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PLATE 146A. 
ALSODEIA CAPILLATA, King in Journ. Аз. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, рі, 2, р. 407. 
A small shrub, the young branches rufous-tomentose. Leaves membranous, shortly 
petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, the edges serrulate, the base acute; upper surface 
glabrous except the pubescent nerves and midrib, lower rufous-pubescent; the nerves 
about 12 pairs, bold, as are the transverse veins; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 155 to 1:75 
in., petiole “2 in.; stipules lanceolate, pubescent externally. Flowers in small, sub-sessile, 
3- to 5-flowered axillary cymes. Sepals narrowly oblong, obtuse, tomentose externally, 
Petals linear-oblong, the apex sub-acute and reflexed, hairy along the midrib externally. 
Stamens alternating with the lobes of a deep, 5-lobed, glabrous disc; filaments slender, 
glabrous, longer than the anthers. Anthers small, ovate, each with an ovate acute small 
terminal appendage. Ovary sessile, globular, villous; style long, cylindric, sub-villous; 
stigma truncate, cup-shaped. Capsule “5 in. long, rusty-pubescent externally and densely 
covered with unbranched, often hooked, soft, pubescent spines about °15 in. long and 
not felted. Seeds ovoid, smooth, pale, with dark semi-circumferential band, and ап 
oblong carunculus. 
Laroot in Perak, King’s Collector, No. 2462. A small bush 4 to 8 feet high. 
This comes near A. echinocarpa and A comosa, but differs notably in its flowers and seeds. 
Prate 146A. Alsodeia capillata, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit dehiscing: of natural size; 3, flower: 
slightly enlarged ; 4, flower dissected ; 6, flower with calyx and corolla removed ; 6, two anthers with part of the 
disc (one of the anthers turned round to show its back); T, ovary and style: enlarged. 
PLATE 146B. 
ALsODEIA comosa, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, рі. 2, р. 407. 
A shrub ог small tree, the young branches densely ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves 
membranous, sub-sessile, oblong-oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, serrulate, the base 
narrowed; upper surface glabrous; the lower pubescent, especially on the prominent 
midrib and 14 to 16 pairs of lateral nerves; length 5:5 to 7:5 ш., breadth 12 to 95 
in., petiole 2 in.; stipules subulate, *3 in. long. Flowers in dense axilary bracteolate 
glomeruli, Sepals ovate, obtuse, tomentose. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent 
externally, and (like the sepals) with an apical tuft of hairs, glabrous internally. Stamens 
from a short minutely toothed glabrous disc, the filaments longer than the anthers: 
anthers narrowly ovate, each with a small rounded terminal appendage from the 
connective. Ovary elongate, sparsely villous; style pubescent; stigma truncate, 
cup-shaped.  Capsulg “5 in. long flocculent-tomentose, densely covered with unbranched, 
subulate, soft, pubescent spines about “5 in. long, not felted. Seeds pale, ovoid, 
smooth, with sub-terminal papillate caruncle. 
Perak, Wray, Nos. 3299 and 1254; King’s Collector, Nos. 406 and 554. 
Prate 1468. Alsodeia comosa, King. 1, flowering branch; 2, glomerule with flowers and young fruit; 
3, ripe fruit dehiscing: of natural size; 4, seeds: slightly enlarged; 5, flower dissected; 6, anthers and disk; 
7, anthers front and back; 8, pistil: enlarged. 
