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the base; upper surface shining; the lower paler, the midrib and 6 pairs of arching 
main nerves prominent: length of blade 9:5 to 65 in., breadth 2 to 3 іп; petiole 
‘75 to 195 in. thickened in the upper half and bent in the middle. Flowers іп 
terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, shortly pedicellate, :25 in. in diam. Sepals 6, 
slightly imbricate in bud, united at their bases, linear-oblong, sub-acute, minutely 
tomentose on both surfaces, reflexed. Stamens 30; the filaments unequal, slender, com- 
pressed, united by their bases, anthers innate. Pistil as long as the stamens, the 
gynophore shorter than the ovary, puberulous. Ovary ovoid, 3-celled, ovules many, 
glabrous. Style twice as long as the ovary, cylindric; stigmas 3, sessile, ovate, small. 
Ripe fruit ovoid, smooth, yellow, 1°5 in. long and 1 in, in diam., endocarp membranous, 
Seed erect, the cotyledons fleshy. 
Perak; Scortechini, King's Collector, Nos, 8464 and 4225: in open rocky places from 
500 to 1,200 feet. 
In his field note on No. 8464, the collector describes this as “а splendid creeper 80 to 100 feet 
long;" in that on No. 4225, he says, “а tree 40 to 50 feet high." Ет. Scortechini’s specimens have no 
notes. From the flexuose appearance of the dried twigs, I believe this is a creeper, and not a tree. 
This and the last belong to the section of Roydsia characterised by having an undivided style, for which 
Sir J. D. Hooker (Е. B. I. i. 409), proposes the sectional name of A/ytostylis, but with an expression 
of doubt as to whether it should not be separated off as a genus. To this group belongs also the 
Philippine species R. floribunda, Planch. 
Prate 139, Roydsia Scortechinii, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, es E of natural size; 3, flower seen 
from below; 4, flower seen from above; 5, flower dissected, 6, anthers: enlarg 
PLATE 1404. 
ROYDSIA FASCICULATA, King m. sp. 
Nat. Ord. Capparidee. 
Young branches under surfaces of leaves and the inflorescence softly fulvous- 
puberulous, the older branches glabrous and lenticellate. Leaves membranous, broadly 
oblanceolate, abruptly and shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base; upper surface 
glabrous except the pubescent midrib, the lower sparsely pubescent, the midrib and 7 
to 9 pairs of sub-horizontal nerves prominent; length of blade 3 to 45 in., breadth 
1:25 to 1°75 in., petiole 77 in., straight. Racemes 3—4 in. long, in fascicles of 2—3, 
axillary or from the axils of fallen leaves. Flowers shortly pedicellate, “95 in. in diam. 
Sepals 6, oblanceolate, not united at their bases, velvetty-tomentose on both surfaces. 
Stamens about 35, the filaments flat, united near their sparsely hairy bases; anthers 
linear-oblong, innate. Pistil slightly longer than the stamens; gynophore ovary and 
style about equal in length, the two former densely tomentose; the style undivided, 
sub-glabrous ; stigmas minute, ovary 3-celled. 
Banks of Youngaleen River in Burmah; G. Gallatly, No. 499. 
Described by Mr. Gallatly as a shrub. Collected only once, and not in fruit. This belongs to 
Hooker's sub-genus Alytostylıs, another species of which (viz, A. parviflora, Griff.) is also a Burmese 
plant. But the latter is very distinct from this. 
Ррате 140A. Roydsia fasciculata, King. 1, flowering branch: of natural size; 2, flower; 3, the same dissected ; 
4, anthers; 5, pistil; 6, section of the same : enlarged. 
