382 XXVIII. TiLiACE^. (Maxwell T. Masters.) [Pentace. 



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

 slightly exceeding the sepals. Oapside If by li in., oblong-truncate, wings stellate- 

 hairy. 



2. P. trlptera, Mast. ; leaves l-nerved, ovary 3-oelled, flruit 3-winged 

 wings obtuse rounded as broad as long. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



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

 base, l-nerved, feather-veined ; petiole 1 in. Panicle terminal. Sepals J-J in., oval- 

 lanceolate, downy. Petals twice the length of the sepals, oblong-spathulate. Stamens 

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

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

 stamens. Oapsule | by 1 in. 



3. PXTYRAN THE, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves obovate. ParUcles terminal. Flowers small, numerous. 

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

 base, glandless. Fertile stamens 15 in groups of 3 before the petals, fila- 

 ments dilated. Staminodes 5, opposite the sepals. Ariiher-ldbes divergent at 

 the base. Ovary sessile, 5-ceIled, cells opposite the sepals, 1-2-ovuled, ovules 

 pendulous ; styles conjoined, stigma minute 5-lobed. Fruit pyriform, locu- 

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

 DisTEiB. A single species, native of Ceylon. 



1. P. verrucosa, Thwaites Enum. 29 ; Beddome Flor. Sylvai. 1. 109. 



Ceylon ; Balticaloa, JaSha, Trincomalee, Thwaites. 



Leaves 2-6 by 1-3 in., shining on the upper surface, paler beneath, with stellate 

 pubescence, crenate, base rounded 3-nerved ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers \ in. Fhwer- 

 %uds ovoid, acute. Oalyx ^ in., lobes ovate acute as long as the tube. Petals and 

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



4. CHARTACAXiirX, Maingay herb. 



. A tree. Leaves alternate, simple, l-nerved. Panide terminal, few- 

 flowered. Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed, lobes valvate accrescent coloured. 

 Petals 0. Stamens numerous, free, springing from the top of a short gyno- 

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

 tudinally. Staminodes Q. Owry stalked, 5-celled ; placentas axile : styles 

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

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

 lowing is the only known species. 



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



Malacca, Maingay. — Distkie. Borneo. 



Branches rigid, obliquely ascending. Leaves 2-i by |-1J in., coriaceous, glabroni 

 above, rusty tomentose beneath, base rounded or tapering, l-nerved, venation arched- 

 petiole l-k in. Panicle stellate-haiiy, pedicel 1 in., jointed near the base. Cahx 

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

 hairy, half the length of the calyx. 0-wart/ pilose, ovoid, obscurely 5-lobed. Styles 

 cylindrio, stellate-pilose, longer than the filaments, dividing at irregular heights inte 

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

 Jience they separate one from another at varying heights. 



