10 II. DiLLENiACE^. [Wormia. 



long, pedicels i in. long. Bracts linear, densely hairy. Sepals 

 obovate, ^ in., densely hairy. Petals obovate crisped, little longer. 

 Stamens, inner series longer, glabrous. Hub. Rare and only known 

 from Malacca, at Merlimau and Ayer Panas, collected by Derry 

 and Curtis. Native name : Simpoh Bukit. 



(7) W. tomentella Mart. Malesia, iii. 159; Ridl. Journ. Roy. 

 As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 5. 



A tree 40 ft. tall, stem 2 to 3 feet through, with a large crown ; 

 branches pubescent. Leaves elliptic, obtuse at both ends, entire ; 

 nerves 13 pairs ; glabrous above, hairy beneath ; 6 to 10 in. long, 



5 in. wide ; petioles i to 2 in. long, pubescent, channelled. Racemes 

 axillary, 6 in. long, pubescent. Sepals oblong obtuse, dull red, 

 glabrous, i in. long. Petals broad spathulate, rounded, 1-5 in. long, 

 •75 in. wide, light yellow. Stamens yellow, inner series longer, 

 reddish, with 2 pores. Carpels 7, glabrous, red. Follicles widely 

 expanding, white. Hab. Borders of jungle, Singapore, Bukit 

 Timah; Garden Jungle. Johor, Tehran Road. Distrib. Borneo. 



5. DILLENIA, L. 



Trees or large shrubs, resembling Wormia, but the flowers are 

 more often solitary, and the carpels more numerous. The sepals 

 after fertilization close over the carpels, and do not spread again, 

 becoming often pulpy. The follicles do not expand and are indehis- 

 cent, cohering, the seeds exarillate. Species about 10, tropical 

 Asia, Australia. 



Flowering with the leaves, flowers large. 



Flowers 6 to 9 in. across, white; fruit very large . (i) D. indica 

 Flowers 2 to 5 in. wide, yellow, flowering before leaves. 



Leaves 4 in. long, oblong, blunt, velvety beneath . (2) D. OVata 



Leaves 8 in. long, elliptic rounded, sparsely pubescent (3) D. aurea 



Leaves 18 in. long, lanceolate denticulate, many 



nerved (4) D. grandifolia 



Leaves 10 to 18 in. long, obovate-elliptic, many 



nerved . . . . . . . . (5) D. reticulata 



Flowers small, i in. across, appearing with leaves. 



Leaves hairy ; petals yellow ; small tree . . (6) D. meliosmsefolia 



Leaves glabrous ; petals o ; big tree . . • (7) D. Scortechinii 



(i) D. indica L. Sp. PI. 535; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 36; King, 

 I.e. 366. 



A tree 20 to 40 ft. tall with red bark; branches tomentose. 

 Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous 

 above and strongly ribbed, bright green, beneath pubescent ; nerves 

 30 to 40 pairs, conspicuous, 8 to 12 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles 

 I to 1-5 in. long, sheathing at the base. Flowers solitary, axillary, 



6 to 9 in. across, on tomentose pedicels 2 to 3 in. long. Sepals 

 orbicular, concave, green, fleshy. Petals white, obovate-oblong, 



