Alphonsea.] vi. ANONACEiE. 99 



puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate or elliptic 

 abruptly acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, glabrous on both 

 sides ; midrib channelled above ; nerves about 10 pairs, very faint ; 

 4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*3 in. wide; petioles grooved, '25 in. long. 

 Flowers globular, scarcely opening, '25 in. across, solitary or in 

 pairs axillary on short thick pedicels with several orbicular bracts. 

 Sepals thick joined into a flat cup, -3 in. through; lobes obtuse, 

 broad. Petals larger thick fleshy, silvery grey, orbicular acute 

 concave, pubescent outside ; outer ones "2 in. across, inner ones 

 smaller. Stamens numerous ; appendages large fleshy conical. Torus 

 conic. Pistil I, puberulous, many-seeded; stigma minute. Carpels 

 elongate clubbed pubescent, i to i'25 in. long, narrowed to stalk, '25 

 to "3 in. long. Seeds 10. Hab. Rare in dense jungle at 400 to 600 ft. 

 altitude. Perak, Ulu Bera (Kunstler). Bindings, Lumut (Ridle}^). 



(4) A. cylindrica Kin^, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 127; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 164, pi. 211B. 



A small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall ; stem 3 to 4 in. through ; branchlets 

 with soft brown pubescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate- 

 lanceolate to oblong, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, base 

 rounded, slightly oblique, above glabrous, midrib brown-hairy, 

 beneath sparingly hairy on nerves ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, faint ; 

 2'5 to 3"5 in. long, i"i to 1-5 in. wide; petioles hairy, -15 in. long. 

 Flowers i to 3 from extra-axillary pubescent peduncles '15 to 

 •4 in. long. Bracts sub-orbicular, deciduous. Sepals semi-orbicular 

 blunt, connate at base, tomentose outside, cream colour. Petals 

 sub-equal oblong-ovate or sub-triangular obtuse, waxy white, 

 tomentose, "35 in. long. Stamens in 3 rows ; anthers ovate apiculate. 

 Ovaries 3 oblong silky ; many ovules in 2 rows. Carpels i to 2, 

 elongate terete acuminate, pubescent, i in. long, '2 in. across; 

 dark brown, Hab. Perak, Ulu Bubong in bamboo forest at 400 

 to 600 ft. altitude. Rare (Kunstler). 



(5) A. Curtisii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 127; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 166, pi. 215B. 



A shrub; scandent branchlets yellow pubescent. Leaves stiffly 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous except 

 the scurfy midrib, finely reticulate, shining; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, 

 faint, inarching some way from the edge; 4 to 5*5 in. long, i*2 to 

 175 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. Peduncles extra-axillary i- to 

 2-flowered. Flowers 'i in. long, buds conic; pedicels 3 in. long, 

 silky. Bracts i or 2, orbicular. Sepals connate in a cup, "25 in, 

 across, tomentose outside, teeth ovate sub-acute. Petals much 

 larger, oblong-ovate sub-acute, outer ones tomentose on both 

 sides, inner ones narrower, glabrous inside. Stamens numerous; 

 appendages small. Pistils 3, tomentose, many-ovuled. Stigma 

 broad. Hab. Penang at Muka Head. Rare (Curtis). 



Excluded is A. ventricosa Hook., given as Penang, Wall. Cat. 6458, but 

 the specimens so numbered were from the Calcutta Gardens. It is Assamese. 



