Helicteres.] xxiv. sterculiace^e. 
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Fruit spirally twisted .... 
Fruit not twisted. 
Leaves ovate, or ovate-lanceolate oblique 
Leaves ovate-cordate, Iobed, toothed . 
Leaves lanceolate not oblique 
(1) H. Isora 
(2) H. hirsuta 
(3) H. viscida 
(4) H. angustifolia 
(1) H. Isora Linn. Sfi. PI. 1366; Masters, lx. i. 365; Pierre, 
FI. For. Cochinchine, t. 208, figs. 12 to 25; King, lx. 81. 
A shrub or treelet. Leaves ovate-round oblique, abruptly 
acuminate rounded, edges serrate, dentate, sometimes lobed, base 
cordate or rounded, rarely acute, 5- to 7-nerved, above glabrous 
minutely hispid, beneath pubescent or tomentose, 2 to 4 in. long, 
1’25 to 3 in. wide; petioles *3 in. long, tomentose. Stipules linear 
•3 in. long. Flowers red solitary, or in few-flowered cymes, 1*25 in. 
long. Calyx narrow, campanulate 2-lipped, 5-toothed, tomentose. 
Petals reflexed, lower 2 shorter and broader than upper. Staminal- 
column longer, curved with 10 to 12 long ovate anthers and within 
5 bifid staminodes. Ovary grooved, tomentose, ovoid. Fruit 
cyiindric, twisted, 1*5 in. long, *4 in. through, terminated by the 
styles, pubescent. Hab. Rare in open country. Pahang, Rumpin 
River (Evans). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Province Wellesley near 
the coast (Curtis) ; Penang, highlands (Curtis) . Use : The fruit 
sold as a drug in the shops under the name of Chabei Pintal. 
(2) H. hirsuta Lour. FI. Cochinchine, 648; Bl. Bijdr. 80; 
King, lx. 191; Pierre, lx. t. 208, figs. 1 to 11. 
A velvety tomentose shrub 4 to 8 ft. tall. Leaves ovate or 
rhomboid, sub-oblique acuminate serrate, base rounded, above 
scabrid-pubescent, midribs and nerves and undersurface tomentose; 
nerves 4 or 5 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 
‘4 in. long, tomentose. Cymes scorpioid, few-flowered, *1 in. long. 
Flowers 75 in. long, purple or dull pink. Calyx campanulate- 
cylindric, stellate-tomentose, 5-toothed. Petals linear sub-spathu- 
late, 2 rather broader than the others with small horn-like appen¬ 
dages about the middle. Staminal-column as long. Fruit cyiindric 
acuminate, not twisted, densely covered with long villous, stellate- 
pilose soft prickles, 1*2 in. long, *35 in. wide. Hab. Open country, 
common. Malacca, Malaka Pindah. Selangor, Kwala Kubu. 
Perak, Ipoh; Temengo. Penang (Porter, Wall. Cat. 1183), 
Kedah Yan. Lankawi, Perlis, and Pulau Rawei. (A wiry form 
with smaller leaves.) Distrib. India; Malaya; China. 
(3) H. viscida Bl. Bijdr. 79; Pierre, lx. 209, fig. a. 
A bush up to 6 ft. tall, pubescent. Leaves ovate base cordate, 
apex long-cuspidate, margin sub-lobed with long acute teeth 3*5 in. 
long, 2’5 in. wide; nerves 3 from base with 2 pairs on the midrib, 
sparsely hairy above, more so on the nerves and very hairy beneath; 
petioles 'i in. long or less. Cymes axillary, usually short. Calyx 
densely stellate-woolly, with 5 narrow acuminate teeth, 1 in. long. 
Petals glabrous -5 in. long, spathulate rounded with short or long 
