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sometimes forked, ending in the stigmas; ovules numerous, 2-seriate 
in vertical rows from the axis, pendulous. Capsule elongate, 4-gonous, 
septicidally 4-valved ; placenta free, central, cruciform in section. 
Seeds oblong, trigonous ; testa rugose ; albumen fleshy ; embryo minute. 
Distrip. Species 5, of the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
Perianth funnel shaped, widely open, 6—12 cm. long ; 
leaves hispid-pubescent beneath; stigmatic rays 
§-—15; stamens about 15 in each series. ; 
Perianth urceolate in tube, the ine spreading: 
about 15 cm. long; leaves glabrous beneath; 
stigmatic rays 6; stamens about 16 in outer, 10 in 
inner series ae .. 2. DL. dependens. 
Perianth urceolate, nearly sided less Han 7 cm. long; 
leaves hoary-puberulous beneath; stigmatic rays 4— 
6; stamens about 12 in outer, 6 in inner series -. 9. TL. tricornis. 
— 
. T. grandifiora. 
1. THOTTEA GRANDIFLORA, Rottb. in Nye Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. 
Skrift. IT. 530, t. 2 (1783). Anerect shrub, reaching 1—2 m. in height ; 
branches stout, woody, villous with spreading hairs, striate, enlarged 
and jointed at the nodes. Leaves coriaceous, distichous ; ovate, 
ovate-oblong or obovate, acute or shortly cuspidate-acuminate at 
apex, cordate at base; entire, upper surface sparsely villous when young, 
glabrous when old except on the midrib, lower surface ferruginously 
hispid-pubescent ; 20—30 cm. long, 10—20 cm. broad ; midrib con- 
spicuously raised on both surfaces ; ribs from the base 2—3 pairs, rather 
slender, the inner pair scarcely reaching half-way up ; main nerves like 
the ribs 10 to 12 pairs, raised, slightly curved to the margin, joined by 
prominent more or less parallel transverse nervules and netted reticula- 
tion ; petiole stout, ferruginous-villous, 5 to 10 mm. long. Cymes 
simple or branched, spicate, from lower nodes, 3—5 cm. long ; bracts 
conspicuous, leafy, lanceolate, densely tawny villous, 1—3 cm. long. 
Perianth large, funnel-shaped, not constricted, membranous, 6—12 
em. long and as broad at mouth, prominently 9-nerved, and reticulate ; 
deep claret-colour with yellow nerves and spots, villous without, cleft 
in 3 lobes about 3—4 down. Stamens in two series 15 or more in 
each ; filaments short; anthers short, about 1 mm. long. Ovary 
densely villous below ; column of styles thick, glabrous, spreading 
in 8—15 linear or forked stigmatic rays. Capsule 10—15 cm. long, 
straight or twisted, acute at the angle, pubescent. Seeds trigonous, 
3—4 mm. long, acute at both ends, tubercled. Griff. in Trans. Linn. 
Soc. XIX. 325, t. 36; in Notul. IV. 346 and in Ic. Pl. Asiat. t. 530, 
531; Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 3, VII. 328; Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar. i. 45; 
