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Leaves rusty-pubescent beneath at all staj^es ... 1. A. Maingayi. 

 Leaves glabrous on both surfaces (puberulous on 

 the lower in A. elliptica). 



Leaves more than 3 inches lon^. 



Buds conical ; ripe carpels ovoid or glo- 

 bose. 



Leaves glabrous on the upper sur- 

 face, puberulous on the lower 

 when young, elliptic or ovate- 

 elliptic ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs 2. A. elliptica. 

 Leaves quite glabrous, broadly ellip- 

 tic, shortly acuminate : main ner- 

 ves 7 to 8 pairs ... ... 3. ^. lucida. 



Buds globose ; ripe carpels cylindric ... 4. J., sub-indehiscens. 

 Leaves 3 inches long or less : ripe carpels 



cylindric ... ... ... 5. A. cylindrica. 



Of uncertain position (fruit unknown)... 6. A. Gurtisii. 



1. Alphonsea Maingayi, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 90. 

 A tree : branches rusty-tomentose, ultimately dai'k-coloured and glab- 

 rous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shortly, and 

 often obtusely, acuminate, the base rounded ; upper surface shining, 

 glabrous except the midrib, puberulous near the base ; lower surface 

 rusty, conspicuously reticulate, pubescent, the midrib tomentose ; main 

 nerves 8 or 9 pairs, oblique, inter-arching far from the edge ; length 

 5 to 7 in., breadth 1"5 to 27 in., petiole "25 in. Floioers '75 in. in diam., 

 supra-axillary, solitary or in small racemes ; pedicels '1 in. long, rusty- 

 tomentose, bracteole small. Sepals sub-orbicular, very small. Petals 

 ovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within, the outer recurved, the inner 

 smaller. Stamens witli broad short filaments ; the auther-cells small, 

 diverging below. Ovules about 20. Ripe carpels ovoid, short-stalked, 

 2 in. long, by 1 in. in diam. Seeds many, smooth. 



Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 98. 



2. Alphonsea elliptica. Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 90. 

 A tree ? Young branches rather stout, grey, glabrous. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, shortly and bluntly acuminate or acute, 

 the base abruptly cuneate ; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower 

 reticulate, puberulous when young, glabrous Avhen adult, slightly paler 

 than the upper ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, slightly pro- 

 minent beneath ; length 3*5 to 5 in., bx^eadth 1"25 to 1"75 in., petiole 2 in. 

 Flowers 8 in. in diam., axillary, solitary or 2 to 3, in short racemes ; 

 peduncles very short, multi-bracteate, pedicels '25 to "35 in. long, with 

 1 or 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals sub-orbicular, obtuse, recurved, con- 



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