128 XI. viOLACE^. [Alsodeia. 



(i) A. Wallichiana Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 187 ; King, I.e. 400, 

 A glabrous shrub, 10 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 

 oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, sometimes serrulate, base 

 rounded; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 9 to 12 in. long, 2*5 to -5 in. wide; 

 petioles "5 to i"5 m. long. Stipules linear lanceolate 75 in. long. 

 Racemes shorter than petioles. Bracts many, linear. Flowers 

 4 to 8, yellow, unisexual. Males, sepals acute lanceolate as long 

 as petals. Petals oblong. Filaments short, attached to a 5-lobed 

 disc ; anthers ovate, a small point on each lobe in front and a large 

 orbicular one on the back. Females, sepals ovate acute, shorter 

 than petals. Petals oblong, tips recurved. Filaments longer than 

 in males but anthers without pollen. Ovary sessile ovoid-conic. 

 Capsule sub-globular, bluntly 3-angled warty "35 in. long; valves 

 blunt. Seeds mottled. Hah. Woods. Johor, Pulau Aor; Pulau 

 Tiuman (Burkill). Malacca, base of Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Batu 

 caves. Perak, Lenggong; Goping (Kunstler). Penang (Walhch). 

 Government Hill (all collectors). Native name : Suntan Tiga. 



(2) A. Kunstleriana King, I.e. 401; Ann. Bat. Gard. Gale. vii. 

 122, pi. 141. 



A glabrous shrub or treelet. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed sub-cordate, minutely serru- 

 late or not, rather rough ; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, prominent, 6 to 

 10 in. long, 2*25 to 3 in. wide ; petioles "25 in. to "5 in. long. Stipules 

 lanceolate "25 in. long. Flowers, female "3 in. long, white in 

 axillary racemes, very short 3- to 8-flowered. Sepals ovate blunt, 

 edges cihate, shorter than petals. Petals ovate acute, stiff. Fila- 

 ments short, fiat ; anthers broad with two linear anterior appendages 

 and one dorsal-, one halberd-shaped, all connivent to a cone over 

 the ovoid-conic ovary. Capsules ovoid '5 in. long; valves narrow 

 pointed. Seeds i to each valve, ovoid, white. Hab. Forests. 

 Johor, Gunong Pantai; Gunong Janeng (Kelsah). Pahang River. 

 Malacca, base of Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Selangor, Batu caves. 

 Dindings. Perak, Lenggong; Goping and Gunong Pondok 

 (Kunstler). Native names : Ligoh Sigoniah ; Marujan Nunko. 



(3) A. hirtella Ridl. Kew Bulletin 1914, p. 377. 



Small tree. Branches, petioles, nerves of leaves and inflorescence 

 covered with stiff hairs. Leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate obtuse, 

 base narrowed, unequal, edges serrulate or nearly entire ; nerves 

 16 pairs, 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 2'5 in. wide, glabrous above, stiffly 

 hairy beneath on midrib and nerves; petioles '6 to i in. long, 

 hairy. Racemes short axillary 6-flowered. Flowers white. Sepals 

 3, outer ones orbicular imbricate, hairy outside, strongly ribbed, 

 inner 2 glabrous. Petals little longer oblong obtuse or truncate 

 with a few processes at the tip, glabrous. Stamens glabrous; 

 filaments flat, as long as the anther; anther-cells with elongate 

 processes; dorsal appendage wider ovate acute. Ovary hairy. 

 Capsule '6 in. long, valves ovate sub-acute, hairy pale green. 



