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shorter (.him the leaves, 8 to 10-flowered, setose ; brae tool us minute, lanceo- 
late. Flutters an inch in diam. Stamens about 15. Hook. fil. and Th. 
WL Ind. i, 65: Hook. fil. PI. Br. Ind. I, 32 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, 
Pt. ii, 10. A. Wightianum, W. and A. Prod 6 : Wight 111. t. 9. 
Straits Settlements; in damp shady spots at elevations of 500 to 
2500 feet. Common. 
4. Worm i a, Rottb. 
Trees, sometimes lofty; or shrubs. Leaves broad, sub-coriaceous; 
lateral nerves many, strong, parallel; petioles usually with deciduous 
Btipular wings. Flowers large, in terminal racemes or panicles. Sepals 
5. Petals 5. Stamens indefinite, in several series, nearly froo ; anthers 
linear, erect, cells opening by 2 pores. Carpels 5 to 10, scarcely cohering 
in the axis ; ovules numerous. Fruit of indehiscent or follicular 3- or 
more-seeded carpels. Seeds with a fleshy aril. Distrib. Tropical Asia 
and Australia, and one iu Madagascar; species about 9. 
Sect. I. Capellia, Bluiuo (genus). Inner row of stamens much 
longer than the outer and arching over them, 
1. W. suffkuticosa, Griff. Notul, iv. 706; Ic. iv. t. 649, f. 1. A 
small tree. Young parts floccose. Leaves with short, broadly winged 
petioles ; broadly elliptic or pub-obovate-elliptic, blunt or acute, dentate, 
glabrous except the 12-20 pairs of nerves which are sparsely pilose be- 
neath; length of blade 7 to 9 in.; breadth 4 to 55 in.: petiole '5 to 
1*5 in. Racemes about as long as the leaves, leaf-opposed ; pedicels *5 to 
1 in. long. Flowers 3 to 4 in. in diam., yellow. Sepals broadly ovate, nerved, 
glabrous. Petals obovate, crenulate. Carpels 5 to 7, 3 to 5-seoded. Hook, 
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 35. W. excelsa, H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. I, 67 (not of 
Jack). W. subsessilis, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 618 ; Ann. Mus. Lugd. 
Bat. i. 315, t. 9. 
Malacca, Singapore ; extends to Sumatra, Banka, Borneo and pro- 
bably to other islands of the Archipelago. 
2. W. oblonga, Wall. A tree. Young branchlots thin, sparsely 
tomentose, the old glabrous. Leaves rather distant, on moderate 
channelled (not winged) petioles, oblong to elliptic, acute at base and apex, 
entire or distantly serrate or sub-serrate, nerves 9 to 12 pairs : length of 
blade 6 to 8 in., breadth 3 to 3*5 in. ; petiole 1*5 in. Cyme* terminal or 
leaf opposed, few-flowered, shorter than the leaves, tomentose ; pedicels 
about I in., thickened above, tomentose. Flowers 3 to 5 in. iu diam. Sepals 
ovate-rotund, tomentose externally. Petals obovate, entire, veined, yel- 
low. Carpels 8 to 10. H. f. & TU. Fl. Ind. i, 67 : Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
i, 35 j Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. 1, pt. ii, p. 11. 
Straits Settlements iu more or less dense forest. Distrib. Sumatra 
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