194 XIX. TERNSTRCEMiACE^. [Adinandru. 



or shortly 3- to 5-fid; ovules many in each cell. Fruit globose 

 green or brown, subtended by the calyx and crowned by the 

 style. Seeds many, small. Species about 20, chiefly IMalayan, a 

 few Indian, and i African. 



Whole plant glabrous except the stamens. Flowers 

 hardly expand. 

 Nerves invisible . . . . . . (i) A dumosa 



Nerves conspicuous 9 to ii pairs . . • (2) A. acuminata 



Glabrous except the buds silky; branchlets angled; 



leaves large (3) A. angulata 



Leaves and buds glabrous ; sepals silky. 



Buds glabrous ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs . . • (4) A. parvifolia 



Buds silky; nerves 15 to 20 pairs . . • (5) A. macrantha 



Leaves pubescent beneath. 



Petals glabrous ovate acute , . . . (6) A. maculosa 



Petals glabrous oblong blunt . . . . (7) A. HuUettii 



Petals silky ; branchlets pilose ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs (8) A. villosa 

 Branchlets pilose; nerves 10 to 14 pairs . . (9) A. integerrima 



(i) A. dumosa Jack, in Mai. Misc. ii. No. 7, p. 50; Dyer, in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 282 ; King, I.e. 188. 



A small tree about 20 ft. tall and 6 in. through glabrous. 

 Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate to elliptic usually shortly 

 blunt acuminate, base narrowed, edge entire or obscurely serrulate ; 

 nerves invisible, 2 to 4 in. long, i'25 to 175 in. wide; petioles 

 •I to "2 in. long. Flowers pendulous on peduncles "4 to 75 in. 

 long. Bracts 2 ovate close to calyx. Sepals rounded ovate blunt. 

 Petals longer oblong-lanceolate connivent, white apiculate. Stamens 

 30; filaments united at base, pilose; anther-connective pilose. 

 Fruit '4 to 'S in. through baccate green. Hab. In secondary 

 jungle, in open country extremely common all over the peninsula. 

 The flower is fertilised by the bee Xylocopa, and the fruit dispersed 

 by bats. Disirib. Malay islands. Native names : Tiup-Tiup ; 

 Medang Petutu; Kayu Gula (Penang). 



(2) A. acuminata Korlh. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bat. 109; Dyer, in 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 282 ; King, I.e. 188. 



Tree 20 to 60 ft. tall. Stem 8 to 12 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 

 coriaceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, dark glossy 

 green ; nerves 9 to 1 1 pairs, inarching twice within the edge, 

 3*5 to 6 in. long, i to 2*5 in. wide; petioles "25 in. long. Flowers 

 white '9 in. across, on peduncles 75 to i in. long, warty after 

 flowering. Bracts lanceolate. Sepals coriaceous, 2 outer ones 

 small ovate, 2 inner ones larger round, edges serrulate. Petals 

 larger round connivent. Stamens about 40; filaments pilose. 

 Ovary pubescent. Fruit '5 to 75 in. long, glabrous when ripe. 

 Seeds oval flat. Hab. Common in woods from the low country 

 to about 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Johor, 

 near Castlewood ; Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). Perak, Maxwell's 

 Hill, Thaiping Hills. Penang, Government Hill (Curtis). Disirib. 

 Sumatra. Native name : Mongol. 



