XI. VIOLACE^E. 
135 
Neckia .] 
Stream banks in forest. Johor, Gunong Janeng, and Telepak; 
Gunong Pantai (forma minor, leaves 2-5 in. long, *5 in. wide), Pahang, 
Tahan River (forma major, leaves 6 in. long, 75 in. wide) (Ridley). 
Disirib. Lingga island. 
Order XII. PITTOSPORE^. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate opposite or whorled, entire, 
exstipulate. Flowers terminal or axillary, bisexual. Sepals 5, 
imbricate. Petals 5, hypogynous imbricate. Torus small. Stamens 
5, opposite sepals; anthers versatile. Ovary 1- to 3-celled; placentas 
2 to 5 parietal or 2- to 5-celled by projection of the placentas; 
style simple. Stigma 2- to 5-lobed. Ovules many parietal or 
axile anatropous. Fruit capsular. Seeds many, albumen copious. 
Genera 9. Species about 90, Australasian chiefly. (King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. lix.) 
