290 XXIV. STERCULiACEiE. [Leptonychiopsis. 



17. LEPTONYCHIOPSIS, Ridl 



Tree, puberulous. Leaves alternate, chartaceous. Stipules 

 small, linear. Racemes axillary, short. Flowers few small. 

 Sepals 3, linear-oblong. Petals 3. Stamens 6; filaments filiform, 

 connate at base in a cup ; anthers sub-hastate, blunt ; staminodes 

 linear alternating with stamens. Ovary hairy, 3-celled, cells 2 

 or more ovuled, superposed. Species i. 



(i) L. parviflora Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 174. 



Leaves oblong-elliptic cuspidate, base round or blunt ; nerves 

 elevate beneath, slightly puberulous, 4 to 67 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 

 wide; petioles puberulous, '2 in. long. Raceme •! in. long, hairy. 

 Flowers "25 in. long. Sepals puberulous outside, linear-oblong, 

 blunt. Stamens as long. Hab. Very rare in forests; Johor, 

 Gunong Pulai (Ridley). 



18. PENICULIFERA, Ridl. 



Tree. Leaves alternate distant, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 

 in short axillary fascicles. Sepals 5, free to base, oblong pubescent. 

 Petals 5, as long, linear-spathulate, hairy on inner surface. Stamens 

 in a funnel-shaped hairy tube; anthers at top 5, very small alter- 

 nating with slender cylindric processes, anthers at base of tube 5, 

 much larger, sessile. Species i. 



'(i) P. penangensis Ridl. I.e. 173. 



Apparently a tree. Leaves glabrous chartaceous, cuspidate 

 acuminate, base round; nerves slender 8 pairs, -4 to -6 in. long, 

 i"5 in. wide; petioles "12 in. long. Flowers about 12 in a fascicle; 

 peduncle '05 in. long ; pedicels shorter, all pubescent. Sepals *! in. 

 long, imbricate, pubescent. Petals as long, spathulate, tip round, 

 long-hairy on inner face, rather thick. Staminal tube as long, 

 hairy. Hab. Penang, Government Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



Order XXV. TILIACEiE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, 

 simple or lobed. Stipules free, usually caducous. Flowers cymose, 

 or panicled, or racemose, regular, bisexual. Sepals 3 to 5, valvate. 

 Petals as many. Stamens numerous, on a torus free or 5-adelphous ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers 2-ceIled. Ovary free, 2- to lo-celled ; 

 styles columnar or divided. Stigmas distinct, rarely confluent. 

 Ovules attached to the inner angle of the ovary-cell, if few pen- 

 dulous from the apex or ascending from base, if many in 2 ranks. 

 Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent, sometimes i-celled by abortion. 

 Seed I to many, no aril, testa leather}^, coriaceous or pilose ; albumen 

 fleshy or rarely wanting. About 400 species, chiefly tropical. 



