Byttneria.] xxiv. sterculiace^. 287 



ovate-lanceolate. Petals white. Stamens yellow, bases crimson, 

 pinkish inside. Ovary crimson. Stigma white. Capsule globose, 

 1-25 in. through, green with red ribs, spiny. Hah. Common on 

 borders of woods, Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Bukit Timah. Muar, 

 Sungei Pauh; Malacca, Ayer Panas; Bukit Bruang (Curtis). 

 Negri Sembilan, Tampin Waterfall. Perak, Waterloo (Curtis). 

 Native names : Akar Kachubong (from the resemblance of the 

 fruit to that of Datura) ; Akar Batu. 



(2) B. brevipes Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 144. 

 A glabrous woody climber. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic obtuse, 



base narrowed truncate ; nerves 5 pairs, conspicuous on both 

 surfaces, inarching, reticulations conspicuous, 4"5 in. long, 2 in. 

 wide; petioles "2 in. long. Cymes numerous, slender, i in. long; 

 pedicels very slender, minutely pubescent. Sepals lanceolate 

 acuminate, "3 in. long. Petals about as long, base obcuneate with 

 two short points at the upper angles, apex caudate. Staminal- 

 tube broad, cylindric ; anthers small oblong. Ovary small conic, 

 glabrous, bluntly 5-angled, scabrid. Hab. Edges of forests, rare. 

 Bindings at Simpit (Ridley). 



(3) B. Curtisii Oliv. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1761 ; King, I.e. 90. 



A slender woody climber, 10 to 15 ft. long. Young parts 

 puberulous. Leaves linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong rarely 

 ovate-oblong acuminate, narrowed to the minutely cordate base, 

 5-nerved, lateral nerves numerous, glabrous except for tufts of 

 stellate hairs in the axils of the nerves, 2'5 to 7 in. long, "5 to 2 in. 

 wide ; petioles "25 in. long, pubescent. Cymes 2 to 4 in axillary 

 fascicles. Flowers 3 to 7 ; peduncles i in. long ; pedicels '25 in. long. 

 Flowers "45 in. across. Sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate. Petals 

 strap-shaped, lateral lobes 2, broad, infiexed, sub-terminal appen- 

 dage long cylindric, curved. Capsule globular, i in. through, 

 pubescent with numerous straight bristles. Penang, West Hill, 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). Perak, Ayer Larut (Wray). Native name : 

 Penedu. 



(4) B. Jackiana Wall. Roxh. Fl. Ind. [ed. Carey) ii. 386 ; Masters, 

 I.e. 376 ; King, I.e. 92. 



Stout woody climber. Young branches minutely rusty, tomen- 

 tose. Leaves elliptic acuminate; base 3-nerved, rounded, some- 

 times cordate, upper surface sparsely hispid, beneath rufous hispid- 

 tomentose ; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 375 in. 

 wide; petioles '4 to i in. long, tomentose. Umbels solitary or 

 3 or 4 together, few-flowered ; peduncles '25 to i in. long ; pedicels 

 •35 in. long. Sepals linear-subulate, hispid, -4 in. long. Petals 

 white, sub-rotund, lobed, terminal appendage cylindric as long as 

 petals. Capsule globose, i in. through, black spiny. Hah. In 

 woods. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Selangor, Batu Tiga. 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Bindings, Lumut. Province Wellesley, 

 Sungei Baun; Penang (Jack, WalUch) ; Government Hill (Curtis). 



