260 xxiii. MALVACEAE. [Thespesia. 
(i) T. populnea Carr. Ann. Mas. ix. 290; Masters, in Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. i. 345 ; Wight, Ic. t. 8 ; King, l.c. 47. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaves sub-coriaceous, glabrous, cordate 
acuminate, palmately 7-nerved, 4^5 to 6 in. long, 3 to 4 in. across; 
petioles 2-5 in. long. ^ Young parts scaly. Flowers 3 to 4 in. across, 
solitary; peduncle thick 1 in. long. Calyx -5 in. long. Corolla 
yellow with a maroon spot at base, withering purplish. Capsule 
1 to 1’5 in. long, sub-globose, scaly. Seeds 1 to 3 in each cell, 
reniform. Hab. Common on sea-coasts. Singapore, Johor, Malacca, 
Dindings. Distrib. Tropics generally. Native names : Buah Keras 
Laut ; Baru. 
7. BOMBAX, Linn. 
Trees often thorny. Leaves digitate, deciduous; peduncles 
axillary or terminal, i-flowered. Flowers appearing before the 
leaves. Epicalyx o. Calyx coriaceous, cup-shaped truncate or 
lobed. Petals obovate or oblong, red or yellow, large. Stamens 
in 5 bundles; filaments numerous; anthers reniform, i-celled. 
Ovary 5-celled; style clavate. Stigmas 5. Capsule long, loculi- 
cidally 5-valved, valves coriaceous, woody. Seeds silky or woolly. 
Species 10, tropics generally, chiefly S. American. 
Big tree. 
Petals 3 in. long, linear oblong, tomentose . . (r) B. larutensis 
Smaller tree. 
Petals 2 in. oblong acute, slightly tomentose 
inside. 0 ) B. insularis 
(1) B. larutensis Ridl. B. insigne, var. larutensis Pram, MSS. 
A big tree, thorny, about 80 ft. tall. Leaves 5- to 7-foliate; 
leaflets lanceolate acuminate, base much narrowed, 4 to 12 in, long, 
1*5 to 3-5 in. wide; nerves about 12 pairs; petioles 4 to 24 in. long; 
petiolules winged to the base in young trees, not winged *5 in. 
long in adult. Flowers yellow or pale green. Calyx thickly 
coriaceous, ri in. long, 1-25 in. wide, lobes rounded, short. Petals 
3 in. long, -25 in. wide, linear-oblong, woolly tomentose on both 
sides. Stamens numerous 2 in. long. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 
6 in. long. Seeds ovoid-globose - 2 in. long, wool dense white. 
Hab. Forests up to 1000 ft. altitude. Rare. Negri Sembilan, 
Tampin Hill. Selangor, near Ulu Gombak. Perak, Kamuning; 
near Jor; Relau Tujor (Wray). 
(2) B. insularis Ridl. 
Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Leaflets elliptic lanceolate acuminate 
shortly at tip, long narrowed to base, 4‘5 in. long, 1*5 ip- wide; 
petioles 5 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped, coriaceous, 1*5 in. long, 
lobes broad rounded, glabrous. Petals broad, oblong acute 2 in. 
long, 1*75 in. wide, densely tomentose outside, less so within except 
at the base, where it is densely long-silky. Stamens 3 in. long, 
