268 XXIV. sterculiacete. [Sterculia, 
pink or green, small 4 _ 1 ° 5 _ l°ked. Petals o. Staminal column 
with a head of sessile anthers at the top. Carpels 5, distinct on a 
gynophore, when ripe follicular coriaceous spreading, dehiscing, 
on one side, scarlet. Seeds oblong pendent from edge, black. 
Species about 200, all tropics. 
Leaves large 6- to 7-lobed, digitate . . • (1) S. fcetida 
Leaves simple, large orbicular 12 in, long tomen- 
tose beneath. (2) S. macrophylla 
Leaves quite glabrous, simple. 
Inflorescence racemose (rarely a few short branch- 
lets) . 
Leaves elliptic ; flowers pedicelled; shrub . (3) S. laevis 
Leaves oblong cuspidate; flowers sub-sessile . (4) S. hyposticta 
Leaves oblong-linear . . . ■ • (5) S. elongata 
Flowers panicled. Trees. . 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute both ends . (6) S. parvifoha 
Leaves obovate round at both ends; panicles 
much branched . . . • • . {7) S. Iancaviensis 
Leaves elliptic-obovate, base broad blunt; 
ovaries 3, villous; stamens 7 . . - (8) S. Kunstleri 
Ovaries 5, scaly; stamens 10 . . . (9) S. parviflora 
Leaves scurfy at back, 4 in. long . . . . (10) S. Scortecliinii 
Leaves hairy on back, strongly reticulate red-hairy; 
carpels ovate . . . . • . (11) SL rubigiuosa 
Leaves red scurfy on midrib and nerves. 
Leaves large; carpels long-beaked . . . (12) S. rostrata 
Leaves large; carpels short, not beaked . . (13) S. brachycarpa 
Whole plant densely long red-hairy . . . (14) S. hispidissima 
Leaves tomentose beneath; nervules not conspicu¬ 
ously elevate. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, densely tomentose, base 
narrowed . . . . . • ■ ( r 5) S. angustifolia 
Leaves oblong-obovate, thinly tomentose, base 
broad. (16) S. javanica 
Leaves small, oblong, pale beneath . . . (17) S. bicolor 
(1) S. fcetida Linn. Sp. PL 1008 ; Wight, Ic. 1. 181, 364 ; Masters, 
in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 354. 
A big tree about 80 ft. tall. Branches whorled. Leaves 
digitate; leaflets 7 to 9, elliptic-lanceolate, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide, 
pubescent when young, glabrous when adult; petioles 8 in. long. 
Panicles erect, many-flowered, appearing with the young leaves. 
Calyx dull orange or red, *5 to 7 in. across, lobes oblong-lanceolate 
villous within. Anthers 12 to 15. Carpels 5, when ripe large 
woody, boat-shaped, beaked, glabrous. Seeds 10 to 15, black 
smooth. Hab. In villages, probably introduced only. Province 
Wellesley, Bukit Juru. Perils, at Kanga. Distrib. East Africa, 
India, Moluccas, N. Australia. Native name : Kelompang. Use : 
Seeds eaten. 
(2) S. macrophylla Vent. Hort. Malm. ii. 91 (in note) ; Br. 
Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230; Masters, l.c. i. 356; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 63. 
A large tree about 60 to 120 ft. tall. Young branches thick, 
