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LXX.— DECADES KEWENSES 



-Plantartjm Novartjm in Herbario Horti Eegit Conservatarum. 



Decas LXXXIII. 



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821- Capparis fusifera, Dunn [Capparidaceae-Cappareae] 



Wight 

 3-12 cm. longis distincta. 



fusiformi foliisque 



Frutex scaudens; rami primo tomentelli, mox glabri, spinis 

 paucis parvis yalidis uncinatis armati. Folia lanceolata,- 

 acumlnato-caudata, basi obtusa, 8-12 cm. longa, utrinque glabra, 

 reticulata ; venae erecto-patentes, utrinque 8-10, intra marginem 

 arcuatim connexae; petioli 7-9 mm. longi. Flores axillares, 

 1-3-ni; pedunculi l'4-l-6 cm. longi. Fructus fusiformis, gyno- 

 phoro 1-5 cm. longo excluso 4-5 cm. longus, 1-5-2 cm. latus, 

 -deorsum sensim sed ad apicem subito acuminatus, rugosus, 3-locu- 

 laris. Semina 1-3, superiore nonnunquam solum evoluto, 1-7 x 



1-2 X 0*7 cm.> castanea, 



India. Madras Presidency : Tinnevelly District ; Uduman- 



parai. Barber 5726. 



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822. Alsodeia grandiflora, Ridley jTiolaceae-Alsodeieae] ; 

 irutex A. floribundae, Kin^, affinis, foliis longis sub&essilibua, 

 fioribus multo majoribus, in genero maximis, petalis angustis 

 linearibus lanceolatis distinctus, 



Frutex 8-pedalis, glaber. Folia elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 basi rotundata, 19-24 cm. longa, 5*5-9-5 cm. lata, niembranacea, 

 sicca grisea, nervis ascendentibus 10-paribus, nervulis transversis 

 subtus elevatis', peticlo brevissimo ad 1 mm. longo. Cymae 

 axillares vel extra-axillares, 4-7 cm. longae, pedunculo 2 cm. 

 longo, ramis dicbotomis, fioribus pluribus albis. Sepala lanceo- 

 lata, subacuta, in margine ciliata, dorso sericea, 3 mm. longa. 

 Petala lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, 9 mm. longa, costa fcericea. 

 Stamina longa, filamentis an th eras aequantibus hirtis, antberis 

 angustis lanceolatis acutis', appendice terminali lanceolata. 

 Ovarium villosum. Stylus cylindricus, villosus. Discus subpro- 

 fundus, glaber, 5-lobatus. 



Malay Peninsula. Singapore; in a wood at Anghio Kio, 

 Ridley 6383; Johor, Ulu Batu Pahat, Lake and Kelsall 4042. 



This has larger flowers than any species I know of in Asia, 

 though there are some species in Africa, as, for instance, 

 A. elliptica^ Oliver, which have flowers nearly or quite as large. 



823. Alsodeia hirteUa, Ridley [Violaceae-Alsodeieae]; arbus- 

 cula, A. Kunstlerianae, Kiu^, affinis, sed foliis subtus, ramis flori- 

 busque rigide hirtis, sepalis latioribus suborbicularibus hirtis, 

 petalis brevioribu&' truncatis et filamentis longioribus distincta. 



Arbor parva, ramis hirtis. Folia lanceolata, longe acuminata, 

 obtusa, basi inaequilateralia, angusta, obtusa, in margine 

 serrulata vel integra, 14^24 cm. Tonga, 5-7 cm. lata, nervis 

 16-paribus cum costa et nervulis hirtis, petiolo l'S-2 cm. longo. 

 Racemi breves, axillares, 6~flori. Bracteae lanoeolatae, acutae. 

 Flores albi. Sepala exteriora 3, orbicularia, imbncata, extus 



