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Capsule -3 to -5 in. through, globose hairy. Hab. On rocks at 
3000 ft. altitude. Very local. Malacca, Mt.Ophir on the Padang 
Batu near the camping ground (Cuming, Griffith, Lobb and all 
collectors). Selangor, Bukit Kutu (Ridley). 
(4) C. Cumingii Mull. Arg. DC. Prod. xv. (2), 101. 
Straggling shrub with slender branches. Leaves at the ends 
of shoots clustered, thin chartaceous, oblong-lanceolate or oblong- 
ovate or rhomboid acuminate with blunt base, beneath thickly 
covered with silvery peltate scales with some red ones; nerves 
6 or 7 pairs inarching well within the margin; 5 to 7 m - Jong, 
i-s to 3 in. wide; petioles -75 in. long. Racemes very shoit, 
1 in long. Male flowers small covered with scales, *08 m. wide. 
Sepals ovate. Stamens short, 12 to 15. Female flower rather 
bigger. Styles slender bifid. Capsule -15 in. long, scaly Seeds 
ellipsoid slightly flattened on one side, -i mLong- Hab. Rocks 
usually limestone. Johor, Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Pahang, Kota 
Glanggi Perak, Temengoh; Tambun; Gunong Pondok (Kunstler). 
Lankawi near the lake; Dayong Bunting (Robinson). Kelantan, 
Gunong, Kota Bharu. Perlis, Chupeng. Distnb. Siam, Philip¬ 
pines. 
(5) C. Griffithii Hook. fil. F.B.I. v. 39*- , _. „ . 
Shrub, 4 to 6 ft. tall or a tree up to 40 ft. tall {fide Kunstler), 
glabrous ’ Leaves fleshy coriaceous elliptic or oblong blunt acumin¬ 
ate base round, edge frequently undulate, drying brownish yellow; 
nerves about 10 pairs; 4 to 9 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. wide; petioles 
1 in long. Racemes 6 to 9 in. long, glabrous. Males with females 
2 or 3 together pedicelled, -i in. wide, woolly inside Stamens 
8 to 15. Females larger scaly. Disc of 5 k*ige glands. Ovary 
3-lobed stellate-tomentose and white scaly. Styles bifid- Capsule 
globose depressed trilobed, *25 in. through. Seeds sub-globose. 
Hab. Woods and forests. Common. Singapore Selitar, Bukit 
Mandai; Changi. Johor, Batu Pahat ; Bukit Murdom (ICelsall . 
Malacca (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Ayer kumng (Cantley). 
Selangor, Klang Gates; Kwala Lumpur. Perak Gopmg Kunstler) 
Tapa; Relau Tujor (Wray). Penang, back of West Hill (Curtis). 
Native names : Chalang Paya; Poko Mawai. 
(6) C. confusum Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. l.c. 237. 
Shrub or tree up to 30 ft. tall, bark white. Leaves thm sub- 
coriaceous glabrous drying grey elliptic acuminate or cuspidate, 
base round or sub-acute; nerves 5 pairs marching; 4 to o in. 
long 3 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, slender, scaly. 
Male flowers small, under -i in. long; pedicels short slender. Petals 
oblong hairy. Stamens 10. Female flowers; sepals glabrous, 
ovate acuminate. Ovary hairy. Styles slender bifid Capsule 
•23 in wide, sub-globose trilobed. Seed globose. Hab. Woods 
and forests, Singapore (Wallich 7754) 1 Garden Jungie (Minton) 
Selitar; Bukit Timah. Johor, Tebrau. Malacca, Mt. Opffir. 
