Dillenia.] ii. dilleniace^. ii 



very caducous. Inner stamens longer. Carpels 20. Stigmas 

 lanceolate, recurved. Fruit 6 in. in diameter. Sepals much 

 thickened. Carpels follicular mucilaginous, seeds many, small 

 reniform, hairy. Hab. River banks, wild; often planted else- 

 where. Singapore. Malacca. Pahang, river bank, Pulau Tawar. 

 Perak, Temengoh. Kelantan, Lebir river. The wild form here 

 has smaller flowers than the Indian form. Native name : Simpoh 

 or Chimpuh. Use : The pulp of the fruit used as a hair-wash. 



(2) D. ovata Wall. Cat. 945 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 36 ; King, I.e. 366. 

 A rather straggling laxly branched tree, about 15 ft. tall; 



branchlets tomentose. Leaves coriaceous ovate or obovate rounded, 

 tip rounded or emarginate, minutely toothed or entire; nerves 

 16 to 20 pairs, pubescent above, otherwise glabrous, beneath tomen- 

 tose, 3-7 to 7 in. long, 275 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles i in. long, tomen- 

 tose. Flowers solitary, 6 to 8 in. across, very showy, on tomentose 

 peduncles 2-5 in. long. Sepals ovate, tomentose outside. Petals 

 obovate, brilliant yellow, caducous. Hah. Rare on sandy or rather 

 dry spots. Pahang, Tahan river. Selangor, Kwala Kubu. Perak, 

 Temengoh. Penang (Wallich). 



(3) D. aurea Sni. Ex. Bot. 93 t. 92; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 37; 

 King, I.e. 367. D. ornata. Wall. PI. As. Rar. i. 21. t. 33. 



A low wide-branched tree, young parts silky. Leaves obovate 

 blunt or acute crenate dentate, glabrous above except the nerves, 

 20 pairs, pubescent puberulous beneath, 5 to 8 in. long, 3 to 4-5 

 wide ; petioles 1-25 to 2 in. long, sheathing at base. Flowers solitary 

 on shortened branches, 4 to 5 in. across, bright yellow on i in. 

 peduncle. Sepals oblong-obtuse, pubescent when young, later 

 glaucous. Petals obovate. Stigmas 10. Hab. North of the penin- 

 sula on open rocky spots. Setul and Pulau Adang (Ridley). 

 Distrib. Siam, India. 



(4) D. grandifolia Wall. Cat. 946; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 38; King, 

 I.e. 368. 



A low straggling tree (or fide Keith, 45 ft. tall), shoots densely 

 silky. Leaves oblong-lanceolate-acute, serrate glabrous above 

 except the pubescent midrib, densely softly tomentose beneath, 

 nerves 50 pairs ; 14 in. long, 6 in. wide ; petioles 3 in. long, pubescent. 

 Flowers produced before the leaves, showy, axillary solitary. Sepals 

 oval rounded, hairy. Petals oblong, spathulate, 2-5 in. long, i in. 

 wide at tip, bright yellow. Carpels 12, greenish yellow. Hah. 

 Rare, north of the peninsula on dry hillsides. Kedah, near Alor 

 Sta. " Mons convalt. dula " Penang (Wallich) ; Malacca (Griffith). 

 Distrib. Siam. 



Griffith's specimens are leaves only, and therefore doubtful. Wallich's 

 locality may mean Former Convalescent Hill. 



(5) D. reticulata King, I.e. 367. 



A medium-sized or large tree. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate- 



