inflorescentiis paniculatis, 
ramis paucis, spiciformibus, elongatis; floribus 4-meris. 
A shrub or tree, nearly glabrous except the pubescent younger 
parts and inflorescences. Branches terete, glabrous, grayish, 
the branchlets rather densely pubescent with subferrugineous 
hairs. Leaves chartaceous, oblong-elliptic, 7 to 9 cm long, 3.5 
to 4.5 cm wide, entire, brownish-olivaceous when dry, the lower 
surface paler, base usually acute, sometimes obtuse, apex short- 
ly acuminate, the upper surface entirely glabrous, the lower 
surface glabrous or obscurely pubescent on the midrib and 
nerves; lateral nerves usually 4 on each side of the midrib, 
distinct, prominently curved, not anastomosing, the reticula- 
tions slender, subparallel; petioles about 1 cm long, more or 
less pubescent. Panicles axillary, and terminating lateral leafy 
branchlets, the leaves on these branchlets much smaller than 
the normal ones, 2 to- 3 cm long, the branches of the 
inflorescence few, simple, up to 10 cm in length, pubescent. 
Flowers subsessile, usually scattered, never glomerate, about 
6 mm in diameter, 4-merous, their pedicels 1 mm long or less. 
Sepals 4, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, 3 mm long, slightly pubescent 
outside. Stamens 8, their filaments slightly pilose, equal, about 
2 mm long, the alternating lobes united for the lower 0.8 mm, 
one lobe alternating with each filament, the free parts oblong- 
obovate, densely pilose, about 1 mm long; ovary oblong-elliptic, 
densely pubescent. 
Sumatra, East Coast, Asahan, in deep jungle at Bandar Poelo, 
Bartlett & La Rue S7, May 16, 1918. 
