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Capsules obovoid, bluntly angled, glabrous, reticulate, "75 in. long, their valves blunt; 
seeds globose with an ovoid beaked hilum, pale, smooth. 
Perak, at low elevations, King’s Collector. 
Var. hirsutiflora, King. Sepals tomentose externally, filaments sparsely villous, 
disc small; the cymules larger and the bracteoles longer and narrower 
than in the typical form. 
Perak; Changkat Jerin. L. Wray, junior. 
The whole plant when dried has a characteristic grey colour, and from this circumstance I have 
given its specific name. 
Prate 143A. Alsodeia cinerea, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, fruits; 3, fruits dehiscing; 4 and 5, seeds : of natural 
size; 6, flower dissected; 7, anther, front view; 8, anther, back view; 9, ovary and style: enlarged. 
Segor. II. PENTALOBA, Anthers with a broad, usually terminal, appendage from the 
connective; but none from the cells, 
PLATE 143B. 
ALSODEIA FLORIBUNDA, King in Journ. As, Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 2, p. 406. 
A shrub or tree, the young branches minutely fulvous-tomentose. Leaves membranous, 
shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes elliptic, acute or acumi- 
nate, more or less obscurely serrulate; the base rounded, rarely acute; upper surface 
glabrous except the pubescent midrib and nerves; under surface minutely and softly 
tomentose, the midrib and 14 to 16 pairs of rather straight nerves and the transverse 
secondary nerves prominent; length 4:5 to 7 in, breadth 15 to 25 in., petiole “1 to 
‘2 in.; stipules lanceolate, pubescent on the midrib, “25 in. long. Cymes axillary and 
terminal, on peduncles 1 to 15 in. long, much branched, dichotomous, spreading, many- 
flowered; bracteoles oblong, obtuse, pubescent. Sepals unequal, the outer 3 ovate-rotund, 
the inner 2 ovate, all obtuse and pubescent. Petals ovate-oblong, sub-acute, longer than 
the sepals, the apices usually reflexed. Stamens from a deep, puberulous, lobed dise; 
filaments expanded and pilose towards the apex, contracted and glabrous below; anthers 
elongate-ovate, with a single connectival ovate terminal appendage. Ovary sessile, villous- 
tomentose; style cylindric, puberulous; stigma truncate, cup-shaped. Capsule ovoid, obtusely 
angled, adpressed- pubescent, “95 in. long, the valves blunt; seeds sub-globose, angled; 
caruncle long, narrow. 
Perak, at low elevations; very common. Distrib. Sumatra; Lampongs, Forbes, 1719; 
Padang, Beccari, Р. 5. 683. | 
Usually a tree, and sometimes attaining the height (fide Kunstler) of 70 feet. But also, according 
to the same collector, found as a shrub 6 to 8 feet high. This is allied to the Burmese species А. mollis 
H. f. and Th., which, however, besides having the anthers of a Prosthesia, has much smaller cymes, 
and broader bracteoles and sepals. 
Рілте 1438. Alsodeia floribunda, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, inflorescence with fruits in various stages: of 
natural size ; 9, seed; 4, flower dissected; 5, stamens and their disc; 6 & 7, stamen, front and back views: enlarged, 
Ann. Roy. Dor. Garp. Carc, Vor. У. 
