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stellate-hairy, lower Roftly hoary tomentose : length 5 to 8 in., breadth 
3 to 45 in., petioles 2 to 3 in. j stipules shorter than the petioles, 
scarious, lobed. Cymes corymbose, much shorter than the leaves, 
spreading, much branched, tomentose. Flmvers *2 or 25 in. in diam 
Calyx pubescent, cut nearly to the base into 5 ovate-lanceolate lobes, 
Petals as long aB the sepals but much narrower, concave at the base ; the 
terminal appendage elongate, narrowly oblong, its edges in flexed. 
Stamens 5, the anthers broad, extrorse. Staminodes 5, lanceolate, spread- 
ing, reflexed, shorter than the petals. Ovary 5-celled. Capsule globose, 
*4 or "5 in. in diam., densely covered with long soft, flexuose, pubescent 
bristles. Mast, in Hook, fil. WL Br. Ind. i. 378. C. Javensis, G. Don. 
Gen. Syst. i. 523 ; Hassle. PI. Jav. Rar. 312. 0. echinata, Blume Bijdr. 
86 j Wall. Cat. 1143 ; Andr. Bot. Rep, t. 519, uot of Forst, 0. eckinata, 
var. /?. Miq. PL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 182. Bitettneria hypoleuca, Turcz. in 
Mosc. Bull. 1858, 207. 
In all the provinces except the Andamans and Nicobars. Distrib. 
Malayan Archipelago, Philippines. 
12. Leptonychia, Turcz. 
Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, entire. Flowers in small axillary 
cymes. Sepals 5, valvate, united near the base. Petals 5, valvate, short, 
orbicular, concave. Andrcecium tubular below, filamentiferous above, 
filaments 3-seriate, outer series of 5 to 10 ligulate staminodes opposite the 
petals, middle of 10 fertile stamens also opposite the petals, innermost 
of 5 very short fleshy subulate staminodes opposite the sepals; anthers 
linear-oblong, introrse, dehiscing at the sides longitudinally. Ovary 
sessile, 3-4-celled ; placentas axile ; styles connate, stigmas capitellate ; 
ovules many in each cell, anatropous. Capsule 2-3-ceIIed, or by abortion 
1-celled, dehiscing septicidally or loculicidally, or both simultaneously 
or irregularly. Seeds black, with a fleshy yellowish arilhis j albumen 
fleshy, cotyledons foliaceous, radicle superior. Distrib. three or four 
species — Indo Malayan and Tropical African. 
L. glabra, Turcz. in Moso. Bull, for 1858, p. 222. A tree: the 
young branches glabrous. Leaves ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
rather abruptly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed or rounded, 3- 
nerved ; both surfaces glabrous, shiniug • main nerves 4 to 7 pairs, thin : 
length 4 to 8 in., breadth 1*6 to 3 in. ; petiole "4 to -5 in., glabrous. 
Flotoers "25 in. in diam. ; the buds oblong, obtuse, 5-ridged. Sepals 
ovate-lanceolate or oblong, rather obtuse, spreading, pnbescent on both 
surfaces, not veined. Petals about one-fourth the size of the sepals, 
broad, truncate, villous. Stamens 10, in five phalanges of two each, 
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