Sterculia.] xxiv. sterculiace^e. 269 
hairy. Leaves coriaceous, ovate or ovate-round entire, base 
cordate, above minutely pubescent, beneath sub-tomentose, midrib 
and 6 to 8 pairs of nerves rufous-villous, transverse; nervules 
distinct, 8 to 16 in. long, 6 to 12 in. wide ; petioles 3-6 to 6 in. long 
softly hairy. Panicles 6 to 8 in. long, axillary much-branched; 
branches slender pubescent. Calyx -15 in. across, campanulate, 
stellate-hairy, 5-lobed; lobes triangular, shorter than the tube. 
Follicles 3 to 5, leathery-woody, 2’25 in. long and wide, shortly 
stalked, pink to crimson, pubescent outside. Seeds oblong black, 
75 in. long. Hab'. A common tree in forests at low altitudes. 
Singapore, Johor, Pahang, Malacca, Selangor, Perak and Penang. 
Distrib. Java. Native name : Milian. 
(3) S. laevis Wall Cat. 1x38; Masters , l.c. i. 357; Pierre, FI. 
For. Cochinchine, t. 192, figs. 1 to 7; King, l.c. 63. S. coccinea Jack, 
Mai. Misc. i. 286 {not of Roxburgh). 
A shrub about 6 ft. tall. Leaves membranous obovate-oblong 
or obovate, shortly bluntly acuminate, base acute, glabrous; nerves 
6 to 9 pairs, 4-5 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles i‘i to 2-5 in. 
long. Panicles short, few-flowered axillary pendulous pubescent. 
Calyx -5 in. long, green or whitish yellow, tips of lobes green, 
pubescent, tube urceolate, lobes longer linear-oblong sub-acute. 
Male flowers, staminal column short, glabrous, brown; anthers 10, 
sessile at the top, pollen brilliant orange colour. Hermaphrodite 
flowers, gynophore short. Ovaries 5 pubescent, boat-shaped, with 
10 sessile anthers outside at the base. Stigmas 5, cylindric recurved. 
Follicles 3 to 5 coriaceous narrow oblong, puberulous, 2 in. long, 
1- 5 in. wide, scarlet. Seeds 3 or 4 on each side, blue black. Very 
common over the whole peninsula from Singapore to Penang, 
Kelantan and Pulau Adang isles, in forests, at low levels. There 
are two forms, (a) latifolia with broad leaves about 3 in. across 
and ( h ) angustifolia with narrow long leaves 2 in. across. Distrib. 
Tenasserim, Borneo. Native name : Chempaka Janggi. 
(4) S. hyposticta Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 399; King, l.c. 64. 
A shrub 3 to .6 ft. tall, glabrous except the inflorescence. Leaves 
membranous, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate abruptly caudate 
acuminate, base rounded, often emarginate; nerves 3 to 5 P airs > 
inarching from margin, prominent beneath, 3-5 in. long, 1*5 to 
2- 25 in. wide; petioles 1 to 1-5 in. long. Racemes solitary axillary, 
6 in. long pubescent and hairy. Calyx-tube campanulate, -25 in. 
long, densely pubescent outside, lobes shorter than tube, linear 
glandular-pilose within, white. Male flowers; column short; 
anthers sessile. Female flowers, gynophore short; ovaries 4 ovoid 
tomentose; anthers sessile. Style simple, villous. Stigma large, 
lobes 4 oblong ovoid. Carpels 2 or 3 leathery red narrow oblong 
2 to 2*25 in. long, ‘65 in. wide pubescent outside. Seeds 4, oblong 
pointed, black. Hab. In dense forests. Pahang, Kwantan (Durn- 
ford). Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray); Larut Hills (Kunstler), 
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