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Wrigktia.] 
Throat of corolla with a corona of scales. 
Scales lobed, io; leaves tomentose . . . . ( 1 ) W. javanica 
Scales many, fimbriate; leaves glabrous . . . (2) W. lsevis 
No corona of scales. 
Flowers small.(3) W. religiosa 
(1) W. javanica A.DC, Prodr. viii. 405; King, l.c. 464. 
Shrub or small tree up to 40 ft. tall; stem 12 to 14 in. through. 
Leaves membranous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, abruptly blunt 
acuminate, pubescent above when young, tomentose befieath; 
nerves 10 to 12 pairs; 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2‘5 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long. Cymes terminal, tomentose sub-sessile, 1 to 1-5 in. 
long, 2 to 3 in. wide; many-flowered. Flowers white. Calyx- 
lobes ovate acute. Corolla-tube *15 in. long, lobes oblong, *5 in. 
long, pubescent all over, corolla-scales 10. Anthers stiff pubescent 
penicellate. Follicles 10 to 12 in. long, rough beaked. Hab. North 
of peninsula in open country. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur 
(Curtis). Kedah, Alor Sta. Perlis, Chupeng. Kelantan River, 
Chaning (Ridley). Distrib. Java, South Siam. 
(2) W. lsevis Hook. fil. F.B.I. iii. 654; King, l.c. 465. 
Glabrous shrub or small tree up to 20 ft. tall; branehlets yellow. 
Leaves membranous elliptic or elliptic-oblong caudate, base 
cuneate; nerves 4 to 7 pairs, far apart; 3 to 6 in. long, x to 3 in. 
wide. Cymes terminal, 1 to 2 in. long and a little wider; peduncles 
1 in. long or less. Flowers *5 in. across, white (blood-red, fide Main- 
gay). Calyx-lobes ovate. Corolla-tube *05 in. long, lobes ovate, 
round, *25 in. long. Corona scales fimbriate from base. Stamens 
exsert. Follicles 7 to 8 in. long, slender. Seeds 1*5 in. long, 
slender. Hab. Not common. Forests. Pahang, Sungei Lenget, 
Rumpin (Foxworthy). Malacca, Mt. Ophir (Maingay). Negri 
Sembilan, Johol. Selangor, Dusun Tua; Ginting Bidai. Perak, 
Ulu Temengoh. Distrib. Punga and Sumatra. 
(3) W. religiosa Benth. Gen. PL ii. 713; King, l.c. 467. 
A straggling shrub about 6 ft. tall, with grey branches. Leaves 
membranous, rather thickly ovate to elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
base narrowed; nerves very obscure; '5 to 1*5 in. long, -3 to 7 in. 
wide; petioles -i in. long. Cymes axillary and terminal, pendulous 
few to 12-flowered; peduncles short, stout; pedicels capillary. 
Corolla-tube -15 in. long, cylindric, lobes ovate-orbicular, -25 to 
•3 in. long; no corona-scales, white, fragrant. Stamens long, 
exsert, brown. Follicles slender, terete, 6 in. long. Seed linear, 
*3 to *4 in. long, plume 1 to 1*5 in. long. Hab. Setul and Perlis, 
hedges and open places (Ridley). Cultivated by Chinese in Singa¬ 
pore and Malacca. Distrib. South Siam. 
20 . STROPHANTHUS, DC. 
Shrubs often sarmentose (or small trees). Flowers usually 
large in terminal corymbose cymes. Calyx 5-lobed; scales 5 to 
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