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II. DILLENIACEAL 
[Wormia. 
lone:, pedicels i in. long. Bracts linear, densely hairy. Sepals 
obovate, \ in., densely hairy. Petals obovate crisped little longer. 
Stamens, inner series longer, glabrous. Hab. Rare and only known 
from Malacca, at Merlimau and Ayer Panas, collected by Derry 
and Curtis. Native name: Simpoh Bukit. — D 
(7) W. tomentella Mart. Malesia, iii. 159; Nial. Journ. Koy. 
As. Soc. S. By. 54> P-5- , , ... . 
A tree 40 ft. tall, stem 2 to 3 feet through, with a large crown; 
branches pubescent. Leaves elliptic, obtuse at both ends, entire, 
nerves 13 pairs; glabrous above, hairy beneath; 6 to 10 m. long, 
3 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long, pubescent, channelled. Racemes 
axillary, 6 in. long, pubescent. Sepals oblong obtuse, dull red, 
glabrous, 1 in. long. Petals broad spathulate, rounded, i;5 in. long, 
•73 in wide, light yellow. Stamens yellow, inner senes longer, 
reddish, with 2 pores. Carpels 7, glabrous, red Follicles widely 
expanding, white. Hab . Borders of jungle, Singapore Bukit 
Timah; Garden Jungle. Johor, Tebrau Road. Distrib. Borneo. 
5. DILLENIA, L. 
Trees or large shrubs, resembling Wormia, but the flowers are 
more often solitary, and the carpels more numerous. The sepals 
after fertilization close over the carpels, and do not spread again, 
becoming often pulpy. The follicles do not expand and are mdehis- 
cent, cohering, the seeds exarillate. Species about 10, tropical 
Asia, Australia, 
Flowering with the leaves, flowers large. 
Flowers 6 to 9 in. across, white; fruit very large . 
Flowers 2 to 5 in. wide, yellow, flowering before leaves. 
Leaves 4 in. long, oblong, blunt, velvety beneath , 
Leaves 8 in. long, elliptic rounded, sparsely pubescent 
Leaves 18 in. long, lanceolate denticulate, many 
nerved . . . • • ■ • 
Leaves 10 to 18 in. long, obovate-elliptic, many 
nerved . . . • ■ 
Flowers small, 1 in. across, appearing with leaves. 
Leaves hairy; petals yellow; small tree 
Leaves glabrous; petals o; big tree 
(1) D. indica 
{2) D. ovata 
(3) D. aurea 
(4) D. grandilolia 
(5) D. reticulata 
(6) D. meliosmeeiolia 
(7) D. Scorteehinii 
(1) D. indica L. Sp. PL 535; Hook fit. F.B.I. i. 36; King, 
A tree 20 to 40 ft. tall with red bark; branches tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, serrate, glabrous 
above and strongly ribbed, bright green, beneath pubescent; nerves 
30 to 40 pairs, conspicuous, 8 to 12 in. long, 3 to 4 in. wide; petioles 
1 to 1-5 in. long, sheathing at the base. Flowers solitary, axillaiy, 
6 to 9 in. across, on tomentose pedicels 2 to 3 in. long. Sepals 
orbicular, concave, green, fleshy. Petals white, obovate-oblong. 
