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XXIV. STERCULIACEiE. 
[L epto nychiopsis. 
17. LEPTONYCHIOPSIS, Ridl. 
Tree, puberulous. Leaves alternate, chartaceous. Stipules 
small, linear. Racemes axillary, short. Flowers few small. 
Sepals 3, linear-oblong. Petals 3. Stamens 6; filaments filiform, 
connate at base in a cup; anthers sub-hastate, blunt ; staminodes 
linear alternating with stamens. Ovary hairy; 3-celled, cells 2 
or more ovuled, superposed. Species 1. 
(1) L. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 174 - 
Leaves oblong-elliptic cuspidate, base round or blunt ; nerves 
elevate beneath, slightly puberulous, 4 to 6*7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 
wide; petioles puberulous, '2 in. long. Raceme *1 in. long, hairy. 
Flowers -25 in. long. Sepals puberulous outside, linear-oblong, 
blunt. Stamens as long. Hab. Very rare in forests; Johor, 
Gunong Pulai (Ridley). 
18. PENICULIFERA, Ridl. 
Tree. Leaves alternate distant, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers 
in short axillary fascicles. Sepals 5, free to base, oblong pubescent. 
Petals 5, as long, linear-spathulate, hairy on inner surface. Stamens 
in a funnel-shaped hairy tube; anthers at top 5, very small alter¬ 
nating with slender cylindric processes, anthers at base of tube 5, 
much larger, sessile. Species 1. 
( 1 ) P. penangensis Ridl. l.c. 173 . 
Apparently a tree. Leaves glabrous chartaceous, cuspidate 
acuminate, base round; nerves slender 8 pairs, -4 to -6 in. long, 
i*5 in. wide; petioles *12 in. long. Flow r ers about 12 in a fascicle, 
peduncle *05 in. long; pedicels shorter, all pubescent. Sepals *i in. 
long, imbricate, pubescent. Petals as long, spathulate, tip round, 
long-hairy on inner face, rather thick. Staminal tube as long, 
hairy. Hab. Penang, Government Hill at 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
Order XXV. TILIACE/E. 
Trees, shrubs or herbs. Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, 
simple or lobed. Stipules free, usually caducous. Flowers cymose, 
or panicled, or racemose, regular, bisexual. Sepals 3 to 5, valvate. 
Petals as many. Stamens numerous, on a torus free or 5-adelphous ; 
filaments filiform; anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, 2- to 10-celled; 
styles columnar or divided. Stigmas distinct, rarely confluent. 
Ovules attached to the inner angle of the ovary-cell, if few pen¬ 
dulous from the apex or ascending from base, if many in 2 ranks. 
Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent, sometimes i-celled by abortion. 
Seed 1 to many, no aril, testa leathery, coriaceous or pilose; albumen 
fleshy or rarely wanting. About 400 species, chiefly tropical. 
