Neckta.] XI. violace^. 135 



Stream banks in forest. Johor, Gunong Janeng, and Telepak; 

 Gunong Pantai {iorma. minor, leaves 2*5 in. long, "5 in. wide), Pahang, 

 Tahan River (forma major, leaves 6 in. long, 75 in. wide) (Ridley). 

 Disirih. Lingga island. 



Fig. 13. — Neckia malayana. 



Order XII. PITTOSPORE.^. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate opposite or whorled, entire, 

 exstipulate. Flowers terminal or axillary, bisexual. Sepals 5, 

 imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous imbricate. Torus small. Stamens 

 5, opposite sepals ; anthers versatile. Ovary i- to 3-celled ; placentas 

 2 to 5 parietal or 2- to 5-celled by projection of the placentas; 

 style simple. Stigma 2- to 5-lobed. Ovules many parietal or 

 axile anatropous. Fruit capsular. Seeds many, albumen copious. 

 Genera 9. Species about 90, Australasian chiefly. (King, Journ. 

 As. Sac. Beng. lix.) 



