Dillenia .] n. dilleniace^e. ii 
very caducous. Inner stamens longer. Carpels 20. Stigmas 
lanceolate, recurved. Fruit 6 in. in diameter. Sepals much 
thickened. Carpels follicular mucilaginous, seeds many, small 
reniform, hairy. Hab. River banks, wild; often planted else¬ 
where. Singapore. Malacca. Pahang, river bank, Pulau Tawar. 
Perak, Temengoh. Kelantan, Lebir river. The wild form here 
has smaller flowers than the Indian form. Native name : Simpoh 
or Chimpuh. Use : The pulp of the fruit used as a hair-wash. 
(2) D. ovata Wall. Cat. 945 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 36; King, l.c. 366. 
A rather straggling laxly branched tree, about 15 ft. tall; 
branchlets tomentose. Leaves coriaceous ovate or obovate rounded, 
tip rounded or emarginate, minutely toothed or entire; nerves 
16 to 20 pairs, pubescent above, otherwise glabrous, beneath tomen¬ 
tose, 37 to 7 in. long, 275 to 3-5 in. wide ; petioles 1 in. long, tomen¬ 
tose. Flowers solitary, 6 to 8 in. across, very showy, on tomentose 
peduncles 2-5 in. long. Sepals ovate, tomentose outside. Petals 
obovate, brilliant yellow, caducous. Hab. Rare on sandy or rather 
dry spots. Pahang, Tahan river. Selangor, Kwaia Kubu. Perak, 
Temengoh. Penang (Wallich). 
(3) D. aurea Sm. Ex. Bot. 93 t. 92; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 37; 
King, l.c. 367. D, omata, Wall. PL As. Rar. i. 21. t. 33. 
A low wide-branched tree, young parts silky. Leaves obovate 
blunt or acute crenate dentate, glabrous above except the nerves, 
20 pairs, pubescent puberulous beneath, 5 to 8 in. long, 3 to 4-5 
wide; petioles 1-25 to 2 in. long, sheathing at base. Flowers solitary 
on shortened branches, 4 to 5 in. across, bright yellow on 1 in. 
peduncle. Sepals oblong-obtuse, pubescent when young, later 
glaucous. Petals obovate. Stigmas 10. Hab. North of the penin¬ 
sula on open rocky spots. Setul and Pulau Adang (Ridley). 
Distrib. Siam, India. 
(4) D. grandifolia Wall. Cat. 946 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 38 ; King, 
l.c. 368. 
A low straggling tree (or Me Keith, 45 ft. tall), shoots densely 
silky. Leaves oblong-lanceolate-acute, serrate glabrous above 
except the pubescent midrib, densely softly tomentose beneath, 
nerves 50 pairs ; 14 in. long, 6 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long, pubescent. 
Flowers produced before the leaves, showy, axillary solitary. Sepals 
oval rounded, ’hairy. Petals oblong, spathulate, 2*5 in. long, 1 in. 
wide at tip, bright yellow. Carpels 12, greenish yellow. Hab. 
Rare, north of the peninsula on dry hillsides. Kedah, near Alor 
Sta. “ Mons convalt. dula ” Penang (Wallich); Malacca (Griffith). 
Distrib. Siam. 
Griffith’s specimens are leaves only, and therefore doubtful. Wallich’s 
locality may mean Former Convalescent Hill. 
(5) D. reticulata King, l.c. 367. 
A medium-sized or large tree. Leaves very coriaceous, obovate- 
