272 XXiv. sterculiace^e. [ Sterculia. 
A tree about 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, obovate- 
oblong, shortly abruptly acuminate, base narrowed acute, rounded 
or cordate above glabrous, beneath stellate-pubescent; midrib 
and 7 to 10 pairs elevated nerves more hairy, 4-5 to 7-5 rarely to 
12 in. long, 2 to 3, rarely 6 in. across; petioles *3 to 1-5 in. long, 
rufous-tomentose. Panicles solitary, axillary pendent 3 to 6 in. 
long, rufous-tomentose. Male flowers yellow with pink hairs and 
5 dark red blotches at the base inside, widely campanulate, lobes 
linear-lanceolate. Staminal column longer than the tube; anthers 
10, yellow. Female flowers on different sprays of the same tree, 
lobes of calyx lanceolate, free nearly to the base, hairy with pink 
and white hairs, except at the base where are 5 pink spots. Gyno- 
phore short with 10 anthers at base of pistil. Ovary villous; 
styles united. Stigmas 3 or 5, all greenish white. Follicles 5, 
coriaceous, oblong, shortly beaked, 2 in. long, 1 in. wide, pubescent 
outside, crimson scarlet. Seed ellipsoid, blue black. Hab. Com¬ 
mon in woods in open country, whole peninsula from Singapore 
