78 XIX. MALVACEAE [Bombaa' 



aimed. Fl. scarlet or \^ liite, petaK 5-6 in. long. Stamenb 400 to 600. Caijmile glabrous, 

 7-10 in. long. 8. B. anceps, Pi<-iTe, Fl. Tor. Cochincln t. 175. Pegu {Didu Lefpan^Kolqje), 

 Slian hills, tJppPX' Burma, Cocliincliina. PI. ^\hite, petals 3 in. long, pube&cent on both 

 faces. Stamens about 350, ^tammal tube J in. long. Style glabrous. B. (amhodien^e. 

 Pieire I.e. t. 174, has a hairy st\^le. 



Adaasoaia digitata, Linn , the Baohah or Monhey bread tree, indigenous in tropical 

 Airua, and olten cultivated, is a large tree with a disproportionately thick trunk, 

 rapidly tapering upward and divided into large limbs. Leaves digitate, leaflets 5 or 7, 

 lanctulate, cloA^ny beneath. PL large, white, staniinal tube thick, longer than the 

 tree ] ortion of filaments. Antheis linear, contorted. Pruit pendulous, oblong-obovoid, 

 b-12 in. long, tilled with tough fibres and a mealy slightly acid p)ulp, in ^\hich the 

 kidney-shaped bio^\ii hard shining seeds are immersed. 



Durio zibetMaus, Linn., the JDoorian {Diiylny Burni.), indigenous in the Malay Archi- 

 [jelago, is cultivated in Tenasserim. Leaves entire, penninerved, elliptic-oblong, both 

 surfaces sliiiiing, the upper glabrous, the lower clothed with orbicular scales. PI. 2 in. 

 loni>, on pendulous dichotomous panicles, mostly from the old wood, on stem and 

 branches. Infloiebcence, involucre and calyx clothed Avith shining orbicular scales. 

 Bracteoles more or lest> connate, calyx leathery, 5 lobes on a short tube. Petals 5, 

 spathiilate. Staniinal tube divided into 4-5 bundles, filaments numerous, each bearing 

 several anther cells on a globose fleshy connective. Print ovoid-oblong, 8-12 in. long, 

 densely covered Avith large smooth pyramidal prickles. Seeds pale yellow, embedded m 

 a thick cream-coloured pulp (the confluent arilli) of delicious taste but offensive 

 smell. 



5. CULLENIA, Wight; M. Brit. Ind. i. 350. 



C. excelsa, Wight le. t. 1761, 62. The only species. Bedd. Manual t. 

 iv. fig. 3. Vern. VeduplCt^ Tarn. ; KCirayani^ Mai. 



A tall tree, wood moderately soft, not durable. Young shoots covered with 

 peltate scales. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire, penninerved, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, glabx^ous above, covered beneath with silvery or orange-coloured peltate 

 scales. Stipules 0. PL ixddish-brown, in large clusters on the old wood. 

 Bracteoles connate into a tube splitting irregularly into 3-5 lobes. Calyx tubu- 

 lar, obscurely 5-lobed, as well as bracteolar tube completely covei'ed with large 

 peltate scales, petals 0. Staminal tube exserted, divided into 5 filiform segments, 

 each segment bearing along its length numerous minute anthers in globose 

 clusters. Ovary 5-celled, ovules 2 in each cell. Style hairy, longer than 

 stamens, siiigma globose. Fruit 4-5 in. long, densely covered with long 

 prickles, valves 3--5. Seeds few, 1\ in. long, testa hai^d, shining, browD, 

 nearly covered by a large fleshy white arillus. Cotyledons fleshy, no albu- 

 men. 



Western G-hats up to 4,000 ft., from Coorg southwards. Fl. H. S. Ceylon, moist 

 region, 2,000-5,000 ft. Common. 



6. KYDIA, Eoxb. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 348. 



M. numerous, male and bisexual, in large terminal panicles. Bracteoles 

 4-6, leafy, connate at the base, in fruit accrescent and spreading. Calyx cam- 

 panu-late, 5-lobed. Petals 5, longer than calyx, attached by their claws to the 

 base of staminal column. Staminal tube divided into 5 linear segments, 3-8 

 i^essile anthers at the end of each segment, style 3-cleft. Capsule globose, 

 3-celled, opening loeulicidallya 3-seeded. Spedes 2, Indian. 



1. K. calycina, Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 215 (the bisexual plant) ; Wight Ic. t. 

 879, 880.~Syn. JT, fraterna^ Roxb. I.e. t, 216 (the male plant); K Eox- 

 burgUana^ Wight Ic. t. 881. Vern. Pula^ ^ul% jpatha^ Hind. ; Bargah^ 

 Baranga^ Centr. Prov. (N. C.) ; Kopdsia, IJriya ; Waning^ -^^V^? Mar. ; 

 BellaMj Bendi, Kan. ; Fotrl, pmidiki, Tel. ; Taho^ Dwaldk^ Myethlwa^ 

 Burm. 



A large shrub or small tree, wood greyish-white, soft, no heartwood, medul- 



