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XXV. TILIACE^ 



[Pentace. 



axillary 6 to 8 in. long, much-branched, softly stellate-tomentose. 

 Flowers nearly '2 in. long, white ; pedicels short. Calyx longer, 

 teeth 5, lanceolate, tomentose. Petals spathulate-oblong obtuse. 

 Stamens pentadelphous ; staminodes subulate shorter than stamens. 

 Ovary 3-winged, tomentose; style filiform, glabrous, bent at tip. 

 Fruit oblong, "6 in. long with 3 membranous wings, '5 in. broad, 



Fig. 28. — Pentace triptera. 



pink. Hab. Forests; rarely flowering. Singapore; common. 

 Bukit Timah ; Sehtar, etc. Johor, Pengerang. Malacca (Griffith) ; 

 Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tampin. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 

 names: Medang Serai; Sepa Petri; Kabal Ayam ; Balong Ayam. 



(2) P. Hookeriana King, I.e. loi. 



A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 12 in. through. Branchlets glabrous. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong sub-ovate acute, base narrowed, unequal. 



