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2. SCAPHIUM, Endl. 
Large trees with coriaceous leaves and panicles of small uni¬ 
sexual flowers, usually tomentose. Calyx tubular, often very 
short. Staminal column stalk short or long; anthers in a globose 
head 10 to 30, narrow. Female flowers, ovaries 3 to 5 ; style short. 
Carpels very large, thin, membranous, green boat-shaped, with a 
single ellipsoid seed at the base. Species 4, Martaban, Malay 
Peninsula and Borneo. 
Leaves broad, ovate-cordate . . . (1) S. linearicarpum 
Leaves oblong, base entire. 
Panicles densely tomentose; stamen-head sub- 
sessile glabrous . . . . . . (2) S. affine 
Panicle sub-glabrous ; stamen-head stalked 
woolly. (3) S. longiflorum 
S. linearicarpum Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 144. 
Sterculia linearicarpa Masters, in Hook. fd. F.B.I. i. 360; King, 
l.c. 740. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall, with large leaf-scars on the branches. 
Leaves coriaceous ovate-orbicular cordate, obtuse or rounded at 
tip; nerves 7 pairs strongly elevate, pubescent beneath, reticula¬ 
tions conspicuous, 6 to 14 in. long, 5 to 14 in. wide; petioles 6 in. 
long or less. Panicles rather lax, ferruginous, 7 to 8 in. long. Bracts 
oblong, red-tomentose. Flowers very small on tomentose pedicels 
■1 in. long. Calyx tube *i in. long, lobes a little longer, ovate 
acute, tomentose outside. Stamen-column shorter than calyx- 
tube, glabrous; anthers 10, cuneate 2-celled. Ovaries 3 free. 
Follicles 2, boat-shaped acuminate, densely yellow-woolly, 3*2 in. 
long, acuminate, on yellow woolly pedicels *5 in. long. Seed 1. 
Hab. Malacca (Maingay); Perak (Scortechini, Kunstler). 
(2) S. affine Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 73, p. 144. 
Sterculia afflnis Masters, l.c. i. 361. S. scaphigera King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 75 [partly] not oj Wallich. 
Tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous glabrous, oblong or 
oblong-ovate obtuse shortly acuminate, base rounded {lobed when 
young); nerves elevate beneath, 6 pairs, reticulations conspicuous, 
5 to 7 in. long, 2*2 to 3*2 in. wide; petioles 3 to 3-5 in. long, thick¬ 
ened at apex. Panicles axillary 6 to 7 in. long, red-tomentose. 
Branches numerous 2*5 in. long. Flowers numerous, green, very 
small. Bracts ovate, woolly. Calyx *1 in. long, tube very short, 
lobes 4, ovate, minutely scurfy, as long as the tube. Anther head 
nearly sessile, with a very short glabrous stalk; anthers 12, minute, 
glabrous. Follicles 1 to 5 on pubescent stalks *5 in. long, green 
membranous 6 to 8 in. long, glabrous. Seed 1, ovoid brown, 
•5 to 1 in. long. Hab . Not rare in the forests in south of the 
peninsula. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Malacca (Griffith). Sungei 
Hudang and Merlimau. Pahang, Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Native 
names: Kembang Semangkok (lit. Fill Cup); S’ilayer. Use: 
