266 XXIII. MALVACE^. [Necsiu. 



below the leaves ; pedicels short scaly. Flowers '6 in. long, creamy 

 white. Calyx pubescent within, scaly outside, eventually forming 

 a cushion '5 in. across. Petals ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Ovary 

 pilose. Fruit 6 to 8 in. long, 4 to 5 in. through, ovoid-conic, 5- 

 angled, blue grey, covered with pyramidal spines, dehiscing for 

 about two-thirds of its length, lined internally with pungent yellow 

 hair. Seed '5 in. long, ovoid-oblong, flattened, shining brown or 

 black ; aril small, waxy orange-colour, tasteless. Hab. Forests, 

 not rare. Singapore, Bukit Timah; Kranji. Pahang, Tahan 

 woods. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang, 

 Penara Bukit; Penang Hill, half-way up (Maingay). 



11. CCELOSTEGIA, Benth. 



Tall trees. Leaves scaly beneath. Inflorescence cymose, scaly. 

 Flowers small, hardly "25 in. across, on the old wood. Bracts 

 connate into a cup. Calyx-tube constricted, gibbous above and 

 constricted above to 5 connivent lobes. Petals 5 inserted in the 

 apex of the calyx tube. Stamens numerous ; filaments short 

 thick ; anthers globose 3- to 4-celled. Ovary globular 5-celled ; 

 style short. Stigma discoid large. Fruit globose, woody muricate 

 outside, dehiscent. Seeds small with a small aril. Species 3, 

 Malayan. 



(i) C. GrifFithii Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. Plant, i. 213; 

 Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 353 ; Jonrn. Linn. Soc. xiv. 505, /. 

 xvi. figs. 43 to 50 ; King, I.e. 57. 



A big tree 80 ft. or more tall. Leaves oval acuminate, base 

 rounded, above glabrous, beneath scaly; nerves 8 pairs, 2*4 to 

 375 in. long, 1*25 to i'6 in. wide; petioles "5 to 75 in. long. Cymose 

 racemes on axils of fallen leaves 2 in. long. Flowers '25 in. long, 

 scaly. Bract a 3-lobed cup. Calyx brownish. Petals triangular 

 acute, connivent fleshy, dark pink. Ovary densely scaly. Fruit 

 globose about 5 in. through, black outside and densely spiny with 

 short spines, inside orange colour, dehiscing one-third of its length. 

 Seed "5 in. long, mahogany brown, aril triangular, yellowish brown. 

 Hah. Not rare in forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit 

 Timah. Pahang, Tahan woods. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). 

 Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). Negri Sembilan, Senawang (Fox- 

 worthy) . Native names : Punggai ; Ha-ha. Use : Bark used in 

 tanning fishing-nets. 



Order XXIV. STERCULIACEiE. 



Trees, shrubs (or herbs) . Young parts usually stellate-tomentose. 

 Leaves alternate, simple, often lobed. Inflorescence axillary, 

 rarely terminal, cymose or panicled. Flowers regular, unisexual. 

 Sepals 5, often connate. Petals 5 or o. Stamens in a column or 



