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II. DILLENI ACEAi. 
[pUlenia. 
elliptic, base truncate cordate, above glabrous except nerves, beneath 
pubescent midribs and nerves very prominent, reticulations con¬ 
spicuous; nerves 32 to 36 pairs; 10 to 18 in. long, 7 to 12 in. wide; 
petioles 2 to 3 in. long. Panicles axillary and terminal, 10- to 12- 
flowered, pubescent outside. Petals oblong, 1-5 in. long. Carpels 
g, puberulous. Hab. Rare. Province Wellesley. Perak (Scorte- 
chini). Distrib. Tongka. 
(6) D. meliosmsefolia Hook. fU. F.B.I. i. 36; Ridl. Journ. 
Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 54, p. 7. 
A tall slender tree. Leaves soft bright green, glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath, obovate-lanceolate to elliptic-acute, entire or 
minutely serrate base acute; nerves 14 to 18 pairs, 5 to 8 in. long, 
3 to 4 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, 3 in. 
across, on peduncles 2 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 5, ovate silky. 
Petals 5, oblong obtuse narrowed at base 1*5 in. long, -5 in. wide, 
lemon yellow. Stamens outer 2 or 3 rows shorter, yellow, inner 
longer, white. Carpels 10, white. Fruit, sepals swollen pulpy acid 
yellow, not spreading. Carpels soft sweet, with 6 seeds, exarillate. 
Hab. Thick forests, not rare. Malacca to Pahang and Perak. 
Native names: Simpoh Bukit; Simpoh hutan; Simpoh j an tan. 
Uses : The acid sepals and sweet carpels eaten by Sakai. 
(7) D. Scortechinii Ridl. l.c. 7. Wormia Scortechinii King, 
l.c. 366. W. Kunstleri King, l.c. 366. 
A tall tree 60 ft. high with red bark, emitting stilt-roots at the 
base. Leaves coriaceous obovate-oblong, undulate crenate, base 
narrowed, shining glabrous above except nerves, 26 to 30 pairs, 
pubescent minutely pubescent beneath; 4 to 6-5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles *5 to 2 in. long. Panicles pubescent 4 in. long, of 
which the peduncle is 2*5 in.; pedicels *2 in. long. Flowers 1 in. 
across apetalous. Sepals 5, green ovate coriaceous silky puber¬ 
ulous. Stamens short and broad subequal. Carpels 3 to 5, usually 
4. Fruit as in meliosmcefolia but green, glabrous and less pulpy, 
1 in. long. Hab. Dense forest, Singapore, Garden Jungle. Perak 
(Scortechini); Goping (Kunstler). 
This plant has apparently no petals. 
Order III. MAGNOLIACE^. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Stipules large, deciduous, 
protecting the buds. Flowers large solitary white or yellow (rarely 
purple). Sepals and petals in whorls of 3 or more. Stamens 
indefinite, free; anthers introrse, long, narrow. Carpels indefinite, 
spirally arranged on an elongated axis, free. Ovules solitary. 
Fruits follicular woody rarely connate in a fleshy mass, axis much 
elongated. Seed, 1 in a carpel, often pendulous on a long funicle, 
