363 
few-flowered. Follicles several-seeded. DC. Prod. T, 68 : Roxb. Fl. 
Ind. ii, 646 ; H. f. et Th. Fl. Ind. i, 63 ; Hook. ffl. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 32 i 
Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. ii, 8. T. lucida, Wall. Cat. 
Straits Settlements, at low elevations. Distrib. Moluccas and New 
Caledonia. 
3. T. macrophtlla, Wall. Cat. 6628. Young branches pubescent. 
Leaves broadly elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 5 to 7 in. long, margin sub-sin- 
uate, scabrid on both surfaces. Panicle terminal, longer than tbe leaves, 
many-flowered, SejHth rotund, not ribbed. Follicles 1-seeded. Hook, 
fil. ct. Th. Fl. Ind. I, 63 : Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 32 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. Vol. 1, pi- ii, 8. 
Straits Settlements, in tropical forests. Distrib. Sumatra. 
4. T. grandjs, King, n. sp. A large tree. Yonng branches and 
inflorescence shortly velvety-tomcntoso. Leaves large, coriaceous, broad- 
ly elliptic, rarely slightly obovate, the apex truncate and minutely 
npicnlate; the edgos obscurely crenate or undulate toward the apex, 
entire below, recurved when dry ; the base rounded or slightly narrowed : 
upper surface scabrous, lower minutely tomcntose : nerves stout, 14 
pairs, straight, erecto-patent ; leugth of blade 8 to 10 in., width » to h in., 
petiolo about-5 in., stout. Ivjlorescence in little-branched, lateral or ter- 
minal panicles a foot or more long. Flowers shortly peduncnlate. 
Sepals 5, broadly ovate, sub-acute, concave, ribbed and tomentose exter- 
-$/ nally, JB£ in. long. Petals about as long as the sopals but narrower, 
/ glabrous. Anthers truncate, narrowed to the long slender filamonts. 
Follicles with a slender curved beak. 
Perak. Scortecbini, No. 90b. 
Said by Father Scortecbini to be a very largo tree. 
3. Acrotrema, Jack. 
Perennial stemless herbs with woody rhizomes. Leaves large, par- 
rallel-ncrved, with sheathing deciduous stipules. Scape short axillary, 
bracteolate. Ffowers large, yellow. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Stamens nu- 
merous, in 3 bundles which alternate with the carpels ; filaments filiform, 
anthers erect, with longitudinal porous dehiscence. Carpels 3, slightly co- 
hering : styles subulate, recurved ; ovules 2 or more. Fruit of S irregu- 
larly dehiscing follicles. Seed with a membranous aril j the testa crus- 
taeeous, pitted. — Distrib. ten species, of which 8 are ondemic in Ceylon, 
1 Peninsular-Indian, and 1 Indo-Malayan. 
A. costatum, Jack in Mai. Misc. ex. Hook. Misc. ii, 82. Whole 
plant covered with stiff rufous or golden hairs, especially when young. 
l,ftirfH obovntr, the margins ileuf atu-ciliato ; tho base narrowed, sagittate; 
upper surface strigose, often blotched with white, petiole short, ftacemcs 
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