Helicferes.] xxiv. sterculiace^. 281 



Fruit spirally twisted . . . . . . (i ) H. Isora 



Fruit not twisted. 



Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate oblique . . (2) H. hirsuta 



Leaves ovate-cordate, lobed, toothed . . • (3) H. viscida 



Leaves lanceolate not oblique .... (4) H. angustifolia 



(i) H. Isora Linn. Sp. PI. 1366 ; Masters, I.e. i. 365 ; Pierre, 

 Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. 208, figs. 12 to 25 ; King, I.e. 81. 



A shrub or treelet. Leaves ovate-round oblique, abruptly 

 acuminate rounded, edges serrate, dentate, sometimes lobed, base 

 cordate or rounded, rarely acute, 5- to 7-nerved, above glabrous 

 minutely hispid, beneath pubescent or tomentose, 2 to 4 in. long, 

 i'25 to 3 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long, tomentose. Stipules linear 

 •3 in. long. Flowers red solitary, or in few-flowered cymes, i'25 in. 

 long. Calyx narrow, campanulate 2-lipped, 5-toothed, tomentose. 

 Petals reflexed, lower 2 shorter and broader than upper. Staminal- 

 column longer, curved with 10 to 12 long ovate anthers and within 

 5 bifid staminodes. Ovary grooved, tomentose, ovoid. Fruit 

 cylindric, twisted, 1*5 in. long, '4 in. through, terminated by the 

 styles, pubescent. Hab. Rare in open country. Pahang, Rumpin 

 River (Evans). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Province Wellesley near 

 the coast (Curtis) ; Penang, highlands (Curtis) . Use : The fruit 

 sold as a drug in the shops under the name of Chabei Pintal. 



(2) H. hirsuta Lour. Fl. Cochinchine, 648 ; Bl. Bijdr. 80 ; 

 King, I.e. 191; Pierre, I.e. t. 208, figs, i to 11. 



A velvety tomentose shrub 4 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves ovate or 

 rhomboid, sub-oblique acuminate serrate, base rounded, above 

 scabrid-pubescent, midribs and nerves and undersurface tomentose ; 

 nerves 4 or 5 pairs, 3"5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 

 •4 in. long, tomentose. Cymes scorpioid, few-flowered, -i in. long. 

 Flowers 75 in. long, purple or dull pink. Calyx campanulate- 

 cylindric, stellate-tomentose, 5-toothed. Petals linear sub-spathu- 

 late, 2 rather broader than the others with small horn-like appen- 

 dages about the middle. Staminal-column as long. Fruit cylindric 

 acuminate, not twisted, densely covered with long villous, stellate- 

 pilose soft prickles, i'2 in. long, 35 in. wide. Hah. Open country, 

 common. Malacca, Malaka Pindah. Selangor, Kwala Kubu. 

 Perak, Ipoh; Temengo. Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 1183), 

 Kedah Yan. Lankawi, PerHs, and Pulau Rawei. (A wiry form 

 with smaller leaves.) Distrib. India ; Malaya ; China. 



(3) H. viscida Bl. Bijdr. 79 ; Pierre, I.e. 209, fg. a. 



A bush up to 6 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves ovate base cordate, 

 apex long-cuspidate, margin sub-lobed with long acute teeth 3*5 in. 

 long, 2 "5 in. wide ; nerves 3 from base with 2 pairs on the midrib, 

 sparsely hairy above, more so on the nerves and very hairy beneath ; 

 petioles 'i in. long or less. Cymes axillary, usually short. Calyx 

 densely stellate-woolly, with 5 narrow acuminate teeth, i in. long. 

 Petals glabrous -5 in. long, spathulate rounded with short or long 



