Alsodeia.] xiu. VIOLACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 18? 



3. A. zeylanica, Thwaites Enum. 21; branchlets puberulous, leaves 

 elliptic-lanceolate obscurely serrulate, nerve-axils beneath bearded, stipules 

 broad-subulate, flowers fascicled, filaments" very short, tip of connective 

 short broad. Pentaloba zeylanica, Am. in Mag. Zool. and Bot. ii. 543. 



MALABAR, Herb. Wight.; COCHIN, Johnstone ; CEYLON, in the Ratnapoora district, 

 Gardner, &c. 



Very closely allied to A. bengalensis and perhaps a variety of it, but the hranchlets 

 are puberulous, the stipules broader, the leaves more obscurely serrulate, the flowers on 

 shorter pedicels, that are crowded on stout peduncles, and the petals are more linear.- 

 A. obtusa, Korth., and A. Brownii, Korth., come very near to this and A. bengalensis. 



4. A. Wallichiana, H.f. & T. ; quite glabrous, leaves petioled large 

 linear- or oblong-lanceolate acuminate obscurely serrulate, nerve-axils 

 beneath not bearded, flowers 2-3 together axillary peduncled quite glabrous. 

 Pentaloba macrophylla, Wall. Cat. 4024. 



PEXANG, Porter. 



Branches stout. * Leaves 7-12 by 3-4 in., coriaceous, shining, yellow when dry ; nerves 

 strong, many, arching ; petiole stout, |-| in. Stipules 4~f in., linear-lanceolate, glabrous. 

 Peduncles ^-2^ in., usually 2 together, glabrous, with many small ovate-subulate basal 

 bracts and bracteoles. Flowers ^ in. diam , erect. Sepals ovate, acute, very rigid, 

 glabrous. Petals ovate-oblong, rigid, twice as long as the sepals. Disk cupular, mem- 

 branous, entire or obscurely 5-lobed. filaments subulate, flattened, dilated below, 

 adnate to the disk; anthers oblong, cells gibbous at the outer base, tip of connective 

 suborbicular broader than the cells. Ovary globose ; style glabrous, short, stigma 

 truncate 3-lobed ; ovules 6. Capsule ^ in., glabrous. 



5. A. racemosa, H.f. & T. ; glabrous, leaves elliptic or elliptic-obovate 

 acuminate serrulate, nerve-axils beneath not bearded, petiole puberulous, 

 flowers in erect axillary racemes, filaments subulate. 



ASSAM, Herb. Griffith. 



Branches strict, glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by IJ-lf in., rather oblique, membranous, base 

 subacute; nerves slender, arching; petiole \ in., slender. Stipules ^$ in., ovate, acumi- 

 nate. Racemes 2-3 in., simple, erect, strict, stout, flowering throughout their length; 

 bracteate and 2 bracteolate at the base of each short pedicel; bracts like the stipules, 

 persistent, bracteoles minute. Flowers horizontal. | in. diam. Sepals ovate, sub- 

 ciliate. Petals twice as long, oblong, obtuse. Filaments subulate, connate at the base 

 with the disk into a cup, glabrous ; anthers ovate, tip of connective broad, subacute, cells 

 hairy at the base. Ovary 6-ovuled. 



** Ovary and style pubescent or tomentose. 

 t Leaves glabrous or nearly so. 



6 A. Griffith!!, //./. & T. ; branchlets and petioles puberulous, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong acuminate serrulate glabrous, nerve-axils beneath bearded, 

 flowers fascicled on short branched peduncles, filaments very short, tip or 

 connective broad orbicular. 



BIRMA, near the Serpentine mines in the Hookoom valley, Griffith. 



Branches stout. Leaves 8-10 by 3-4 in., shining above, midrib beneath with a few 

 short hairs or glabrous; petiole ^ in., stout. Stipules \ in., oblong-lanceolate, hard, 

 pubescent. Peduncles clustered, very stout. Flowers crowded, 3- in. diam., pubescent. 

 Sepals broadly ovate, half as long as the petals. Disk fleshy, 5-lobed. Filaments very- 

 short ; anthers with a short spur at the outer base of each cell, and a very large orbi- 

 cular membranous ciliolate tip to the connective, which is broader than the anther. 

 Ovary and style hairy. This resembles a Philippine Island species (Gaming, n. 1074) 

 which has glabrous flowers, also the A. macrophylla, Don (of Timor) which has an 

 acuminate tip to the connective. 



