KLEINHOVIA HOSPITATA 53 



Botanical Descriptiox. — A tree with leaves bunched, 7- 

 9-veined, heart-shaped, ovate, broad and entire, glabrous upper 

 surface, short white down on lower surface. Petioles of same 

 length as the leaves. Flowers small, yellow, numerous, polyg- 

 amous, growing in large, terminal panicles covered with a fine, 

 sticky down. Calyx bell-shaped, 5 acute papyraceous divi- 

 sions, each bearing a small gland near its base. No corolla. 

 Stamens 10, united in a column, the upper ends free. Five 

 pods joined' at one point, half-moon shaped, with woody shell, 

 glabrous within and with a short down on the outer surface. 

 Three or four kidney-shaped seeds, the testa thin and crusta- 

 ceous. 



Habitat. — Cebu, Iloilo. 



Kleinhovia hospitata, L. 



NoM. VuLG. — Tanag, Tag., Vis.; Hamitanago, Vis.; Pan- 

 ampat, Pam.; Bitiiog, Hoc. 



Uses. — The decoction of the leaves is used, according to P. 

 Blanco, to cure the itch. It is also used locally in all forms of 

 dermatitis, and the tender leaves and sprouts are cooked and 

 eaten. 



Botaxical Description. — Tree 25° high or more, with 

 leaves alternate, heart-shaped, pubescent, almost entire. Petioles 

 long with 2 stipules at the base. Flowers red, axillary, in large 

 panicles. Calyx, 5 sepals, almost linear. Corolla the same 

 size as the calyx, 5 linear petals, the lower shorter and curved. 

 Nectary bell-shaped, of 5 parts, each o-toothed ; set on a col- 

 umn ; at its base a wavy fringe with dentate edge. Stamens 

 15. No filaments. Anthers seated on the 15 teeth of the nec- 

 tary. Ovary within the nectary, 5-angled, 5 apartments each 

 containing an almost spherical seed. 



Habitat. — Luzon, Mindanao, Panay, Cebd, Jolo. Flowers 

 in March and September. 



