XXV. tiliace^ 
[Pentace. 
294 
axillary 6 to 8 in. long, much-branched, softly stellate-tomentose. 
Flowers nearly -2 in. long, white; pedicels short. Calyx longer, 
teeth 5, lanceolate, tomentose. Petals spathulate-oblong obtuse. 
Stamens pentadelphous; staminodes subulate shorter than stamens. 
Ovary 3-winged, tomentose; style filiform, glabrous, bent at tip. 
Fruit oblong, *6 in. long with 3 membranous wings, *5 m. broad, 
Fig. 28.—Pentace triptera. 
pink. Hab. Forests; rarely flowering. Singapore; common. 
Bukit Timah; Selitar, etc. Johor, Pengerang. Malacca (Griffith); 
Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tampin. Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Native 
names : Medang Serai; Sepa Petri; Kabal Ayam; Balong Ayam. 
(2) P. Hookeriana King, l.c. 101. 
A tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 12 in. through. Branchlets glabrous. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong sub-ovate acute, base narrowed, unequal, 
