290 A FLORA OP MANILA 



10 to 18 cm long, acuminate, base cordate, the petioles long. Cymes axillary, 

 peduncled, the flowers greenish or greenish-white,' 7 to 8 mm in diameter, 

 the staminate ones villous inside, the petals reflexed. Stamens 10, the 

 filaments of the inner 5, connate. Capsule at first fleshy, becoming dry, of 

 8 or 2 cocci, 3 to 4 cm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. S8i.) 



In thickets and hedges along roadsides etc., common, fl. all the year; 

 throughout the Philippines, thoroughly naturalized. A' native of tropical 

 America, now widely distributed in the tropics. 



4. J. GOSSYPIFOLIA L. Tubang-morado (Tag.). 



An erect, branched, shrubby plant usually less than 1 m high, the 

 petioles, margins of the leaves, and the inflorescence with numerous, capitate- 

 glandular hairs. Leaves palmately 3- or 6-Iobed, shining, glabrous, 7 to 

 12 cm long, the lobes oblong-ovate, the younger leaves purplish, the 

 petioles about as long as the leaf-blades. Cymes peduncled. Flowers 

 purple, small.' Capsules usually 3-lobed, about 1 cm long. 



In gardens etc., occasionally spontaneous, fl. July-Sept., and probably in 

 other months. A native of tropical America, of comparatively receht 

 introduction here. 



11. ALEURITES Forster 



Trees with simple, entire or lobed, alternate, long-petioled, ample leaves, 

 the petioles 2-glandular at the top. Flower monoecious, in lax, terminal, 

 panicled cjanes. Male flowers : Calyx subglobose, bursting into 2 or 3 

 valvate lobes. Petals 6. Stamens 8 to 20 on a conical receptacle, the 

 6 outer ones opposite the petals, alternating with, small glands. Rudi- 

 mentary ovary none. Female flowers: Perianth as in the male. Disk 

 obscure or of glands. Ovary 2- to 5-celled; styles 2-armed; ovules 1 in 

 each cell. Fruit rather large, drupaceous or capsular, the pericarp hard 

 or crustaceous, 1- to 3-celled, seeds 1 to 3, large. (Greek "meal," from 

 indumentum of one species.) 



Species 4, southern Asia to Polynesia, 2 in the Philippines. 



Stamens IB to 20, inserted in 4 rows; ovary 2-celled; fruit 1- or 2-seeded. 



. 1. A. moluccann 

 Stamens 7 to 10, in 2 rows; ovary 3- or 4-celled; fruit usually 3-seeded. 



2. A. triaperma 



1. A. moluccana (L.) ^illd. Lumbang, Lumbang-bato (Tag.); Blao 



(Vis.) ; Candle Nut, 



A large tree, the younger parts and inflorescence pubescent. Leaves 

 long-petioled, ovate to lanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, acuminate, base 

 acute, truncate, or cordate, the margins entire or 3- to 5-lobed. Panicles 

 10 to 15 cm long, pubescent, many-flowered. Flowers 6 to 8 mm long, 

 the petals obovate-lanceolate. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, 5 to 6 cm long, glabrous, 

 olivaceous, containing 1 or 2, hard-shelled, oily seeds. (Fl. Filip. pi. 220.) 



Cementerio del Norte, immature specimens. Common and widely dis- 

 tributed in the Philippines, a native of Malaya and Polynesia, now planted 

 in most tropical countries. 



2. A. trisperma Blanco. Banucalad, Baguilumbang (Tag.). 



A tree 10 to 15 m high or more, glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Leaves suborbicular to broadly ovate, 10 to 20 cm long, entire, base broadly 

 cordate. Panicles about 15 cm long, densely pubescent. Flowers 10 to 

 12 mm in diameter, the petals obovate, outside densely pubescent. Stamens 



