Alsodeia.] xi. violace.^. - 131 



(10) A. minutiflora Ridl. Joiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 59, p. 71. 

 Shrub. Branches slender, hairy. Leaves ellliptic-ovate to 



ovate, edges dentate, base cuneate or rhomboid, 1-5 in. long, 75 in. 

 wide, glabrous; petioles "i in. long. Flowers solitary axillary with 

 oval bracts at base, white, 'i in. long; pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals 

 ovate, rounded. Petals lanceolate obtuse. Stamens, anthers 

 elliptic-oblong, appendages lanceolate acute, narrower but little 

 shorter than petals. Style in female flower long, slender with 

 short arms. Capsule '5 in. long, valves boat-shaped, beaked by 

 the persistent style. Seeds globose, white -12 in. through, 2 in 

 each valve. Hab. Perils at Kanga (Ridley). Disirib. Siam. 



(11) A. lanceolata Wall. Cat. 4023; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 188; 

 King, I.e. 404. 



Shrub 6 to 8 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous, elongate 

 lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base narrowed; nerves 9 to 12 pairs, 

 secondaries transverse, 5 to 8 in. long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles '2 in. long. Racemes axillary -5 in. long or less, 4- to 

 6-flowered; pedicels pubescent. Flowers '2 in. long. Sepals ovate 

 blunt, pubescent. Petals lanceolate acuminate, centre villous. 

 Anthers as long as filaments, linear-lanceolate with i terminal 

 lanceolate appendage. Ovary villous. Fruit sub-globose, pubes- 

 cent, -35 in. long, valves beaked. Hab. Malacca, Mt. Ophir 

 (Ridley). Penang, on Government Hill (all collectors). Common 

 here. Native name : Ina Kechil. 



(12) A. pachycarpa King, I.e. 408. 



Small glabrous tree 20 to 25 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 

 oblong to elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, minutely serrate, base 

 narrowed; nerves 11 to 14 pairs, 5 to 7 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; 

 petioles '4 in. long. Panicle small dense axillary. Flowers numerous, 

 crowded. Bracts oblong, ciHate at the tip. Outer sepals 3 orbi- 

 cular-ovate, backs silky, edges ciliate, inner 2 more ovate glabrous. 

 Petals ovate obtuse. Filaments shorter than anthers; anthers 

 lanceolate with a narrow lanceolate point at the tip. Ovary 

 cylindric, glabrous; style stout. Stigma discoid. Capsules on 

 short thickened branches, i"25 in. long, narrowed at the base, 

 valves boat-shaped, separating when ripe into an outer leathery 

 pubescent or glabrous layer and an inner pale cartilaginous one. 

 Seeds angular. Hab. Hill forests. Selangor, Semangkok Pass 

 (Ridley). Perak, Waterloo estate (Curtis). 



(13) A. Scortechinii Kifig, I.e. 405; Ann. Bot. Card. Cale. 

 V. (2), 126, pi. 144. 



Shrub or tree 20 to 25 ft. tall. Leaves membranous large, 

 elliptic acuminate to lanceolate serrulate; nerves 12 to 13 pairs, 

 secondaries transverse, 7 to 9 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 in. long. Racemes short sessile condensed, several together, 

 axillar3^ Bracts ovate. Flowers pedicelled, white, '2 in. long. 

 Sepals broadly ovate. Petals oblanceolate acuminate, longer. 



