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2. M. VELUTlNA, Bedd. Fl. Sylvat. t. 5. A large shrub or small 
tree, all parts pubescent and with many of the hairs stellate. Leaves 
membranous, long-petioled, broadly ovate, acuminate, coarsely and irre- 
gularly serrate ; the base 5 to 7-nerved, rounded or cordate ; 4 to 9 in. 
long, by 3'5 to 8 in. broad : petioles 2*5 to 4"5 in. ; stipules rounded, 
'25 in. long. Cymes on peduncles longer than the petioles, much 
branched, spreading, many-flowered, terminal and axillary. Flowers 
25 in. in diam., pink. Calyx campanulate, with 5 deep broad abruptly 
acuminate teeth. Petals narrowly oblong, longer than the cnlyx, mem- 
branous. Stamens inserted on a hypngynous disk as are the petals; 
filaments flat. Ovary villous, as are the lower parts of the styles. 
Capsules 3 to *5 in. long, ovoid-cylindric, apicnlate, deeply 5-grooved, 
bristly-tomentose. Seed solitary in each cell, its wing ascending. 
Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 374 ; Knrz For. Fl. Burm. i. 148. 
Vismiia indiea, Houtt. Linn. Syst. vi. p. 287, t. 46; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 
pt. 2, p. 189. V, umbellata, (Houtt.) Bl. Bijdr, 88; Wight Ic. 509. 
V. Javanica, Jungh. in Tijdsc. Nat. Gesch. viii. 302. Olossospermum 
oMnm, Wall. Cat. 1153. Q. t cordatum, Wall. Cat. 1155. 
In all the Provinces at low elevations — a tree-weed appearing in 
abandoned fields. Distrib. Malayan Archipelago, British India, 
Mauritius. 
8. Waltjtrhia, Linn. 
Herbs or underahrubs, Leaves simple. Stipules linear. Flowers 
small, in dense axillary or terminal clusters. Sepals 5, counate below 
into a bell-shaped tube. Petals 5, oblong-spathulate. Stamens 5, 
tubular below ; anthers 2-lobed, lobes parallel. Staminodes 0. Ovary 
sessile, 1 -celled ; 2-ovulate. Styles 2, distinct, clavate. Capsule 2-valved, 
1-seeded. Seeds ascending, albuminous; embryo straight, cotyledons 
flat. Distrib. About 15 species, one or two of which are weeds in the 
Tropics generally ; the others are Tropical S. American. 
W. indica, Linn. sp. 941. A pubescent undershrnb. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, serrate or crenate, the base rounded or cordate ; nerves 
5 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath. Flowers '26 in. in diam., sessile ; bracts 
linear. Calyx campanulate, villous, 10-nerved, the mouth with 5 acumi- 
nate teeth. Petals oblanceolate, clawed, longer than the calyx. Capsule 
membranous, pubescent. DC. Prod. i. 493 ; W. & A. Prod. i. 67; Mast, 
in Hook, fil Fl. Br. Ind. i. 374 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 387 ; 
Wall. Cat. 1194. W Americana, L. DC. Prod. i. 492. W. elliptic a\ 
Cav. Diss. vi. 171; Wall. Cat. 1195. 
In all the Provinces : a weed. Distrib. The Tropics generally. 
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