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Dillenia indica, Linn. (D. speciosa, Thunb.). Trunk stout, not high: branches numerous, spreading, then ascending: lvs. confined to the ends of branches, on short, broad, channelled sheathing petioles, the blade 6-12 in. long, oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed at the base, strongly serrate: sepals 5, thick, fleshy, enlarging and inclosing the fr.; petals obovate, white, large, making a fl. fully 9 in. across; stamens very numerous, forming a large yellow globe crowned by the white, slender, spreading rays of the stigma: fr. edible, acid, the size of an apple, many-celled and many-ovuled. Trop. Asia. Intro, in Fla. and S. Calif. B.M. 5016 (B.M. 449=Hibbertia volubilis). H.F. 1867 P- H9- Wilhelm Miller.
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