88 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 1, 
2. M. velutina, Bedd. FI. 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 calyx, mem- 
branous. Stamens inserted on a hypogynous 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, apiculate, deeply 5-grooved, 
bristly-tomentose. Seed solitary in each cell, its wing ascending. 
Mast, in Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. i. 374 ; Kurz For. FI. Burm. i. 148. 
Visenia indica, Houtt. Linn. Syst. vi. p. 287, t. 46; Miq. FI. 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. Qlossospernium 
velutinum, Wall. Oat. 1153. Q. '/ 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. Waltheria, Linn. 
Herbs or undershrubs. Leaves simple. Stipules linear. Flowers 
small, in dense axillary or terminal clusters. Sepals 5, connate below 
into a bell-shaped tube. Petals 5, oblong-spatliulate. Stamens 5, 
tubular below ; anthers 2-lobed, lobes pai’allel. 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 undershrub. Leaves ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, serrate or crenate, the base rounded or cordate ; nerves 
5 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath. Flowers '25 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. FI. Br. Ind. i. 374; Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, p. 187; 
Wall. Cat. 1194. W Americana, L. DC. Prod. i. 492. W. elliptica, 
Cav. Diss. vi. 171 ; Wall. Cat. 1195. 
In all the Provinces : a weed. Distrib. The Tropics generally. 
