gS VI. ANONACE^. [Alphonsea. 



Leaves pubescent beneath ; tree .... (i) A. Maingayi 

 Leaves glabrous. 

 Trees or shrubs. 



Buds conic ; fruit globose or ovoid . . • (^) A. lucida 



Buds globose ; fruit cylindric ; leaves 6 in. long (3) A. sub-dehiscens 

 Buds conic; fruit cylindric; leaves 3 in. long . (4) A. cylindrica 

 Climber; buds conic; leaves stiff, 6 in. long, 



lanceolate . . . . . . (5) A. Curtisii 



(i) A. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 90; King, Joitrn. As. Soc. 

 Beng. I.e. 125; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 161, pi. 205B. 



A medium-sized tree ; branches spreading, bark black. Leaves 

 coriaceous glabrous, dark shining green, elliptic-oblong to lanceo- 

 late, obtusely acuminate, base rounded; nerves 8 to 9 pairs, 

 inarching far from the margin, reticulations conspicuous beneath, 

 edges and midrib hairy; 5 to 7 in. long, i'5 to 27 in. wide ; petioles 

 •25 in. long. Flowers extra-axillary solitary or shortly racemed, 

 peduncles tomentose. Sepals very small sub-orbicular, brown- 

 hairy. Petals silky, pale fiesh-colour, outer ones base gibbous, 

 above lanceolate sub-acute, tips recurved, inner ones erect tips 

 shortly recurved, a little smaller, fleshy with a central groove, 75 

 in. long. Stamens in 3 rows, filaments connate in three bundles; 

 anthers elliptic; appendages o. Ovaries 7; stjdes brown-hairy 

 cylindric ; stigma orbicular white. Ovules 20. Carpels ovoid, 

 short-stalked, 2 in. long, i in. through, tomentose. Seeds many. 

 Hah. Lowland forest in the South. Singapore, Garden Jungle. 

 Malacca, Selandor (Cantley, Maingay). Pahang, Kwantan, and 

 Negri Sembilan, Senawang (Foxworthy). Native names : Papisang 

 Bukit ; Terbak. 



var. elliptiea Ridl. M. elliptica Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 90 ; King, 

 Jonrn. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 123; leaves quite glabrous; nerves not 

 so conspicuous and reticulations finer. Flowers less silky. Fruit 

 2"5 in. long. Hab. Malacca (Maingay). 



(2) A. lucida King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 126; Ann. Bat. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 163, pi. 2.1.2. 



A shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 

 broadly elliptic abruptly acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 6 to 8 

 pairs, inarching some way from edge, depressed above, prominent 

 beneath, transverse nervules conspicuous beneath; 4*5 to 5*5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2"5 in. wide; petioles 3 in. long. Flov/ers solitary 

 or in racemes of 3 ; peduncles very short, puberulous 3 to '4 in. 

 long. Sepals triangular-ovate, connate at base, puberulous out- 

 side. Petals yellowish, inner ones slightly smaller than outer ones. 

 Stamens in three rows, shortly apiculate. Ovaries 4 to 5, oblong, 

 pubescent ; ovules many in 2 rows ; stigma sessile, sub-capitate. 

 Hab. Dense jungle 300 to 500 ft. altitude. Larut (Kunstler). 



(3) A. sub-dehiscens King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 126; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 164, pi. 213. 



Tree 30 to 40 ft. tall; stem 4 to 5 in. through; branchlets 



