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pubescent. Flowers greenish-white, about °4 in, long, in very short fascicle-like leaf- 
opposed or extra-axillary racemes, opening 1 or 2 at a time; pedicels 4 or ‘5 in. long, 
rusty-tomentose, with one bracteole in the middle and another at the base. Sepals small, 
broadly ovate, acute, tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Petals thick, sub-equal, ovate- 
oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex, sub-cordate at the base; the inner rather shorter, 
pubescent on both surfaces, but rather less so on the inner, *4 to ‘5 in, long. Stamens 
broad, flattened, slightly apiculate. Ovaries numerous, oblong, tapering to the apex, 
densely pubescent, multi-ovulate; stigma sub-sessile, capitate. Ripe carpels ovoid, yellow 
when ripe, minutely pubescent, 1:5 to 2°5 in. long and 1:2 to 1°75 in. in diam. Seeds 
6 or 7, immersed in pulp, in two rows, compressed; testa brown, hard. Zook. fil. Fl. 
br, Ind. 1, 89; Kure For. Fl. Burm, i. 48.—Uvaria ventricosa, Roxb, Fl. Ind. ii. 658; 
Wall. Cat. 6453. 
Assam; Chittagong; Andamans; Penang. 
_ -PratTe 210. Alphonsea ventricosa, H. f. ¢ Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpeis; 
3 & 4, sections of carpel—of natural size; 5, section of flower; 6, stamen; 7 & 8, 
sections of ovaries—enlarged. 
4, ALPHONSEA ELLIPTICA, Hook. fil, §& Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind, i. 90. A tree? Young 
branches rather stout, grey, glabrous. eaves coriaceous, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, shortly 
and bluntly acuminate or acute, the base abruptly cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shin- 
ing; the lower reticulate, puberulous when young, glabrous when adult, slightly paler 
than the upper; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent beneath; length 
3°5 to5in., breadth 1°25 to 1:75 in.; petiole °2 im. Flowers ‘8 in. in diam., axillary, 
solitary, or 2 to 3 in. short racemes; peduncles very short, multi-bracteate; pedicels °25 
to *35 in. long, with 1 or 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals sub-orbicular, obtuse, recurved, 
connate at the base. Petais adpressed-pubescent; the outer ovate-lanceolate, reflexed; the 
inner rather smaller. Stamens in several rows, apiculate. Ovaries linear-oblong, pubes- 
cent; stigma sub-sessile, sub-capitate; ovules numerous, in two series, Lipe carpels ovoid, 
oblong, blunt at each end, densely covered with minute tawny tomentum, 2 in, long and 
1 in. in diam. Seeds 6 or 7, flattened. King in Journ, As. Soc, Bengal 61, pt, 2, 120. 
- Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 99, 
Maingay’s specimens (Kew Distrib. No. 107) in fruit only and with some detached 
leaves, and which have hitherto remained undetermined, appear to me to belong to this 
species; and it is from these that the fruit of this species is now for the first time 
described. | 3 3 
Prare 211A. Alphonsea elliptica, H. f & Th. 1, Flowermg branch—of natural 
size; 2, flower dissected—enlarged; 3 & 4, anthers; 5, pistil—much enlarged. | 
5. ALPHONSEA, LucIDA, King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. Ri -aco. A 
shrub 6 to 8 feet high; all parts glabrous except the flower; young branches slender, 
rather dark-coloured. eaves thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic, shortly abruptly and 
rather obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate; under-surface very minutely scaly ; main 
nerves 7 or 8 pairs, oblique, curving, depressed on the upper, bold and prominent 
on the lower, surface; length 4:5 to 5:6 in., breadth 1-75 to 2:5 in,; petiole °3 im. 
stout. Flowers extra-axillary, solitary or 2 or 3 in racemes; peduncle of. raceme short ; 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Caucurra, Vou. IV. 
