164 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
pedicels. shorter than the peduncle, puberulous, ebracteolate, *3 to ‘4 in. long. Sepals 
triangular-ovate, connate at the base, reflexed, puberulous outside, glabrous inside. Petals 
yellowish-white, sub-equal, oblong, oblique, tapering gradually to the sub-acute apex ; the 
base broad, suddenly narrowed and slightly pouched, puberulous, °5 in. long; the inner 
slightly smaller. Stamens in 3 rows; filament very short; connective with a short apiculus. 
Ovaries 4 or 5, oblong, adpressed-pubescent ; ovules many, in two rows; stigma sessile, 
sub-capitate. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Perak: elevat. 500 feet,—Kuing’s Collector Nos. 5387, 7119 and 7516. 
Puare 212. Alphonsea lucida, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower-bud— of natural 
size; 8, flower dissected—slightly enlarged ; 4 & 5, anthers; 6 & 7, pistils—much enlarged. 
6. ALPHONSEA SUB-DEHISCENS, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 126. A shrub 
or small tree; young branches rather slender, puberulous at first but speedily becoming 
glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, shortly and rather 
bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate; upper surface glabrous except the 
puberulous midrib; the lower reticulate, sparsely puberulous or glabrous; main nerves 
about 10 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 1:75 to 2°83 in; 
petiole *25 in. Flowers globular, scarcely opening, *25 in. in diam., solitary or in pairs, 
slightly. supra-axillary, on short pedicels, with several large sub-orbicular pubescent brac- 
teoles. Sepals thick, fleshy, connate into a flat cup, °3 m. in diam., with three broad 
‘obtuse spreading lobes. Petals larger than the sepals, thick, hard and fleshy, valvate, 
orbicular, acute, concave; outside tawny-pubescent, inside glabrous except near the 
apex; the outer °2 in. in diam., the inner row rather smaller than the outer. Stamens 
numerous ; the apical processes large, fleshy, conical, concealing the apices of the 
narrow linear anther-cells. Zorus conical. Pisti/ solitary, clavate, minutely puberulous, 
many-ovuled ; stigma minute. Ripe carpels elongate-clavate, puberulous, 1 to 1:25 in. 
long, tapermg into a stalk :25 to °3 in. long. Seeds about 10. 
Perak,—King’s Collector No. 10818. 7 
The dried fruits of this species sometimes open longitudinally by a sort of quasi- 
suture ; hence the specific name. 
Prats 213. Alphonsea sub-dehiscens, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, bud seen from 
above; 3, bud opened up; 4, flower dissected; 5, unripe carpels; 6, ripe carpels—of 
natural size; 7 & 8 anthers; 9 & 10, pistils—enlarged. 
7.  ALPHONSEA CYLINDRICA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 127. A small 
tree 20 to 30 feet high; young branches with long, soft, pale-brown pubescence, ultimately 
glabrous, cinereous, striate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes oblanceo- 
late, shortly and bluntly acuminate; the base rounded or sub-cuneate, slightly oblique ; 
upper surface glabrous, shining, the midrib pubescent ; the lower dull, sparsely pubescent 
on the midrib and nerves; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, spreading, faint; length 2°5 to 3°5 
in., breadth 1°1 to 1°5 in.; petiole -15 in. Flowers *385 in, long, ee or 2 or 3 from 
ocean or si ee peduncles; peduncles -15 to °4 in. long, with deciduous 
distichous sub-orbicular bracts; pedicels -2 to °35 in. long, pubescent, each with 1 
bracteole near the base. Sepals semi-orbicular, blunt, connate at the base, tomentose 
outside, glabrous within, reflexed. Petals sub-equal, oblong-ovoid, tapering from the sub- 
