3g 8 xxv. TILIACE.E. f Trichospermimt. 
stellate-tomentose. Petals similar in size and shape, scale at base 
fleshy, a transverse belt of hairs above. Stamens green. Ovary 
villous. Capsule 75 in. long and little wider, apex emarginate; 
base slightly narrowed not straight, edges not keeled; pericarp 
leathery villous, dark, inside white. Seeds numerous. Hab . 
Forests; Malacca, Sungei Huclang. Sungei Ujong. Seremban 
(Cantley). Selangor, Ginting Bidai. Perak, Batang Padang dis¬ 
trict (Kunstler); Tapa; Waterfall, Thaiping (Wray). Disirib. 
Nicobars. Native name : Kasumbar Putih. 
(2) T. cymbiforme Sprague, Kew Bulletin hied. 
Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall (60 to 100 ft. fide Kunstler), glabrous except 
inflorescence, petioles and young leaves. Leaves oblong shortly 
cuspidate, base truncate or shortly cordate, edge faintly serrulate 
at base, distinctly on top and cusp ; nerves 3 pairs, one pair from 
base, 6 in. long, 2 in. wide; petioles ’25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 
axillary crowded, not seen developed. Bracts lanceolate thick 
blunt, '2 in. long. Fruit panicles 4 in. long, including the peduncle 
1*5 in. long and glabrescent, upper branches and pedicels *75 in. 
long, velvety. Capsule hairy transversely cymbiform, base straight, 
above rounded with a short point 1 in. wide, ‘5 in. deep, keeled on 
the outer edges. Seeds numerous long-hairy. Hab. Hill forests, 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Paya Terobong (Curtis); Bukit 
Tawan (Haniff). Disirib. Sumatra. 
This species, of which full specimens have not been obtained, differs 
from T. Kitrzii in the smaller leaves, and the fruit in the shape of a reversed 
boat, the valves being distinctly keeled on the edges, whiie those of T. Kurzii 
meet exactly on the edge and are not prolonged into a keel. Better specimens 
of this tree are much wanted. 
10 . SLOANEA, L. 
Trees. Leaves simple. Flowers in few-flowered, lax cymes, 
rather large. Sepals 4, valvate, coriaceous. Petals 4, oblong, 
entire. Stamens very numerous, pilose. Ovary 4-celled sunk in a 
disc; ovules numerous. Fruit, a capsule (woody and spiny), or 
woody velvety, 4-valved with 1 to 2 arillate seeds. Species 60, 
most S. American, but some Indo-China, China and Malaya. 
(1) S. javanica Ridl. Phcenicosperma javanica Miq. Ann. 
Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 68, pi. 3. 
Big tree. Leaves ovate-oblong, blunt pointed, base round, 
glabrous; nerves 8 pairs, 4*5 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 1 in. 
long. Peduncles 175 in. long, with 3 flowers on pedicels an inch 
long. Sepals ovate velvety, *3 in. long. Petals velvety, more 
acuminate. Capsule oblong obovoid, 4-angled, 3 in. long, 1*5 in. 
through, not spiny bright red. Seeds pendulous, black, ellipsoid, 
t in. long, almost covered with a red aril. Very rare. Fruit 
described from Miquel. Hab. Woods near sea; Singapore, Kranji 
(Ridley). Disirib . Java. 
