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xix. ternstrcemiace.<e. [Adinandra. 
or shortly 3- to 5-fid; ovules many in each cell. Fruit globose 
green or brown, subtended by the calyx and crowned by the 
style. Seeds many, small. Species about 20, chiefly Malayan, a 
few Indian, and 1 African. 
Whole plant glabrous except the stamens. Flowers 
hardly expand. 
Nerves invisible . . ■ 
Nerves conspicuous 9 to 11 pairs 
Glabrous except the buds silky; branchlets angled; 
leaves large 
Leaves and buds glabrous ; sepals silky. 
Buds glabrous; nerves 6 to 8 pairs 
Buds silky; nerves 15 to 20 pairs 
Leaves pubescent beneath. 
Petals glabrous ovate acute .... 
Petals glabrous oblong blunt . . ■ 
Petals silky; branchlets pilose; nerves 7 to 9 pairs 
Branchlets pilose; nerves 10 to 14 pairs 
(1) A dumosa 
(2) A. acuminata 
(3} A. angulata 
(4) A. parvifolia 
(5) A. macrantha 
(6) A. maculosa 
(7) A. Hullettii 
(8) A. villosa 
(9) A. integerrima 
(1) A. dumosa Jack, in Mai. Misc. ii. No. 7, p. 5 °J Dyer, in 
Hook, fil. F.B.I. i. 282; King, l.c. 188. 
A small tree about 20 ft. tall and 6 in. through glabrous. 
Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate to elliptic usually shortly 
blunt acuminate, base narrowed, edge entire or obscurely serrulate; 
nerves invisible, 2 to 4 in. long, i‘25 to i'75 i n - wide; petioles 
■1 to *2 in. long. Flowers pendulous on peduncles -4 to 75 in. 
long. Bracts 2 ovate close to calyx. Sepals rounded ovate blunt. 
Petals longer oblong-lanceolate connivent, white apiculate. Stamens 
30; filaments united at base, pilose; anther-connective pilose. 
Fruit ’4 to *5 in. through baccate green. Hab. In secondary 
jungle, in open country extremely common all over the peninsula. 
The flower is fertilised by the bee Xylocopa, and the fruit dispersed 
by bats. Distrib. Malay islands. Native names: Tiup-Tiup; 
Medang Petutu; Kayu Gula (Penang). 
(2) A. acuminata Korih. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 109; Dyer , in 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 282; King, lx. 188. 
Tree 20 to 60 ft. tall. Stem 8 to 12 in. through, glabrous. Leaves 
coriaceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, dark glossy 
green; nerves 9 to 11 pairs, inarching twice within the edge, 
3-5 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Flowers 
white ‘9 in. across, on peduncles 75 to 1 in. long, warty after 
flowering. Bracts lanceolate. Sepals coriaceous, 2 outer ones 
small ovate, 2 inner ones larger round, edges serrulate. Petals 
larger round connivent. Stamens about 40; filaments pilose. 
Ovary pubescent. Fruit -5 to 75 in. long, glabrous when ripe. 
Seeds oval flat. Hab. Common in woods from the low country 
to about 2000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Johor, 
near Castlewood; Ulu Batu Paliat (Kelsall). Perak, Maxwell's 
Hill, Thaiping Hills. Penang, Government Hill (Curtis). Disirib. % 
Sumatra. Native name : Mongol. 
