FLORA VITIENSIS. 98 
Oxvo XIV. STERCULIACEA, 
I. Sterculia, Linn. Gen. n. 1086; Benth. et Hook, f Gen. p. 217. Flores 
sami. Calyx 5-fidus vy. 5-partitus, rarius 4-merus, sepius coloratus. Petala 0. Columna staminea 
apice antheras 15 y. rarius 10 inordinate congestas ferens. Ovarii carpella 5, subdistincta, 2-co- 
ovulata; stylus apice peltato- v. lobato-stigmatosus. Carpella matura distincta, stellato-patentia, 
nune lignoso-coriacea intus rima tardius dehiscentia, 
unisexuales y. poly- 
mune tenuiora folliculatim dehiscentia v, jam 
ante maturationem aperta. Semina in carpellis k-so, nuda v. rarius alata; albumen bipartibile coty- 
ledonibus adherens, seepe cotyledones crassas simulans ; cotyledones plang v. parum undulata, tennes ; 
radicula hilo contraria v, proxima y. intermedia.—Arhbores ; foliis indivisis, lobatis v, digitatis ; inflo- 
rescentiis paniculatis v, rarius racemosis, szpius axillaribus; floribus terminalibus vulgo foemineis 
precocioribus. 
1, S. (Pirmiana) diversifolia, Scem.; foliis cordatis integris v. apice 3-(quandoque 5- ?)lobis, 
Jobis acuminatis; floribus ignotis; carpellis apertis oblongo-lanceolatis utrmque obtusis breviter 
stipitatis—Firmiana diversifolia, A, Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 185. t. 18.—Ovalau [and ? Vanta Levu] 
(U. 8. Expl. Exped.). 
T have not seen specimens of this plant. Of the two Polynesian Stercwlias enumerated by Forster 
. ’ 3 
one is a New species.* 
2, S. Vitiensis, (sp. nov.) Seem.; foliis digitatim 7-foliolatis, foliolis petiolatis elliptico-lanceo- 
latis acuminatis vix quadruplo longioribus quam latis, supra glabris, subtus stellato-puberulis; fl. 
ignotis ; carpellis ovatis v. obovatis apiculatis lignosis, extus dense tomentosis, 14-spermis; semi- 
nibus elliptico-cylindraceis nudis (nigris) nitidis.—S, fwtida, Forst. Prody, n. 359? non Linn.—Viti 
Leyu (Storck !). 
Closely allied to 8. feetida, Linn., from which it differs in the leaves being stellate-pubescent below, 
and the carpels being densely covered with a short, light-brown tomentum, It may be identical with the 
Tana plant which Forster named &. fetida, but there are no specimens or drawings of it at the British 
Museum. Petioles 12-16 inches long. Leaflets 10-12 inches long, and 8-8 inches broad, quite entire, 
haying from 18-24 veins on each side of the midrib, arranged at unequal distances. Largest fruit 7 inches 
long, the smallest about the size of those of 8. fetida, Lina. 
Il, Heritiera, Dryand. in Ait. Kew. ed. i. vol. iii. p. 546; Benth. et Hook. f. p. 219. Flores 
unisexuales, Calyx 5-dentatus y. 5-fidus. Petala 0. Columna staminea tenuis, sub apice antheras 
5 annulatim adnatas ferens, loculis parallelis. Ovarii carpella 5, subdistineta, 1-ovulata; stylus 
brevis, stigmatibus 5 crassiusculis. Carpella matura lignea, indehiscentia, dorso carinato-subulata. 
Semen exalbuminosum; cotyledones crassissime ; radicula hilo proxima,—Arbores ; foliis indivisis, 
coriaceis, subtus lepidotis, penninerviis; floribus parvulis in paniculas axillares dispositis.—Balano- 
pteris, Gertu. Fruct, vol. ii. p. 94. t. 98, 99. 
1. Hi. littoralis, Dryand. in Ait. Kew, ].c.; foliis elliptico-oblongis ovalisve obtusiusculis,— 
Brown, in Bennett, Plant. Jav. p. 257. H. Fomes, Buch, in Sym. Ava, Willd. Sp. vol. iv. p. 972; 
ely no fruit,—they prove it to be a genuine Gossypium. Leaf-blade 3 inches long. 
Palontlen (1-8 inches long) pes ‘han the petioles. Bracts 13-2 inches long, and 1-12 inch broad, 
as aerate a (sp. noy-) Seem. ; 8. Balanghas, Forst. Plant. Eseul. n, 22; anes a 358, soe 
Linn.; arborea, ramulis crassis glabratis; foliis confertis ovatis ovalibus v. obovatis: en a Saree is 
integerrimis parallele venosis glabris; petiolis stellato-puberulis, demum SAREE pee is i e a oe 
tosis; bracteolis lineari-subulatis, alabastris ovatis aeutis ; sepalis liberis (#) ae igh. a eee me 
in Mus. Brit.).—Petiole 1-l¢ inch long. Blade of leaf 3-4 inches long, 2-25 ioe? 4, ae © 
parallel veins on each side of the midrib. Sepals ovate-acute, very. short and apparently free, but the buds 
are too young to make out this and several other points satisfuctorily. 
