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XXI. ANCiSTROCLADACEiE. [Ancislrocladus. 
at iooo ft. altitude (Curtis). Lankawi isles; Setul, heath. Dis - 
trib. Siam, Cochin-China, Bangka, Sumatra. Native names : Lidah 
Sapi (Ox tongue); Akar Julong hitam (Black caterpillar creeper). 
Order XXII. BIXACE^. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers regular, bisexual. 
Sepals 4 to 5, deciduous. Petals large 5. Stamens indefinite on a 
disc. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; style simple; ovules many, parietal. 
Capsule 2- to 5-valved. Seeds arillate or woolly. Species 20, 
chiefly S. American. 
Bush ; flowers pink or white; capsule bristly, seeds 
with a red covering . . . . . .1. Bixa 
Shrub; flowers yellow ; capsule smooth, seeds woolly 2. Cochlospermum 
1 . BIXA, Linn. 
(1) B. Orellana, L. 
The Arnotto ; Kasumbah of Malays is a bush with large pink 
flowers and a soft prickly capsule with small seeds covered with a 
red powdery aril. It is occasionally to be seen in native gardens 
and may establish itself outside. It is a native of S. America 
and the red aril is used as a colouring matter. 
2 . COCHLOSPERMUM, Kth. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves digitately divided. Flowers large, 
bisexual. Sepals 5, deciduous. Petals 5, large, contort in bud. 
Stamens indefinite on a disc; anther-cells with pores or short 
slits. Ovary globose, 3- to 5-celled; style simple ; ovules many on 
3-to 5-parietal placentas. Stigma toothed. Capsule 3- to 5-valved ; 
endocarp membranous. Seeds cochleate, testa hard, woolly. 
Species 12, Africa, S. America, Australia. The genus is often 
put in an order by itself, Cochlospermacece, and is probably allied 
to Malvacece . 
(1) C. gossypinum DC. Prodr . i. 527; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 190; 
Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 357 ; Supp. t. 18. 
A soft-wooded shrub about 10 ft. tall. Leaves palmate 5-lobed, 
hairy on the back, lobes acuminate, crenulate, blades 6 in. across 
each way or more; petioles 6 in. long. Flowers large, yellow, 
4 in. across. Sepals *7 in. long, silky. Petals rounded obovate. 
Pod pear-shaped brown, 4 in. long, 3 in. through. Hob. Malacca 
(Griffith); Penang in cultivated ground and in and round the 
town. 
Certainly introduced from India, but more or less established in Penang 
and very conspicuous. 
