162 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
rusty, conspicuously reticulate, pubescent, the midrib tomentose; main nerves 8 or 9 
pairs, oblique, inter-arching far from the edge; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 1:5 to 2-7 
n.; petiole °25 in. lowers °75 in. in diam., supra-axillary, solitary or im small racemes ; 
pedicels ‘1 in. long, rusty-tomentose ; bracteole small. Sepals sub-orbicular, very small. 
Petals ovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within; the outer recurved, the inner smaller. 
Stamens with broad short filaments; the anther-cells small, diverging below. Ovules about 
20. Ripe carpels ovoid, short-stalked, 2 in. long by 1 in. in diam. Seeds many, smooth. 
King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 125. 
Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 98. 
Puate 205B. Alphonsea Maingayi, H. fi. & Th. 1, Flowering branch—of natural 
size; 2, flower dissected—slightly enlarg ged ; 3 & 4, anthers; 5, pistil; 6, section of 
same—much enlarged. 
3. ApHonsea LuTrA, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 153 (not of Teysm. § Binn.) A 
tree; young branches minutely rufous-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-oblong to 
elliptic, obtusely acuminate, the base sub-cuneate or rounded; upper surface glabrous, 
shining; the lower sparsely adpressed-strigose; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, 
inter-arching within the edge, faint; length 2°5 to 5°5 in., breadth 1:25 to 2-75 in.; 
petiole -2 im., pubescent. Racemes leaf-opposed, in clusters of 2 or 3, woody, tomentose, 
with many small bracts and 2 or 3 flowers. Flowers *6 to ‘75 in. in diam.; pedicels 
yellowish-tomentose, with 1 bracteole. Sepals connate into an open 3-angled cup, tomen- 
tose outside, glabrous inside. Outer petals ovate, tomentose outside, puberulous inside 
except at the glabrous base; inner petals rather broader than the outer, pubescent 
outside, glabrous inside. Stamens in three rows, short, broad, flat; the connective 
scarcely produced above the lateral anther-cells. Ovaries oblong, compressed, strigose; 
ovules 10, in two rows; style very short, glabrous; stigma small. Ripe carpels 4 to 6, 
broadly ovoid, pomted, puberulous, 1°2 to 15 in. long; stalk thick, -25 to °4 in. long. 
- 3 to 6, oval-oblong, pomted. Zhwaites’ Hnum, Pl. Ceyl. 899; Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
i. 69; Kurz For, Fl. Burm. i. 49; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., ¢. 91.—Uvaria lutea, Rozb. 
- & Pl 1 -t. 865 Fl. Ind, 11. 666. (not of Wall., nor of W. & A.); Uvaria Russellu, 
Wall, Cat. 6464. 
From Sylhet to Pegi: Orissa. Ceylon: in hilly camila 
Prats 209. Alphonsea lutea, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, branch with 
ripe carpels; 3, ripe carpel from another specimen; 4, section of ripe carpel; 5, seed— 
of natural size; 6, flower-bud; 7, flower dissected—enlarged ; 8 & 9, anthers; 10 & 11, 
pistils—much enlarged. (The foregoing are all from Ceylon specimens and are copied from 
a drawing kindly lent by Dr. H. Trimen, gels ; 12 & 13, flowers (from Indian 
eS alae y enlarged. 
3. ALPHONSEA VENTRICOSA, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 152. A tall tree; young 
branches softly tomentose but speedily glabrous dark-coloured and striate. Leaves 
coriaceous, drooping, oblong to oblong-elliptic, shortly acuminate, the base slightly 
cuneate or rounded; both surfaces glabrous, reticulate, the midrib pubescent on the lower 
when young; main nerves 14 to 18 pairs, slender, spreading, inter-arching freely within 
the edge; length 4°5 to 10°5 im., breadth 175 to 2°75. in. ; petiole a to rill. thick, 
