290 A FLORA OF MANILA 
10 to 18 cm long, acuminate, base cordate, the petioles long. Cymes axillary, 
peduncled, the flowers greenish or greenish-white, 7 to 8 mm in diameter, 
the staminate ones villous inside, the petals reflexed. Stamens 10, the 
filaments of the inner 5, connate. Capsule at first fleshy, becoming dry, of 
3 or 2 cocci, 3 to4 cm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 384.) 
In thickets and hedges along roadsides etc., common, fl. all the year; 
throughout the Philippines, thoroughly naturalized. A native of tropical 
America, now widely distributed in the tropics. 
4. J. GOSSYPIFOLIA L. Tubang-morado (Tag.). 
An erect, branched, shrubby plant usually less than 1 m high, the 
petioles, margins of the leaves, and the inflorescence with numerous, capitate- 
glandular hairs. Leaves palmately 3- or 5-lobed, shining, glabrous, 7 to 
12 cm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, the younger leaves purplish, the 
petioles about as long as the leaf-blades. Cymes peduncled. Flowers 
purple, small. Capsules usually 3-lobed, about 1 cm long. 
In gardens etc., occasionally spontaneous, fl. July—Sept., and probably in 
other months. A native of tropical America, of comparatively recent 
introduction here. 
11. ALEURITES Forster 
Trees with simple, entire or lobed, alternate, long-petioled, ample leaves, 
the petioles 2-glandular at the top. Flower monoecious, in lax, terminal, 
panicled cymes. Male flowers: Calyx subglobose, bursting into 2 or 3 
valvate lobes. Petals 5. Stamens 8 to 20 on a conical receptacle, the 
5 outer ones opposite the petals, alternating with small glands. Rudi- 
mentary ovary none. Female flowers: Perianth as in the male. Disk 
obscure or of glands. Ovary 2- to 5-celled; styles 2-armed; ovules 1 in 
each cell. Fruit rather large, drupaceous or capsular, the pericarp hard 
or crustaceous, 1- to 3-celled, seeds 1 to 3, large. (Greek “meal,” from 
indumentum of one species.) 
Species 4, southern Asia to Polynesia, 2 in the Philippines. 
Stamens 15 to 20, inserted in 4 rows; ovary 2-celled; fruit 1- or 2-seeded. 
1. A. moluccana 
Stamens 7 to 10, in 2 rows; ovary 3- or 4-celled; fruit usually 3-seeded. 
2. A. trisperma 
1. A. moluccana (L.) Willd. Lumbang, Lumbang-bato (Tag.); Biao 
(Vis.) ; Candle Nut. 
A large tree, the younger parts and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves 
long-petioled, ovate to lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, acuminate, base 
acute, truncate, or cordate, the margins entire or 3- to 5-lobed. Panicles 
10 to 15 cm long, pubescent, many-flowered. Flowers 6 to 8 mm long, 
the petals obovate-lanceolate. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, 5 to 6 em long, glabrous, 
olivaceous, containing 1 or 2, hard-shelled, oily seeds. (FI. Filip. pl. 220.) 
Cementerio del Norte, immature specimens. Common and widely dis- 
tributed in the Philippines, a native of Malaya and Polynesia, now planted 
in most tropical countries. 
2. A. trisperma Blanco. Banucalad, Baguilumbang (Tag.). 
A tree 10 to 15 m high or more, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Leaves suborbicular to broadly ovate, 10 to 20 cm long, entire, base broadly 
cordate. Panicles about 15 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers 10 to 
12 mm in diameter, the petals obovate, outside densely pubescent. Stamens 
