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XXIII. MALVACEAE. 
[Neesia. 
below the leaves; pedicels short scaly. Flowers ‘6 in. long, creamy 
white. Calyx pubescent within, scaly outside, eventually forming 
a cushion *5 in. across. Petals ovate-lanceolate, glabrous. Ovary 
pilose. Fruit 6 to 8 in. long, 4 to 5 in. through, ovoid-conic, 5- 
angled, blue grey, covered with pyramidal spines, dehiscing for 
about two-thirds of its length, lined internally with pungent yellow 
hair. Seed *5 in. long, ovoid-oblong, flattened, shining brown or 
black; aril small, waxy orange-colour, tasteless. Hab. Forests, 
not rare. Singapore, Bukit limah; Kranji. Pahang, Tahan 
woods. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Penang, 
Penara Bukit;* Penang Hill, half-way up (Maingay). 
11 . CCELOSTEGIA, Benth. 
Tall trees. Leaves scaly beneath. Inflorescence cymose, scaly. 
Flowers small, hardly ‘25 in. across, on the old wood. Bracts 
connate into a cup. Calyx-tube constricted, gibbous above and 
constricted above to 5 connivent lobes. Petals 5 inserted in the 
apex of the calyx tube. Stamens numerous; filaments short 
thick; anthers globose 3- to 4-celled. Ovary globular 5-celled; 
style short. Stigma discoid large. Fruit globose, woody muricate 
outside, dehiscent. Seeds small with a small aril. Species 3, 
Malayan. 
(1) C. Griffithii Benth. and Hook. fit. Gen. Plant, i. 213; 
Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 353; Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 505, t. 
xvi. figs. 43 to 50; King, l.c. 57. 
A big tree 80 ft. or more tall. Leaves oval acuminate, base 
rounded, above glabrous, beneath scaly; nerves 8 pairs, 2 - 4 to 
3*75 in. long, 1 '25 to i*6 in. wide; petioles -5 to 75 in. long. Cymose 
racemes on axils of fallen leaves 2 in. long. Flowers *25 in. long, 
scaly. Bract a 3-lobed cup. Calyx brownish. Petals triangular 
acute, connivent fleshy, dark pink. Ovary densely scaly. Fruit 
globose about 5 in. through, black outside and densely spiny with 
short spines, inside orange colour, dehiscing one-third of its length. 
Seed -5 in. long, mahogany brown, aril triangular, yellowish brown. 
Hab. Not rare in forests. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit 
Timah. Pahang, Tahan woods. Malacca, Selandor (Cantley). 
Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). Negri Sembilan, Senawang (Fox¬ 
worthy) . Native names : Punggai; Ha-ha. Use: Bark used in 
tanning fishing-nets. 
Order XXIV. STERCULIACE/E. 
Trees, shrubs (or herbs). Young parts usually stellate-tomentose. 
Leaves alternate, simple, often lobed. Inflorescence axillary, 
rarely terminal, cymose or panicled. Flowers regular, unisexual. 
Sepals 5, often connate. Petals 5 or 0. Stamens in a column or 
