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Sect. IT. Fuwormia. Filaments all erect and nearly equal in 
length. 
3. W. fDLcnrijLA, Jack. Mai. Misc. ex. Hook. Com p. Bot. Mag. I, 
221. A shrub. Young parts glabrous. Leaves on short narrowly winged 
petioles, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, truncate or retuse, 
sometimes mncronate, thickly coriaceous, glabrous ; nerves 5 to 7 pairs ; 
length of blade 2*5 to 4 in., breadth 1*5 to 2"5 in. ; petiole "75 in. Flowers 
solitary or in small cymes, axillary or terminal, 2 in. in diam. ; pedicels 2 
in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, glabrous. Petals ovate. Carpels about 
5. Seech few, with pulpy arillus. H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. I, 68 : Hook, 
ill. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 36 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, Pfc. ii, p. 11. 
Pcrak and Malacca ; at elevations under 1,000 ft. Disfcrib. Su- 
matra. 
4. W. memos jrjSFOLrA, King, n. sp. A small tree, the young parts 
and leaf-petioles softly fulvous- tomentose. Leaves crowded near the 
apices of the branches, coriaceous, obo vate-Ianceolate to obovate-clliptie, 
acute or acuminate, entire or minutely and remotely serrate, base 
acute, glabrous above except the 14 to 18 pairs of spreading pubescent 
nerves, under surface minutely tomontose ; length of blade 5 to 8 in., 
breadth 3 to 4 in., petiole abont 1 in. Flowers about 3 in. in diam., 
axillary, solitary, on slender tomontose peduncles 2 in, long, or in few- 
flowered lincar-hracteolato cymes ; peduncles 1 in. long. Sepah ovate- 
oblong, velvety-tomentose externally, glabrous internally. Petals ob- 
lanceolate, pale yellow, veined, wavy. Stigmas about 12, linear, recurved. 
Follicles with Beveral compressed, aril late seeds. Dillenia meliosmae- 
folia, Hook. fil. & Th. Fl. JBr. Ind. I, 36. 
Malacca, Pcrak. 
Originally described as a Dillenia by Sir Joseph Hooker who had 
not seen the fruit. 
5. W. ScORTEcniNn, King, n. sp. A tree GO to 70 feet. Branohlets 
thick, scarred, puberulous or glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-ob- 
long, shortly acuminate, nndulate-crenate, narrowed to the petiole : upper 
surface shining, glabrous except the midrib and nerves which are minute- 
lv pubescent as is tho under snrfneo : nerves prominent on the under 
surface, 26-30 pairs each ending on the margin of tho leaf in a tuft of 
hairs ; length of blade 4 to 6*5 in,, breadth 2 to 3 ; petiole *5 to 2 in., winged 
and expanded at the base. Oymes supra-axillary, sub-terminal, dicho- 
tomons, pubescent ; bracteoles oblong, '3 in. long ; pedicels "25 in. long- 
Flowers when expanded about 1 in. broad. Sepals 5, puberulous 
externally, broadly ovate, coriaceous. Petals 0. Anthers equal in 
length to the filaments, slightly hairy. Ovaries 3 to 5, usually 4. Ripe 
fruit unknown. 
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