xxvni. TILIACE^E. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pentace. 



Calyx in., pubescent, sepals lanceolate. Petals obovate-oblong, tapering at the base, 

 slightly exceeding the sepals. Capsule If by l\ in., oblong-truncate, wings stellate- 

 hairy. 



2. P. triptera, Mast. ; leaves 1-nerved, ovary 3-celled, fruit 3-winged 

 wings obtuse rounded as broad as long. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Main gay. 



A tree. Leaves 6 by 3 in., glabrous, white beneath, oblong-acute, rounded at the 

 base, 1-nerved, feather-veined ; petiole 1 in. / ninal. Sepak -| in., oval- 



lanceolate, downy. Petal* twin- the length of the sepals, oblong-spathulate. /Stun/tits 

 in 5 parcels, one opposite each petal. Staminodes 5, linear-subulate, much shorter than 

 the stamens, opposite the sepals. Ovary pubescent, globose. /Styles shorter than the 

 stamens. Capsule 1 by 1 in. 



3. FITYRANTHE, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves obovate. Ptmtobv terminal. Fhwrr* small, numerous. 

 Calyx urceolate-campanulate, 3-4-lobed. Petals obovate, tapering at the 

 base, glandless. /-V/y/A- *f>i /,/.//.< 15 in groups of 3 before tin- petals, fila- 

 ments dilated, tft'iin'nuul,* .->. opposite the sepals. Aiitli<r-fnl,,. divergent at 

 the base. Om/v/ sessile, 5-celled, cells opposite the sepals, 1 L'-ovuled, ovules 



pendulous ; styles conjoined, stigma minute ">-lol>ed. /V///V pyriform, locu- 

 licidally 5-valved, 1-seecled by abortion. Seeds oblong, netted, pubescent. 

 DISTRIB. A single species, native of Ceylon. 



1. P. verrucosa, Thwaites Etium. 29 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvat. t. 109. 



CEVLON; Balticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Tim-ait'*. 



Leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., shining mi the upper surface. puler beneath, \vith stellate 

 pub.-scence, crenate, base rounded .''.-nerve;] ; pi-tiole ^-f in. Flowere ^ in. / 

 buds ovoid, acute. Calyx % in., lobes ovate acute as long as the tubel J'>:t<ilti and 

 Btamens twice the length of the sepals. Capsule |- 1 in. 



4. CHARTACALYX, Main-ay herb. 



A tree. Leaves alternate, simple, 1-nerved. Panicle terminal, few- 

 flowered. Ca/t/.i- euinpaniilate, o-loled, hibes vulvate accrescent coloured. 

 I*if'ifs 0. Stamens numerous, free, .spriiigin.i; from the top of a short gyno- 

 phore ; anthers oblong, 2-celled, cells parallel dehiscing at the sides longi- 

 tudinally. Stamvnod&Q. O^n-,/ stalked, 5-celled ; placentas axile styles 

 consolidated stigmas 5 linear recurved ; ovules 2 in each cell, collateral, 



Eeiidulous from near the apex of the placenta. Fruit not seen. The fol- 

 )wing is the only known species. 



1. C. accrescens, ^fast.; leaves oblong acuminate entire base oblique. 



MALACCA, Maingmj. DISTRIB. Borneo. 



Branches rigid, obliquely ascending. Leaves 2-4 by f-l in., coriaceous, glabrout 

 above, rusty toraentose beneath, base rounded or tapering, 1-nerved. venation arched ; 

 petiole \-\ in. Panicle stellate-hairy, pedicel 1 in., jointed near the base. Calyx 

 4 in., ultimately 2 in. diam., papery, pink, veins prominent. Filaments slender, stellate- 

 hairy, half the length of the calyx. Ovary pilose, ovoid, obscurely 5-lobed. Stylet 

 cylindric, stellate-pilose, longer than the filaments, dividing at irregular heights into 

 2-5 stigmatic branches. The cohesion between the styles is apparently but slight, 

 hence they separate one from another at varying heights. 



