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XXIV. STERCULIACEjE. 
[Sterculia. 
Chankat Mentri (Kloss); Gunong Bintang (KIoss). Tringganu, 
Bundi (Rostado). Distrib. Cochin-China, Nicobars, Sumatra. 
(5) S. elongata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 28. 
Shrub about 10 ft. tall. Leaves oblong-linear acuminate obtuse, 
margins often undulate, glabrous sub-coriaceous, 6 to 12 in. long, 
2 in. wide; nerves distinct beneath 18 to 26, meeting in loops far 
from the margin; petioles '5 to 1-5 in. long. Raceme 6 in. long, 
rachis hairy. Flowers about 14; pedicels *5 in. long. Calyx 
pubescent, tube campanulate '2 in. long, lobes linear hairy connivent 
■3 in. long. Staminal-column shorter than the tube; anthers 8. 
Follicles 5, elliptic-ovate cuspidate 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, red, 
pubescent outside. Seeds 4 in each carpel, sub-globose. Hab. 
In forests, local. Singapore, Bukit Timah, etc. Malacca, Bukit 
Kanding (Cantley). 
(6) S. parvifolia Wall. Cat. 1123; Masters, l.c. i. 356; King, 
l.c. 64. 
A tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate blunt, base acute or rounded; nerves 6 to 8 
pairs, prominent beneath, 4 to 6*5 in. long, 1 to 175 in. wide; 
petioles 1 to 175 in. long; racemes, axillary solitary, 2 in. long, 
few-flowered, glabrous. Calyx less than - 5 in. long, glabrous 
outside, puberulous inside pink, lobes greyish, tube broad cylindric, 
lobes linear-lanceolate as long. Male flowers, staminal column 
short; anthers 12. Female, ovaries 5 ovate pubescent; styles 
united recurved, white-hairy. Stigmas clavate. Follicles 3 to 5 
oblong, 1 to 1-25 in. long, -6 in. wide. Seeds 2, ovoid, black. Hab. 
Hill woods. Selangor, Weld’s Hill; Kwala Lumpur (Foxworthy). 
Perak, Thaiping Waterfall (Wray). Penang, Government Hill 
(Curtis, Wallich). Native name: Unting-Unting. 
(7) S. lancaviensis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 29. 
Small tree, deciduous. Leaves grey when dry, obovate, tip 
rounded, glabrous; nerves 5 pairs, 3*5 in. long, i'5 in. wide; 
petioles *25 to -5 in. long. Panicles lax, much-branched, 1 to i;5 in. 
long, pubescent, produced after the fall of the leay.es. Male flowers 
campanulate, *12 in. long, lobes lanceolate-linear blunt, edges 
hairy. Stamens 6, column as long as tube. Female flowers 
campanulate ’2 in. long, lobes ovate, very short, scabrid pubescent 
inside with 12 raised veins; anthers 5. Lankawi Islands, Kwah 
and Terutau (Curtis). 
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Really allied to S. bicolor, but glabrous. 
(8) S. Kunstleri King, l.c. 65. 
Glabrous tree 30 to 50 ft. tall, i‘5 to 2 ft. through. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, bright green mottled yellow, broadly ovate to 
oblong or narrowly elliptic, tip rounded, blunt or shortly abruptly 
acuminate, base rounded or blunt; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 4 to 9 in. 
long, 2 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles 75 to 275 in. long, slender. 
