[Tarrietia. 
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XXIV. STERCULIACE^E. 
(1) T. perakensis 
(2) T. Curtisii 
(3) T. simplicifolia 
(4) T. Kunstleri 
(5) T. uniloliolata 
Leaves compound digitate. 
Under-surface stellate tomentose . 
Under-surface deciduously simple hairy 
Leaves simple, ovate-oblong, large stiff coriaceous. 
Fruit glabrous; leaves ovate .... 
Fruit tomentose; leaves oblong . ■ ■ 
Leaves unifololiate, oblong; petiolule jointed on 
petiole, small rather thin, coriaceous 
(1) T. perakensis King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 77. 
Tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, 1*5 to 2 ft. through. Young parts, petioles, 
petiolules, under-surface of leaves when young and inflorescence 
covered with a rusty tomentum. Leaves digitate, of 5 or 6 leaflets 
obovate to elliptic, shortly abruptly acuminate, base narrowed; 
nerves 10 to 14 pairs, prominent beneath; middle leaflet 4 5 to 
5-5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, lower ones 2 to 3-5 in. long, 1-25 to 
1*5 in. wide; petiolules -5 to 1 in. long; petioles *3 to 4-5 in. long. 
Panicles cymose axillary, crowded at the tips of the branches, 
red-tomentose. Flowers -15 in. long; pedicels slender, dark red 
Calyx-tube tomentose outside, dark red-pubescent inside. Staminal 
column less than half as long. Female rather larger with no 
stamens, 5 ovoid glabrous ovaries. Fruit ovoid compressed, 1*25 
to 1*5 in. long, 1*15 in. through, glabrous; wing falcate, 2 in. long, 
•5 in. wide, glabrous. Hab. Rocky woods, Perak, Thaiping Hills 
(Kunstler). 
(2) T. Curtisii King, l.c. 77. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall. Young parts, petiolules, petioles and 
under-side of leaves covered with rusty stellate tomentum. Leaves 
digitate; leaflets 5 to 6; middle leaflets obovate to elliptic, apex 
sub-acute, base narrowed, 3*5 to 4*5 in. long, 2‘25 to 2'5 in. wide, 
lower ones 1-5 to 1*25 in. long, *8 to i'5 in. wide; nerves in leaflets 
o to 10 pairs, prominent beneath; petiolules '5 to 75 in. long; 
petioles 2 to 2-5 in. long. Panicles dense, very floriferous, densely 
tomentose, 4 to 4-5 in. long. Flowers ’12 in. long, dark red; 
pedicels as long. Calyx campanulate, lobes acute. Fruit obovoid, 
compressed, 1 in. long, 75 in. through, glabrous; wing narrow 
falcate ribbed, 1*3 in. long, *2 in. wide. Hab. Forests. Penang, 
Government Hill; Moniots Road; Muka head (Curtis). 
(3) T. simplicifolia Masters, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 302; King, 
l.c. 78. _ . . 
A gigantic buttressed tree over 100 ft. tall. Leaves simple, 
glabrous coriaceous, elliptic or obovate, apex truncate or shortly 
cuspidate, base narrowed, beneath puberulous; nerves strongly 
elevate, 16 to 20 pairs, 4-5 to 7 in. long, 3 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 
2 to 3 in. long, thickened at tip. Panicles axillary, many-flowered, 
1.5 to 3 in. long. Flowers -i in. long; pedicels shorter. Calyx- 
tube campanulate, minutely tomentose outside, puberulous within. 
Staminal-column short. Fruit glabrous. Hab . Singapore, Dalvey 
Road. Malacca (Griffith, Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Kopis (Kinsey). 
