Taniciia.'] xxiv. sterculiace/e. 



279 



(4) T. Kunstleri King, I.e. 79. 



Tree 70 to 100 ft. tall, 2 to 3 ft. through. Young parts, petioles 

 and peduncles minutely stellate-pubescent. Leaves elliptic to 

 obovate-oblong blunt mucronate, base rounded, slightly narrowed, 

 above smooth shining, below pale stellate-puberulous beneath on 

 midrib and 7 to 10 pairs of nerves. Fruits i or 2, on a stout stellate 

 hairy peduncle, ovoid, i in. long with an oblique spathulate wing, 

 I in. long, -6 in. wide, puberulous. Hah. Dense forests, rare. 

 Perak, Gunong Bubu, 500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(5) T. unifoliolata Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 173. 

 Tall tree. Leaves unifoliate; petioles slender, i in. long; 



petiolule jointed on the swollen top of the petiole, '25 in. long; 

 blade elliptic sub-acute, base blunt, slightly narrowed, often in- 

 equilateral; nerves slender faint, about 18, 2*25 to 3*5 in. long, 

 I to 1*5 in. wide, glabrous, coriaceous. Panicle about 4 in. long, 

 pubescent. Flowers numerous, 'oS in. long. Calyx-tube longer 

 than 5 short ovate lobes, pubescent. Staminal-column very short, 

 head globose. Carpels 5. Hab. Malacca (Derry). Native name : 

 Kamuning hutan. Use : For timber and medicine. 



This is very near T. javanica BL, but that has the leaves always trifoliate 

 and larger, while all the leaves on this one specimen are solitary and jointed 

 on the petiole. 



6. HERITIERA, Aiton. 



Trees short and stout or vast. Leaves coriaceous, simple, 

 scaly beneath. Flowers small, pinkish, in axillary panicles. Calyx 

 5 (rarely 4- to 6-toothed). Petals o. Anthers in a ring at the 

 top of the column ; cells 2 parallel. Ovaries 5 or 6, nearly free ; 

 style short. Stigmas thick. Carpels large, woody, keeled (or 

 winged). Species 6 or 7, tropics of Old World to Australia. 



Short low-branched tidal tree. 



Fruit ovoid keeled . . . . . . . (i) H. littoralis 



Tall straight forest tree branched at top only. 



Fruit obovoid, winged . . . . . . (2) H. elata 



(i) H. littoralis Dvyaiid. DC. Prodr. i. 484; Masters, I.e. 

 i. 363 ; King, I.e. 79. 



A low much-branched stout tree. Bark flaking. Leaves oblong 

 or elliptic, tip rounded or acute, base rounded, dark green above, 

 silvery beneath ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, slightly prominent beneath, 

 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. across ; petioles stout '5 in. long. Stipules 

 lanceolate. Panicles 3 in. long, lax axillary, scurfy. Flowers '2 in. 

 long. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed scurfy pink as long as the 

 pedicel. Fruit i"5 in. long woody, compressed, ovoid, keeled, 

 glabrous, shining. Hah. Common in mangroves all over the 

 peninsula. Distrib. Tropics of Old World. Native names : Dun- 

 gun ; Peler Kambing ; Atun Laut ; Bayur Laut ; Use : The 



