Tristellateia .] 
XXVIII. MALPIGHIACEiE. 
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1. TRISTELLATEIA, Thouars. 
Slender climbers with coriaceous leaves. Flowers terminal 
racemose yellow. Calyx 5-lobed. Petals clawed. Stamens un¬ 
equal. Ovary 3-lobed; styles 1 or 2. Carpels 3 star-shaped with 
3 to 8 wings, woody. Seed obovoid. Species 8, Africa, Asia, 
Australia. 
(1) Tr. australasica A. Rich. Sert. Asirol. 38, /. 15; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 418; King, lx. 193; Bot. Mag. t. 8334. 
Glabrous. Leaves elliptic or ovate acute, base cuneate or 
rounded; nerves 4 to 5 pairs inarching faint, 175 to 3*5 in. long. 
75 to 1-25 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Racemes 6 in. long, few- 
flowered. Flowers 1 in. wide. Petals oblong. Stamens unequal, 
outer ones longest at first yellow soon becoming red. Carpels 
•5 in. across, 5- to 8-winged, wings lanceolate radiating like a star. 
Hab. In tidal swamps. Singapore, Serangoon; Krangi. Johor, 
Panchur, Johor River. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Dindings, Lumut 
