8 II. DILLENIACE/E, [WoTfttia. 
A very large shrub 20 ft. tall, rooting by its branches and form¬ 
ing large thickets. Shoots and leaves (except for a few hairs on 
the midrib) glabrous. Leaves ovate or oblong-ovate, obtuse 
mucronulate, distinctly serrate, base broad, 8 to 12 in. long, 6 to 
7 in. wide; petioles i\ in. long, strongly winged. Raceme of 5 or 6 
flowers. Bracts lanceolate, pink, -5 in. long. Flowers 5 in. across. 
Sepals 5, ovate-obtuse, ciliate, outer pair red. Petals 5, obovate, 
yellow. Stamens white, outer row shorter, yellow. Carpels 7. 
Follicles when expanded conspicuous, rose pink, sutures white, 1 in. 
long. Seeds in. long, black, aril scarlet. Hob. Common in swampy 
open country in the south, in Singapore and Johor and Pahang. 
Distrib. Banca and Borneo. Native names: Simpoh Gajah; 
Simpoh Ayer. 
(2) W. suffruticosa Griff. Notulce iv. 706; Ic. iv. t. 6496; 
Ridl. l.e. 5; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 364 {in fart). 
A shrub, straggling up to 10 ft., not rooting by the branches, 
