Durio.} XXIII. MALVACEAE. 265 
i 5 in. long, oblanceolate-spathulate, clawed, pubescent on both 
sides. Stamens in 5 phalanges united at base only, each dividing 
into 5 or 6 processes bearing 8 reniform anthers. Ovary scaly. 
Hob. Upper Perak (Wray). Selangor, Bukit Hitam (Kelsall). 
Kedah at Yan (Ridley). Perhaps only a form of D. pinangianus. 
9. BOSCHIA, Korth. 
Trees. Leaves entire scaly beneath. Flowers small, axillary. 
Calyx deeply 4- to 5-clefl. Petals linear-ligulate. Stamens many, 
some free, some coherent, outer ones abortive; anthers globose 
opening by a terminal pore. Ovary 3- to 5-celled; ovules 1 or 
more in each cell. Fruit 3- to 5-valved, muricate. Seeds few 
ovoid, arils half covering them. Species 4 or 5, Malayan. 
B. Griffithii Masters, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 352; Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xiv. pi. xv. figs. 29 to 39; King, l.c. 55. 
A slender tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves oblong or elliptic, 
shortly abruptly acuminate, base round; nerves 8 to 11 pairs, 
beneath grey 5 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2^25 in. wide; petioles - 4 to 
*6 in. long. Flowers 75 in. across, solitary or in 2- to 3-flowered 
cymes axillary, yellowish white. Bracts 2, ovate scaly blunt. 
Sepals 4, ovate pubescent, scaly outside. Petals 4 to 8, twice as 
long, linear or spathulate. Ovary ovoid scaly. Capsule oblong 
fusiform, scarlet, covered with short spines 175 in. long. Seeds 
3 to 6, black, *5 in. to 1 in. long, aril half-way. Hob. Forests 
whole peninsula, from Singapore to Kedah. Common. Distrib. 
Sumatra. Native names : Durian-Durian, hence Dendurian and 
Daun Durian; Durian Hadji; Dada Ruan. 
10. NEESIA, Bl. 
Trees. Leaves entire, not scaly; stipules leafy; cymes from 
the axils of fallen leaves scaly. Bracteoles 3, connate into a cup, 
covered with scales. Calyx ventricose conical above, opening 
by a circular orifice at the top, finally dilating and cushion-shaped. 
Petals 5, free, imbricate. Stamens numerous; filaments more or 
less united ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary oblong, 5-celled. Style 
short; ovules numerous, biseriate. Fruit large, ovoid woody, 
muricate, dehiscing part way loculicidally. Seed small; aril small 
waxy. Species 7, Malayan. 
(1) N. synandra Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 352; King, l.c. 56. 
A tall straight tree 60 to 70 ft. or more tall. Branches stout. 
Leaves at the ends of branches, coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to 
obovate-elliptic, tip rounded emarginate, base sub-cordate, above 
glabrous, beneath pubescent; nerves 13 to 22 pairs, elevated 
beneath, 7 to 16 in. long, 3-5 to 8 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 3 in. 
long. Cymes 1*5 long, 8- to 12-flowered on the main branches 
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