XXV. TILIACE7E. 
Brownlowia. ] 
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Tree. Leaves coriaceous ovate acute, base emarginate or 
cordate shortly peltate, above glabrous, beneath densely scaly, 
tip blunt; nerves about 5 pairs, slender elevate beneath; nervules 
very fine, 4\5 to 9 in. long, 2'8 to 6 in. wide; petioles slender, 
i*9 to 2-5 in. long. Panicle terminal shorter than leaves, lax few- 
flowered, scurfy, 5 to 10 in. long. Flowers *2 in. long; pedicels 
scaly, -2 in. long. Calyx wide campanulate, scaly, lobes nearly 
half as long, acute. Petals pink, oblong blunt, slightly narrowed 
at base, not clawed. Styles subulate longer than the stamens. 
Hab. Tidal swamps in the south; Singapore, Kranji. Pahang, 
Pianggu, Endau (Evans). Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Dislrib. 
Moluccas, Wetter Island, New Guinea. 
The leaves of the Singapore plant are much smaller than those of the 
Moluccan plant. 
2. PENTACE, Hassk. 
Trees, often vast. Leaves entire, coriaceous, lower surface 
pale with scaly hairs. Flowers numerous, white in terminal 
panicles. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed. Petals 5, glabrous, longer. 
Stamens numerous on a low torus; staminodes 5, opposite sepals. 
Ovary 5-celled, cells 2-ovuled; styles united, rarely free. Fruit 
dry, indehiscent, 3- to 10-winged, i-celled, i-seeded. Seed albumin¬ 
ous. Species 18, 2 Burmese, 4 Malay islands, 12 Malay Peninsula. 
Leaves pinnate-nerved; ovary 3-ridged; fruit 3- 
winged ...... 
Leaves trinerved, i. e. 2 lowest nerves rising from base. 
Nerves from midrib 6 to 7 pairs .... 
Nerves from midrib 2 pairs. 
Leaves pubescent, small ..... 
Leaves glabrous oblong. 
Leaves sub-obtuse; ovary not ridged 
Leaves elliptic; ovary 10 ridged . 
Leaves elliptic or ovate, abrupt acuminate 
Leaves glabrous ovate. 
Flowers very small ..... 
Flowers -25 -25 in. wide .... 
Leaves glabrous, oblong to lanceolate; side nerves 
from midrib faint or invisible. 
Leaves 3 in. long, ovate; ovary 5-ridged 
Leaves 9 in. long, oblong; petioles ’15 in. long; 
ovary 10-ridged ..... 
Leaves 8 in. long, lanceolate; petiole ‘75 in. 
long; shrub ...... 
Leaves 5-nerved from base, 7 to 14 in. long 
(1) P. triptera 
(2) P. Hookeriana 
(3) P. hirtula 
(4) P. floribunda 
(5) P. perakensis 
( 6 ) P. eximia 
(7) P. Kunstleri 
(8) P. Curtisii 
(9) P. strychnoidea 
(10) P. Scortechinii 
(11) P. acuta 
(12) P. macrophylla 
(1) P. triptera Masters, in Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 382; King, l.c. 100. 
A very large tree 60 to 80 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent. 
Leaves ovate to round-ovate or ovate-oblong, sub-acute, sub- 
coriaceous, base rounded, above glabrous, beneath scaly; nerves 
basal, 1 to 2 pairs lateral, 5 to 7 pairs, 4 to 5 in. long, 2 to 2'75 in. 
wide; petioles '6 to i - 2 in. long, pubescent. Panicles terminal and 
