132 XI. viOLACE^. [Alsodeia. 



Stamens, filaments slender, longer than anthers; anthers short 

 ovate with one terminal appendage. Ovary globose, glabrous 

 warty. Capsule ovoid, '5 in. long, valves boat-shaped, beaked. 

 Seeds 2, rounded, smooth. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Kwala Lumpur 

 (Curtis). Perak, Larut Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. S. Siam. 



(14) A. condensa King, I.e. 405; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. v. (2), 

 126, pi. 145. 



Glabrous tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, 6 to 10 in. through. Leaves 

 membranous, elliptic sub-acute, serrulate, base cuneate unequal ; 

 nerves 13 to 15 pairs, elevate beneath, secondaries transverse, 

 8 to 14 in. long, 3 to 4*5 in. wide; petioles '25 to -35 in. long. Stipules 

 subulate, 35 to -5 in. long. Panicles axillary compact, much 

 branched, 175 to 2" 5 in. long. Bracts numerous, ovate acute. 

 Flowers pale green, 'i in. long. Sepals unequal, outer 2 or 3 

 larger, round, inner ovate pubescent. Petals little longer, ovate 

 villous. Anthers cordate with one ovate appendage. Ovary 

 glabrous. Capsules ovoid pointed, glabrous. Hab. Chanderiang 

 under 800 ft. altitude (Wray) ; Kedah at Yan (Ridley). 



(15) A. floribunda King, I.e. 406; Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. v. (2), 

 125, pi. 143B. 



A shrub 8 to 10 ft. tall, or tree to 60 ft. high ; young branches 

 tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate to elHptic 

 acute, more or less serrulate, base rounded, above glabrous except 

 nerves, beneath minutely tomentose ; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, 

 secondaries transverse, 4-5 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles 

 •I to -2 in. long. Stipules lanceolate, pubescent, '25 in. long. 

 Cymes axillary i"5 in. across, on peduncles, i to 1-5 in. long, many- 

 flowered. Flowers yellowish white. Bracts oblong obtuse, pubes- 

 cent. Sepals unequal pubescent, 3 ovate round and 2 ovate. 

 Petals ovate-oblong blunt, tips reflexed. Disc lo-lobed, pilose. 

 Filaments dilate and pilose towards the tip; anthers elongate 

 ovate; appendage terminal ovate. Ovary villous; style puberu- 

 lous. Capsule ovoid pubescent, valves blunt. Hab. Woods, Singa- 

 pore, Ang-mo-kio. Perak, Larut Hills; Goping and Tapa; 

 Gunong Bubu (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



(16) A. grandiflora Ridl. Kew Bulletin 1914, p. 377. 



A shrub about 8 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves large elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate, base rounded; nerves 10 pairs with trans- 

 verse secondaries elevate beneath, 8 to 10 in. long, 2 to 4 in. 

 across; petioles hardly an5^ Panicles axillary or extra-axillary, 

 1*5 to 3 in. long. Peduncle over i in. long. Flowers numerous, 

 white. Sepals lanceolate sub-acute, edges ciliate, 'i in. long. 

 Petals '3 in. long, linear-lanceolate obtuse ; midrib silky. Stamens, 

 filaments as long as anthers, hairy; anthers narrow lanceolate 

 acute, with a lanceolate prolongation at the tip. Ovary villous; 

 style cjdindric, villous. Disc rather deep, glabrous, 5-lobed. Hab. 

 Woods, Singapore at Ang-mo-kio. Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat (Kelsall). 



