26o xxiii. MALVACE^. [Thespesia. 



(i) T, populnea Coyy. Ann. Mits. ix. 290; Masteys, in Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 345 ; Wighf, Ic. t. 8 ; King, I.e. 47. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, cordate 

 acuminate, palmately 7-nerved, 4-5 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. across ; 

 petioles 2'5 in. long. Young parts scaly. Flowers 3 to 4 in. across, 

 solitary; peduncle thick i in. long. Calyx '5 in. long. Corolla 

 yellow with a maroon spot at base, withering purplish. Capsule 

 I to 1*5 in. long, sub-globose, scaly. Seeds i to 3 in each cell, 

 reniform. Hab. Common on sea-coasts. Singapore, Johor, Malacca, 

 Bindings. Distyib. Tropics generally. Native names : Buah Keras 

 Laut ; Baru. 



7. BOMBAX, Linn. 



Trees often thorny. Leaves digitate, deciduous ; peduncles 

 axillary or terminal, i-flowered. Flowers appearing before the 

 leaves. Epicalyx 0. Calyx coriaceous, cup-shaped truncate or 

 lobed. Petals obovate or oblong, red or yellow, large. Stamens 

 in 5 bundles ; filaments numerous ; anthers reniform, i-celled. 

 Ovary 5-celled; style clavate. Stigmas 5. Capsule long, loculi- 

 cidally 5-valved, valves coriaceous, woody. Seeds silky or woolly. 

 Species 10, tropics generally, chiefly S. American. 



Big tree. 



Petals 3 in. long, linear oblong, tomentose . . (i) B. larutensis 



Smaller tree. 



Petals 2 in. oblong acute, slightly tomentose 



inside ........ (2) B. insularis 



(i) B. larutensis Rid!. B. insigne, var. layuiensis Pyain, MSS. 



A big tree, thorny, about 80 ft. tall. Leaves 5- to 7-foliate; 

 leaflets lanceolate acuminate, base much narrowed, 4 to 12 in. long, 

 1*5 fo 3'5 in. wide ; nerves about 12 pairs ; petioles 4 to 24 in. long ; 

 petiolules winged to the base in young trees, not winged '5 in. 

 long in adult. Flowers yellow or pale green. Calyx thickly 

 coriaceous, I'l in. long, 1-25 in. wide, lobes rounded, short. Petals 

 3 in. long, '25 in. wide, linear-oblong, woolly tomentose on both 

 sides. Stamens numerous 2 in. long. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 

 6 in. long. Seeds ovoid-globose "2 in. long, wool dense white. 

 Hab. Forests up to 1000 ft. altitude. Rare. Negri Sembilan, 

 Tampin Hill. Selangor, near LHu Gombak. Perak, Kamuning ; 

 near Jor; Relau Tujor (Wray). 



(2) B. insularis Rid!. 



Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaflets elliptic lanceolate acuminate 

 shortly at tip, long narrowed to base, 4"5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide; 

 petioles 5 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, coriaceous, 1*5 in. long, 

 lobes broad rounded, glabrous. Petals broad, oblong acute 2 in. 

 long, 175 in. wide, densely tomentose outside, less so within except 

 at the base, where it is densely long-silkj/. Stamens 3 in. long, 



