274 xxiv. sterculiace.2E. [Sterculia. 
Gombak (Burn-Murdoch) and in Cantley’s herbarium with no 
locality. 
(15) S. angustifolia Roxb. Hort. Beng. 50; Pierre, FL For. 
Cochinchine, t. 190; King, l.c. 68. S. Balanghas var. mollis, Masters, 
l.c. i. 358. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall. Branchlets velvety rusty-tomentose. 
Leaves membranous oblong rarely obovate-lanceolate acuminate 
or acute, narrowed to the rounded base, above glabrous, beneath 
densely red-tomentose, 4 to 7 in. long, 1-25 to 2*25 in. wide; petioles 
*6 to ri in. long, red-tomentose. Panicles crowded at the ends of 
the branches, solitary axillary lax, drooping red-tomentose, 2 to 
6 in. long. Calyx ‘2 in. wide, hairy except the inside of the tube, 
dark red, lobes linear-lanceolate, longer than tube. Male flowers, 
staminal column as long as tube with 10 sessile anthers. Female 
with 5 ovaries and 10 sessile anthers at base. Style short. Stigmas 
longer recurved. Follicles 4 to 5, ovate-oblong, beak short curved, 
2*75 in. long, i - 35 in. wide, velvety tomentose outside. Hab. 
High up on limestone rocks, rare. Perak at Gunong Pondok 
(Kunstler). Distrib. Burma. 
(16) S. javanica Br. Benn. PI. Jav. Rar. 230. S. pubescens 
Masters, l.c. i. 357. 
A large tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong or ovate, shortly acuminate 
blunt, base rounded peltate, coriaceous, above glabrous, beneath 
tomentose-hairy; nerves 9 pairs, 5 to 6 in. long, 2-25 to 275 in. 
wide; petioles rufous-hairy, 1 in, long. Panicles lax with short 
branches, 6 in. long. Branches 1 in. long or less slender, tomentose. 
Flowers numerous small, 'i in. long on short pedicels. Calyx-tube 
very short, lobes 5, lanceolate blunt red-tomentose outside, white- 
tomentose inside. Staminal-column very small as long as the 
tube; anthers minute. Female flowers much larger, *2 in. long, 
campanulate hairy outside, glabrous within, lobes lanceolate sub¬ 
acute. Carpels pyriform, quite glabrous, 2 in. long, shortly cuspi¬ 
date. Hab. Not common, Johor Road to Gunong Pulai. Malacca 
(Maingay). Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Lankawi, Terutau (Curtis) . 
Distrib. Java and Sumatra. 
The panicles are often entirely male, but in female panicles there are 
usually a small number of male flowers intermixed. 
(17) S. bicolor Masters , l.c. i. 359; King, l.c. 67. 
Tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves on branch-ends membranous 
obovate-oblong acute, narrowed to the rounded base, above gla¬ 
brous, beneath whitish, densely minutely tomentose; midrib and 
16 to 18 pairs nerves tomentose, 2-5 to 3 in. long, i*2 to 1*4 in. 
wide. Panicles 2 to 3 in. long slender tomentose. Branches *5 in. 
long. Calyx tube ovoid-oblong, widely campanulate, *3 in. long, 
lobes as long as tube linear. Staminal column with 12 anthers. 
Female flowers and follicles unknown. Hab. Rare, Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak at Thaiping (Wray). 
