188 xin. VIOLACE^:. . (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Alsodcia. 



7. A. lanceolata, Wall. Cat. 4023 (Pentaloba) ; glabrous, leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate acuminate obscurely serrulate, nerve-axils beneath unbearded, 

 flowers in short cymes pubescent, filaments longer than the anthers, tip of 

 connective subulate. Vareca lanceolata, ttoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 648. 



PENANG, Jack., Porter, &c. 



An erect shrub. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in., smooth and shining on both surfaces, sub- 

 sessile, base narrowed. Stipules % in., subulate from a broad base, or lanceolate, gla- 

 brous. Flowers pale yellow, shortly pedicelled. Sepals ovatey-obtuse. J'< //.> twice 

 as long, linear-lanceolate, subacute. Filaments glabrous, adnate to the 5-lobed disk; 

 anthers ovate, contracted into the acuminate tip of the connective. Ovary and style 

 densely villous. Capsule 4 in., pubescent or glabrate, several-seeded. 



8. A. BXaing-ayi, H. f. <& T. ; glabrous, leaves subsessile elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate or obovate-oblong shortly acuminate serrulate, nerves 

 strong, axils beneath not bearded, flowers in peduncled axillary cymes 

 crowded pubescent, sepals oblong, stamens toinentose. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. 



A tree? Leaves very variable in size and shape, the longest narrow-lanceolate, 10 

 by 2 in. ; the broadest 5. by 3 in., shortly oblong tending to become obovate, often some- 

 what oblique, base rounded or acuminate, young pilose; nerves many, strong, arching 

 and inosculating within the margin. Stipules $ in., subulate-lanceolate. .Cynic* with 

 stout glabrous peduncles -1 in. long, dichotoinously branched. Flowers in. diani., 

 sessile or pedicelled. Sepals broadly oblong, ciliolate. J'ttnl* rather longer, obtuse, 

 bearded down the centre on both KU >nn< nts adnate to the cup-shaped 10-lobed 



disk, broad, stout, tomentose within ; anthers small, ovoid, connective pubescent, with 

 a glabrous short obtuse membranous tip. 



tt Brancldets and leaves tomentose. 



9. A. mollis, //./. & T.; softly tomentose, leaves obovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate obscurely toothed, flowers in dense axillary tomentose 

 cymes, outer sepals large orbicular, filaments pubescent above. 



TEN A BSE KIM, Griffith, Heifer. 



A shrub, branches and leaves thickly tomentose beneath with short spreading hairs. 

 Leaves 6-10 by 2-24 m -> acute or ai-ntninati 1 . often oblique, membranous, pubescent 

 above with a tomentose midrib; petiole ^ in. Stipules |-^ in,, subulate-lanceolate, 

 pilose. Cymes peduncled or subsessile. Flowers in. diam., subsessile, crowded, 

 ochreous. Sepals very unequal, inner oblong. J'ctal* narrow, erect, rigid, with revo- 

 lute tips, hairy upwards. Filaments inserted on the cupular 10-15-lobed disk; anthers 

 shorter, ovate, narrowed into the short acute tip of the connective. Ovary 6-ovuled. 

 Capsule, \ in., densely pubescent. Very near A. dasycaula, Miquel, of Sumatra, but 

 much more densely tomentose. 



10. A. echinocarpa, Kortlials. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. i. 359 ; densely 

 tomentose, leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate long acuminate usually 

 coarsely toothed, flowers in densely tomentose axillary cymes, outer sepals 

 oblong, capsules thickly clothed with felted brovvn-tomentose branched 

 fibres. Miquel FL Ned. Ind. i. pt. 2, 116. Medusa auguifera, Lour. FL 

 Coc/i. 406. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Cochin-China. 



Very similar to A. mollis in foliage, stipules, and structure of the flowers, disk, sta- 

 mens and ovary, but the leaves are shorter-petioled and usually more deeply toothed, 

 the cymes shorter, the sepals all oblong, filaments glabrous, and the fruits form spherical 

 balls 1 -2 in. diam. of matted branched filaments which arise from the capsule, whose 

 valves are f in. long, Seeds few, large. 



