3o8 XXV. TiLiACE^. [Trichospermum. 



stellate-tomentose. Petals similar in size and shape, scale at base 

 fleshy, a transverse belt of hairs above. Stamens green. Ovary 

 villous. Capsule 75 in. long and little wider, apex emarginate; 

 base slightly narrowed not straight, edges not keeled; pericarp 

 leathery villous, dark, inside white. Seeds numerous. Hab. 

 Forests; Malacca, Sungei Hudang. Sungei Ujong. Seremban 

 (Cantley). Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Perak, Batang Padang dis- 

 trict (Kunstler) ; Tapa; Waterfall, Thaiping (Wra}'). Distrib. 

 Nicobars. Native name : Kasumbar Putih. 



(2) T. cymbiforme Sprague, Kew Bulletin ined. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall (60 to 100 ft. fide Kunstler), glabrous except 

 inflorescence, petioles and young leaves. Leaves oblong shortly 

 cuspidate, base truncate or shortly cordate, edge faintly serrulate 

 at base, distinctly on top and cusp ; nerves 3 pairs, one pair from 

 base, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide ; petioles '25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 

 axillary crowded, not seen developed. Bracts lanceolate thick 

 blunt, "2 in. long. Fruit panicles 4 in. long, including the peduncle 

 I "5 in. long and glabrescent, upper branches and pedicels 75 in. 

 long, velvety. Capsule hairy transversely cymbiform, base straight, 

 above rounded with a short point i in. wide, "5 in. deep, keeled on 

 the outer edges. Seeds numerous long-hairy. Hab. Hill forests, 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Paya Terobong (Curtis) ; Bukit 

 Tawan (Haniff). Distrib. Sumatra. 



This species, of which full specimens have not been obtained, differs 

 from T. Kurzii in the smaller leaves, and the fruit in the shape of a reversed 

 boat, the valves being distinctly keeled on the edges, while those of T. Kjirzii 

 meet exactly on the edge and are not prolonged into a keel. Better specimens 

 of this tree are much wanted. 



10. SLOANEA, L. 



Trees. Leaves simple. Flowers in few-flowered, lax cymes, 

 rather large. Sepals 4, valvate, coriaceous. Petals 4, oblong, 

 entire. Stamens very numerous, pilose. Ovary 4-celled sunk in a 

 disc; ovules numerous. Fruit, a capsule (woody and spiny), or 

 woody velvety, 4-valved with i to 2 arillate seeds. Species 60, 

 most S. American, but some Indo-China, China and Malaya. 



(i) S. javanica Ridl. Phoenicosperma javanica Miq. Ann. 

 Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 68, pi. 3. 



Big tree. Leaves ovate-oblong, blunt pointed, base round, 

 glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, 4'5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles i in. 

 long. Peduncles 175 in. long, with 3 flowers on pedicels an inch 

 long. Sepals ovate velvety, 3 in. long. Petals velvety, more 

 acuminate. Capsule oblong obovoid, 4-angled, 3 in. long, i"5 in. 

 through, not spiny bright red. Seeds pendulous, black, elHpsoid, 

 T in. long, almost covered with a red aril. Very rare. Fruit 

 described from Miquel. Hab. Woods near sea; Singapore, Kranji 

 (Ridley). Distrib. Java. 



