464 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



3-lobed ; leaves and inflorescence very tomentose ; follicles 



connate .. .. .. .. ..1. W. javanica. 



Corona-scales many, fimbriate from the base ; leaves and 

 inflorescence glabrous ; follicles connate . . . . 2. W. lavis. 



Corona-scales 5, small, alternate with the lobes of the corolla, 

 not lobed ; stamens almost included ; flowers large ; leaves 

 scarcely pubescent ; follicles distinct, connate at the tip 

 only . . . . . . . . , . 3. TF. dubia. 



Throat of corolla without a corona ; flowers very small as are 



also the leaves ; pedicels capillary ; follicles distinct . . 4. W. religiosa. 



1. Weightia javanica, a. DC. Prodr. VIII. 405 (1844). A small 

 tree, reaching a height of 40 feet and a diameter of 12 to 14 in. 

 (Curtis) ; branehlets slender, tomentose, as are the innovations and 

 linear leaf-buds. Leaves membranous ; elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 

 abruptly and obtusely acuminate at apex, acute at base ; upper surface 

 minutely pubescent, glabrate when old ; lower surface densely tomen- 

 tose with ferruginous hairs ; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2-5 in. broad ; midrib 

 rather broad, scarcely raised ; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, nearly 

 straight, reddish and sufficiently conspicuous beneath ; reticulations 

 obscure ; petiole '25 in. long, densely tomentose. Cymes terminal, 

 tomentose, 1 to 1*5 in. long and 2 to 3 in. broad, many- (about 15- to 

 20-) flowered ; peduncle none, or about -25 in. long ; branches 3-choto- 

 mous, about -4 in. long ; pedicels slender, -2 to -3 in. long ; bracteoles 

 minute, subulate ; buds clavate, the tube short, the head ovoid, inflated, 

 often -5 to -6 in. long and 2 to "3 in. broad ; flowers pale waxy- white with 

 greyish centre. Calyx-lohes ovate, acute, glabrous within, -05 in. long ; 

 glands 2 to each lobe, elliptic, the two nearly covering the inside of the 

 lobe. Corolla-tVihe short, "15 in. long, slightly constricted at mouth, 

 glabrous within ; lobes oblong, rounded, -5 in. long, at last spreading, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Scales 10 ; 5 alternate with coroUa-lobes, 

 free, inserted at base, '2 to '3 in. long, entire or bifid at apex, villous ; 

 5 opposite the corolla-lobes, upper free part inserted nearly half-way up, 

 very short and 2- to 3-lobed, villous, lower part adnate to the tube, 

 glabrous or pubescent, twice as broad as the free ones. Anthers hard, 

 stiff, pubescent, -25 in. long, apiculus penicillate ; filaments very short, 

 thick, sometimes furnished behind with 2 minute subulate glands. 

 Fruit 10 to 12 in. long, rough, prominently beaked ; follicles connate. 

 Seeds very slender, about '6 in. long, excavate above ; testa thin, striate ; 

 coma white, silky, 1-5 to 2 in. long ; cotyledons broadly ovate, cordate, 

 convolute, '25 in. long, with prominent nerves ; radicle short, stout, 

 ■075 to -1 in. long. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 432 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. I. 

 112. W. pubescens, Blume Bijdr. 1041 not of Br. 



Kedah : at 300 to 500 feet, King's Collector 1762, Tonoka : Curtis 



