8 II. DiLLENiACE.E. [Woniiia. 



A very large shrub 20 ft. tall, rooting by its branches and form- 

 ing large thickets. Shoots and leaves (except for a few hairs on 

 the midrib) glabrous. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse 

 mucronulate, distinctly serrate, base broad, 8 to 12 in. long, 6 to 

 7 in. wide; petioles i^ in. long, strongly winged. Raceme of 5 or 6 

 flowers. Bracts lanceolate, pink, -5 in. long. Flowers 5 in. across. 

 Sepals 5, ovate-obtuse, ciliate, outer pair red. Petals 5, obovate. 



Fig. 2. — Wormia subsessilis. 



yellow. Stamens white, outer row shorter, yellow. Carpels 7. 

 Follicles when expanded conspicuous, rose pink, sutures white, i in. 

 long. Seeds i in. long, black, aril scarlet. Hab. Common in swampy 

 open country in the south, in Singapore and Johor and Pahang. 

 Distrib. Banca and Borneo. Native names: Simpoh Gajah; 

 Simpoh Ayer. 



(2) W. suffruticosa Griff. Notulce iv. 706; Ic. iv. /. 6496; 

 Ridl. I.e. 5; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 364 (m part). 



A shrub, stragghng up to 10 ft., not rooting by the branches, 



