Melochia.] xxiv. sterculiacejs. 285 
( 2 ) M. velutina Bedel. FI. Sylvat. t. 5; Masters, l.c. i. 374; 
King, l.c. 88. 
A large shrub or almost a tree. Young parts pubescent. Leaves 
ovate cordate or truncate acute serrate, sprinkled with tufted hairs 
above, more densely pubescent hairy beneath 4’5 to 5 in. long, 3-5 in. 
wide; petioles 2-5 in. long, pubescent. Panicles axillary pubescent 
about 4 in. long. Flowers small, pink with yellow centre, crowded 
at branch tips, *25 in. across. Calyx pale woolly, campanulate, 
5-lobed half-way, lobes broad acute. Petals twice as long, oblong. 
Ovary 5-celled, 5-styled. Capsule oblong, 5-angled, bristly, -5 in. 
long. Seeds solitary, winged. Bad. Open country, especially in 
rocky sandy spots. Pahang. Temerloh (Foxworthy). Selangor, 
Ginting Bidai; Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass (Ridley). 
Perak, Kwala Kangsa (Kunstler). Lankawi. Perlis, Kanga. 
Dislrib. India, Malay Archipelago. Native names : Tampu; Singa. 
12. WALTHERIA, Linn. 
Shrubby plants. Leaves usually dentate. Stipules narrow. 
Flowers small yellow, in axillary and terminal clusters. Sepals 5, 
connate in an obconic tube with free points. Petals 5, oblong- 
spathulate, clawed. Stamens 5, connate in a tube at base. Ovary 
sessile, i-celled; ovules 2; style excentric. Stigma clubbed, 
penicillate. Capsule 2-valved. Seed 1. Species about 20, mostly 
American. 
Erect, twiggy; leaves oblong 2 by -75 in. long . . (1) W. indica 
Prostrate; leaves ovate-oblong *5 in. long . . . (2) W. arenaria 
(1) W. indica Linn. Sp. PI. 673; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 374. 
Shrub 3 ft. tall, softly tomentose. Leaves oblong blunt, 2 to 
3 in. long, -5 in. wide, edge dentate; nerves prominent; petioles 
*5 in. long. Heads of flowers *5 in. through; peduncle *3 in. long. 
Bracts lanceolate, densely hairy. Sepals lanceolate. Corolla 
yellow, -25 in. long. Hab. Sea-shore ; rare. Malacca, Pulau Besar 
(Griffith and Maingay). Distrib. Tropics generally. 
(2) W. arenaria Ridl. Jonrn. F.AI.S. Mus. x. 130. 
Wiry prostrate creeping plant. Branches slender tomentose, 
about 2 ft long. Leaves ovate-elliptic serrate ; nerves 3 or 4 pairs, 
elevate, •$ to 75 in. long, -25 to -3 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. 
Flower heads -3 in. wide, sessile axillary and terminal. Bracts 
linear villous. Sepals in an obconic villous tube, lobes subulate. 
Corolla •2 in. wide, yellow. Capsule *i in. long. Hab. Sandhills 
by the sea, local. Kelantan, sandy coast at Kwala Kelantan, 
abundant (Ridley). 
13. ABROMA, Jacq. 
Shrub. Leaves cordate ovate-oblong, serrate. Peduncles extra- 
axillary, few-flowered. Sepals 5 lanceolate, connate near the base. 
