XXIV. STERCULIACE^. 
271 
Sierculia.] 
Panicles solitary axillary 3 in. long, flocculent tomentose, base 
nude, lateral branches numerous, short. Calyx *3 to *35 in. long, 
urceolate, tube stellate tomentose outside, creamy white, base 
tinged light red, lobes shorter than tube, linear-lanceolate, villous 
inside, tomentose outside. Male flowers, stamen-column short 
with 5 anthers. Female flowers, ovaries 3, villous with a ring of 
yellow at base. Stigmas fleshy, clavate bent on themselves. 
Follicles 2 or 3, woody, peach-coloured to carmine, oblong, base 
rounded, tip acute, tomentose outside, 3 to 3*5 in. long, 1*25 to 
1-5 in. wide. Seeds narrow, ovoid nearly 1 in. long. Hab. In 
dense jungle; Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 
(9) S. parviflora Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50; King, l.c. 66. S. 
Maingayi Masters, l.c. i. 359; Pierre, FI. For. Cochinchine, t. 
1 88 a. 
A big tree 50 to 60 ft. tall and 18 in. through. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, ovate or obovate-oblong, shortly bluntly acuminate, base 
rounded and slightly cordate, glabrous, midrib and 7 or 8 pairs 
of nerves prominent, stellate-pubescent when young, 4 to 10 in. 
long, 2 to 5“5 in. wide; petioles tomentose, 1 to 4 in. long. Panicles 
red-tomentose, slender, 5 to 6 in. long. Branches distant, short, 
•5 in. long. Calyx ‘2 in. long, tube urceolate, lobes linear-lanceolate, 
nearly as long, pink, tomentose outside, glabrous within. Male 
flowers, staminal column with 10 sessile ovate anthers. Female 
flowers, ovaries 5, scaly with a ring of anthers at base. Stigmas 
united into a 5-lobed disc of 5 recurved stigmas. Follicles 1 to 5, 
thickly coriaceous bright red to orange, pubescent or glabrescent, 
oblong, short-beaked, 2-5 to 3-5 in. long, 1*25 to 1*5 in. wide. Seeds 
black -6 in. long. Hab. Common in woods in the low country, 
Singapore, Pahang, Malacca, Perak; and Pahang. Distrib. Burma, 
Sylhet, Cochin-China. Native names: Kadampang; Rongga 
Jantan. 
(10) S. Scortechinii King, l.c. 67. 
A tall tree. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, slightly obovate, 
tip rounded, abruptly short acuminate blunt, base narrowed rounded 
minutely cordate, above glabrous, beneath minutely gland-dotted; 
midrib and nerves 4 or 5 pairs, stellate pubescent, 2 nerves rising 
straight fromt he base, 2 to 5 to 3*5 in. long, 1*25 to 1*65 in. wide; 
petioles ’65 to 1 in. long, pulverulent. Panicles raceme-like, 
axillary solitary, tomentose, 2 in. long. Calyx campanulate, 
divided nearly to base into 5 ovate lobes, pubescent tomentose on 
both sides. Male flowers with 10 anthers on the column. Females, 
ovary 3-celled obliquely ovoid, pubescent, scaly; ovules 3 to 4 
in each cell; styles connate, pubescent. Stigmas 3, ovoid. Fruit 
unknown. Hab. Perak, locality unknown (Scortechini). 
(n) S. rubiginosa Vent, Hort. Malmaison, ii. 91 ; Masters, 
l.c. i. 358; Pierre, FI. For. Cochinchine, t. 194B. S. angustifolia 
Jack. Mal. Misc. i. 21 (not of Roxburgh). S. Jackiana Wall. Cat. 1134. 
