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Milhisa.] VI. anonace^. 97 



■5 to 75 in. long with 3 to 4 lanceolate bracts at base. Sepals 

 and outer petals similar small ovate acute, edges ciliate, green; 

 inner petals much larger, -5 to "6 in. long, ovate oblong sub-acute, 

 greenish yellow, inside purple. Stamens 18 ; appendages broad. 

 Ovaries numerous, glabrous. Stigma capitate sessile. Carpels 

 numerous, globular-ovoid, blunt, glabrous, '25 to 3 in. long; 

 stalks 75 to I in. long. Hab. Dense forest. Singapore on Bukit 

 Timah. Malacca. Woods at the base of Mt. Ophir. Perak, 

 Chanderiang and Kinta (Kunstler). Kedah at Yan. 



(2) M. parviflora Ridl. Jourii. Roy. As. Soc. S. By. 59, p. 65. 



A small tree with grey bark. Leaves membranous lanceolate- 

 acuminate, glabrous when adult except the midrib, 2 to 2*5 in. 

 long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; nerves fine, inconspicuous, 12 pairs. 

 Flowers solitary extra-axillary, green; pedicels pubescent "5 in. 

 long. Sepals very small ovate acute, pubescent. Petals, outer 

 ones similar to sepals ; inner ones ovate-triangular blunt, pubescent 

 outside, "12 in. long. Stamens few; anther-cells separate; appen- 

 dages triangular short erect. Ovaries 8, silky. Carpels "5 in. long, 

 oblong blunt, '25 in. through. Seeds i to 3, elliptic. Hab. Lime- 

 stone rocks. Perils, at Bukit Lagi and Tebing Tinggi (Ridley). 



(3) M. amplexicaulis Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, 

 p. 13. Polyalthia sub-cordata Bl. Fl. Jav. AnonacecB t. 33, 36B; 

 King, Jour II. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 64. 



Tree; branches brown-tomentose. Leaves nearly sessile, 

 elliptic-ovate acuminate, base broad, unequally bilobed amplexi- 

 caul, 7 in. long, 3*5 in. wide; nerves 12 pairs, elevated beneath, 

 above glabrous, beneath sparsely hairy, midrib and nerves hairy; 

 petioles "i in. long. Flowers axillary in twos or threes; peduncles 

 •25 in. long; pedicels as long, hairy. Bracts small ovate. Sepals 

 ovate acute, edges hairy. Petals, outer ones similar, little longer; 

 inner ones ovate-triangular fleshy glabrous, edges hairy, 'i in. 

 long. Stamens in 3 whorls, bases hairy ; appendages broad ovate. 

 Pistils several. Hab. Limestone rocks. Perak at Lenggong; 

 Larut (Kunstler). Lankawi at Kwah (Curtis). 



27. ALPHONSEA, Hook. fil. 



Shrubs, medium-sized trees or climbers. Leaves more or less 

 coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers middle-sized or small in leaf-opposed 

 fascicles on the branches, solitary or two or three together silky 

 white or yellowish, buds conic. Sepals 3 valvate, very small. 

 Petals 6 in 2 series, much larger, saccate at the base, sub-triangular 

 valvate sub-equal or the inner ones a little smaller. Torus cylindric 

 or hemispheric. Stamens few, or many whorls ; anther-cells dorsal, 

 contiguous; appendages very small or o. Ovaries i or more; 

 ovules 4 to 8 in 2 rows; style cylindric; stigma rather large. 

 Carpels usually cylindric, several seeded, stalked or sessile. Species 

 9 to 10, Indo-Malayan. 



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