134 XI. viOLACE^. [Alsodeta. 



rounded, above glabrous, beneath pubescent ; nerves ii to 14 pairs, 

 5'5 in. to 7-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles "2 in. long. 

 Stipules subulate, "3 in. long. Flowers white or j-ellow. Sepals 

 ovate blunt tomentose. Petals lanceolate acuminate, pubescent 

 outside. Both with terminal tufts of hairs. Filaments shorter 

 than anthers; anthers narrow ovate, each cell with a terminal seta, 

 no appendage. Ovary sparsely villous ; style pubescent. Capsule 

 •5 in. long densely covered with soft pubescent spines about "5 in. 

 long. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Dusun Tua; Rawang (Kloss). 

 Perak, Tapa (Wray) ; Goping (Kunstler). Z)/s/n&. Cochin-China. 



(19) A. echinocarpa Korih. Ned. Kniidk. Arch. ii. 360; King, 

 I.e. 407. 



A bush or small tree as much as 30 ft. tall. Young branches 

 tomentose. Leaves membranous, obovate or ovate-elliptic abruptly 

 acuminate, boldly serrate, base rounded or cuneate, above glabrous 

 except nerves, beneath pubescent; nerves 11 to 15 pairs, promi- 

 nent, 6*5 to 9 in. long, 2*25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles "i to 2 in. 

 long. Stipules ovate acute "25 in. long, acute pubescent. Cymes 

 axillar}^ pubescent, condensed sessile, 3- to 6-flowered. Bracts 

 lanceolate. Sepals ovate obtuse tomentose. Petals little longer, 

 oblong pubescent outside, white. Stamens and disc glabrous; 

 anthers ovate-cordate, with a small terminal appendage. Ovary 

 villous. Capsule large, i to 2 in. across covered with tomentose 

 felted fibres, valves compressed, blunt, 75 in. long. Seed sub- 

 globose. Hah. Common in woods from Singapore to Tringganu. 

 Disirih. Southern Siam, Borneo, Sumatra and Cochin-China, Laos. 

 Native names : Aho Lumut ; Ardani (Penang) ; Jenta- Jenta ; 

 Lalada or Lelada ; Sebilik ; Segumpa betina ; Kayu Rembut ; 

 Medang Gombot ; Jangut Baong. Use : Seeds as a purgative. 



3. NECKIA, Korth. 



Small herbs with slightly woody erect stems usually simple 

 and more or less covered with bristly hairs (stipules). Leaves 

 lanceolate, serrate. Flowers small, pink or white on long peduncles 

 axillary. Sepals sub-equal. Petals equal. Staminodes dimor- 

 phous, outer setaceous or gland-like, inner 10 connate with the 

 stamens into a tube. Stamens, filaments very short; anthers 

 oblong. Ovary many-ovuled. Capsule septicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds numerous. Species about 7, Malay Islands. 



(i) N. malayana Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 49, p. 11. 



Whole plant 3 to 12 in. tall. Stipules of red brown bristles 

 •25 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends, edges 

 bi-serrate, shortly pale beneath, 1-5 to 7 in. long. Flowers on 

 peduncles i in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute, toothed. Petals 

 ovate obtuse, rose pmk. Stamens monadelphous, 10. Capsule 

 ovoid acute, longer than sepals. Seed obovoid, punctate. Hab. 



