1 62 Malvacece. [Cullema.. 



12. CUZiZ.ENZA,^ Wij^r/if^ 



A tree ; leaves simple, no stip. ; fl. in fascicles from old 

 wood ; bracteoles 3-5, completely connate ; cal. tubular, 

 bursting irregularly ; pet. o ; stam. numerous, connate into a 

 long tube below, 5-adelphous above, anth. minute in globose 

 clusters ; ov. 5-celled. with two ovules in each cell ; fruit a 

 fleshy, spiny, slowly dehiscent, 5-celled capsule ; seeds large, 

 enveloped in an aril, cotyledons unequal, fleshy, no endosperm. 

 — Monotypic. 



C. excelsa, Wight, Ic. v. i. 23 (1851). Katu-boda, S. 



Durio zibet hinus. Moon Cat. 56 (non L.). Durio sey I aniens, Gardn. 

 .n Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. Thw. Enum. 28. C. P. 734. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 350. Wight, Ic. t. 1761, 2. 



A moderate-sized or large pyramidal tree, with smooth 

 grey bark, young parts completely covered with peltate scales ; 

 1. 6-^ in., lanceolate-oblong, obtuse at base, caudate-acuminate,, 

 entire, glabrous above, completely covered beneath with 

 silvery or orange-coloured peltate scales, petiole i in., cylin- 

 drical, thickened at top, no stip.; fl. in large clusters from 

 bosses on the old wood, ped. |-i in., jointed above the middle, 

 bracteoles 3-5, | in. long, connate throughout into a tube 

 which splits irregularly, deciduous, covered with large peltate 

 scales ; cal. i^ in., tubular, obscurely 5-Iobed, deciduous, com- 

 pletely covered with very large peltate scales ; stam.-tube 

 exserted ; style a little longer than stam., hairy, stigma globose, 

 ov. oblong, scaly ; fr. 4-5 in., globose or short-ovoid, densely 

 covered with long green spines, slowly dehiscent, valves thick; 

 seeds 2 in each cell, about i\ in., nearly covered by the large 

 fleshy white aril, testa hard, .shining, chestnut-coloured. 



Moist region, chiefly at elevations between 2000 and 5000ft., common; 

 rarer at lower elevations as Four Korales (Moon) and Galle (Gardner). 

 Fl. May; reddish brown. 



Also in Malabar. 



This is known as the ' Wild Durian,' and it very closely resembles 

 that Malayan fruit-tree, Durio zibetJiinns, L., in foliage and the structure 

 of the fruit ; this, however, has not the disgusting odour of the Durian, 

 nor is it edible. 



The flower-bud is completely closed up by the tubular calyx till burst 

 open irregularly by the growth of the stamens and pistil, and the pollen 

 is shed in the bud before it opens. 



Wood light, rather soft, pale yellow. 



• Dedicated to Major-General CuUen, Resident at the Court of the 

 Rajah of Travancore. 



