XXIV. STERCULlACEiE. 
Byttneria.] 
287 
ovate-lanceolate. Petals white. Stamens yellow, bases crimson, 
pinkish inside. Ovary crimson. Stigma white. Capsule globose, 
1-25 in. through, green with red ribs, spiny. Hab. Common on 
borders of woods, Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Muar, 
Sungei Pauh ; Malacca, Ayer Panas; Bukit Bruang (Curtis). 
Negri Sembilan, Tampin Waterfall. Perak, Waterloo (Curtis). 
Native names : Akar Kachubong (from the resemblance of the 
fruit to that of Datura) ; Akar Batu. 
(2) B. brevipes Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 73, p. 144. 
A glabrous woody climber. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic obtuse, 
base narrowed truncate; nerves 5 pairs, conspicuous on both 
surfaces, inarching, reticulations conspicuous, 4*5 in. long, 2 in. 
wide; petioles *2 in. long. Cymes numerous, slender, 1 in. long; 
pedicels very slender, minutely pubescent. Sepals lanceolate 
acuminate, *3 in. long. Petals about as long, base obcuneate with 
two short points at the upper angles, apex caudate. Staminal- 
tube broad, cylindric; anthers small oblong. Ovary small conic, 
glabrous, bluntly 5-angled, scabrid. Hab. Edges of forests, rare. 
Dindings at Simpit (Ridley). 
(3) B. Curtisii Oliv. Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1761; King, l.c. 90. 
A slender woody climber, 10 to 15 ft. long. Young parts 
puberulous. Leaves linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong rarely 
ovate-oblong acuminate, narrowed to the minutely cordate base, 
5-nerved, lateral nerves numerous, glabrous except for tufts of 
stellate hairs in the axils of the nerves, 2*5 to 7 in. long, *5 to 2 in. 
wide ;. petioles ’25 in. long, pubescent. Cymes 2 to 4 in axillary 
fascicles. Flowers 3 to 7; peduncles x in. long; pedicels '25 in. long. 
Flowers *45 in. across. Sepals ovate-lanceolate acuminate. Petals 
strap-shaped, lateral lobes 2, broad, indexed, sub-terminal appen¬ 
dage long cylindric, curved. Capsule globular, 1 in. through, 
pubescent with numerous straight bristles. Penang, West Hill, 
Telok Bahang (Curtis). Perak, Ayer Larut (Wray). Native name : 
Penedu. 
(4) B. Jackiana Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. (ed. Carey ) ii. 386; Masters, 
l.c. 376 ; King, l.c. 92. 
Stout woody climber. Young branches minutely rusty, tomen- 
tose. Leaves elliptic acuminate; base 3-nerved, rounded, some¬ 
times cordate, upper surface sparsely hispid, beneath rufous hispid- 
tomentose; lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3*75 in. 
wide; petioles •4 to 1 in. long, tomentose. Umbels solitary or 
3 or 4 together, few-flowered; peduncles *25 to 1 in. long; pedicels 
•35 in. long. Sepals linear-subulate, hispid, '4 in. long. Petals 
white, sub-rotund, lobed, terminal appendage cylindric as long as 
petals. Capsule globose, 1 in. through, black spiny. Hab. In 
woods. Negri Sembilan, Gunong Angsi. Selangor, Batu Tiga. 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Dindings, Lumut. Province Wellesley, 
Sungei Daun ; Penang (Jack, Wallich); Government Hill (Curtis). 
