Tristellateia.] 



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1. TRISTELLATEIA, Thouars. 



Slender climbers with coriaceous leaves. Flowers terminal 

 racemose yellow. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals clawed. Stamens un- 

 equal. Ovary 3-lobed; styles i or 2. Carpels 3 star-shaped with 

 3 to 8 wings, woody. Seed obovoid. Species 8, Africa, Asia, 

 Australia. 



(i) Tr. australasica .4 . Rich. Serf. Astrol. 38, /. 15; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 418 ; King, I.e. 193 ; Bot. Mag. t. 8334. 



Fjg. 32. — Tristellateia australasica. 



Glabrous. Leaves elliptic or ovate acute, base cuneate or 

 rounded; nerves 4 to 5 pairs inarching faint, i'75 to 3"5 in. long. 

 •75 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. Racemes 6 in. long, few- 

 flowered. Flowers i in. wide. Petals oblong. Stamens unequal, 

 outer ones longest at first yellow soon becoming red. Carpels 

 •5 in. across, 5- to 8-winged, wings lanceolate radiating like a star. 

 Hab. In tidal swamps. Singapore, Serangoon; Krangi. Johor, 

 Panchur, Johor River. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Bindings, Lumut 



