278 XXIV. STERCULiACE^. [Tarrtetiu. 



Leaves compound digitate. 



Under-surface stellate tomentose . . . (1) T. perakensis 



Under-surface deciduously simple hairy . . (2) T. Curtisii 



Leaves simple, ovate-oblong, large stiff coriaceous. 



Fruit glabrous ; leaves ovate . . . . (3) T. simplicifolia 



Fruit tomentose ; leaves oblong . . . . (4) T. Kunstleri 



Leaves unifololiate, oblong ; petiolule jointed on 



petiole, small rather thin, coriaceous . . (5) T. unifoliolata 



(i) T. perakensis King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. yj. 



Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 1-5 to 2 ft. through. Young parts, petioles, 

 petiolules, under-surface of leaves when young and inflorescence 

 covered with a rusty tomentum. Leaves digitate, of 5 or 6 leaflets 

 obovate to elliptic, shortly abruptly acuminate, base narrowed; 

 nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath ; middle leaflet 4*5 to 

 5-5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, lower ones 2 to 3-5 in. long, 1-25 to 

 1-5 in. wide; petiolules -5 to i in. long; petioles 3 to 4-5 in. long. 

 Panicles cymose axillary, crowded at the tips of the branches, 

 red-tomentose. Flowers •!$ in. long; pedicels slender, dark red. 

 Calyx-tube tomentose outside, dark red-pubescent inside. Staminal 

 column less than half as long. Female rather larger with no 

 stamens, 5 ovoid glabrous ovaries. Fruit ovoid compressed, i"25 

 to 1*5 in. long, i*i5 in. through, glabrous; wing falcate, 2 in. long, 

 •5 in. wide, glabrous. Hab. Rocky woods, Perak, Thaiping HilTs 

 (Kunstler). 



(2) T. Curtisii King, I.e. yy. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Young parts, petiolules, petioles and 

 under-side of leaves covered with rusty stellate tomentum. Leaves 

 digitate ; leaflets 5 to 6 ; middle leaflets obovate to elliptic, apex 

 sub-acute, base narrowed, 3*5 to 4-5 in. long, 2-25 to 2*5 in. wide, 

 lower ones i'5 to 1*25 in. long, "8 to 1*5 in. wide; nerves in leaflets 

 9 to ID pairs, prominent beneath; petiolules '5 to 75 in. long; 

 petioles 2 to 2*5 in. long. Panicles dense, very floriferous, densely 

 tomentose, 4 to 4*5 in. long. Flowers '12 in. long, dark red; 

 pedicels as long. Calyx campanulate, lobes acute. Fruit obovoid, 

 compressed, i in. long, 75 in. through, glabrous; wing narrow 

 falcate ribbed, i"3 in. long, '2 in. wide. Hab. Forests. Penang, 

 Government Hill; Moniots Road; Muka head (Curtis). 



(3) T. simplicifolia Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 302 ; King, 

 I.e. 78. 



A gigantic buttressed tree over 100 ft. tall. Leaves simple, 

 glabrous coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, apex truncate or shortly 

 cuspidate, base narrowed, beneath puberulous ; nerves strongly 

 elevate, 16 to 20 pairs, 4'5 to 7 in. long, 3 to 4-5 in. wide ; petioles 

 2 to 3 in. long, thickened at tip. Panicles axillary, many-flowered, 

 1*5 to 3 in. long. Flowers 'i in. long; pedicels shorter. Calyx- 

 tube campanulate, minutely tomentose outside, puberulous within. 

 Staminal-column short. Fruit glabrous. Hab. Singapore, Dalvey 

 Road. Malacca (Grifhth, Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Kopis (Kinsey). 



