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saccate base to the sub-acute apex, tomentose outside, minutely pubescent inside except 
a glabrous patch at the base, :35 in. long. Stamens in 3 rows with short broad fila- 
ments. Anthers ovate, the connective very slightly apiculate. Ovaries 3, oblong, 
densely pale-yellowish sericeous, with many ovules in two rows; style short; stigma 
bifid, sub-capitate. Ripe carpels 1 or 2, elongate, terete, tapering to the apex, pubescent 
or puberulous, nearly 1 in. long and only ‘2 in. in diam. 
Perak; on Ulu Bubong, elevat. 400 to 600 feet,—XKing’s Collector No. 10633. 
A species resembling A. sub-dehiscens in its narrow cylindric fruit. 
Prate 211B. Alphonsea cylindrica, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, twig with 
fruit—of natural size; 3, flower dissected—slightly enlarged; 4 & 5, anthers; 6, pistil; 
7, section of the same—much enlarged. 
8. ALPHONSEA MADRASPATANA, Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 92; Flora Sylvat., ¢. 76. 
A tree; all parts glabrous except the flowers and fruit; young branches pale, lenticellate 
and striate. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, sometimes ovate or oblong, obtuse, the 
base sub-cuneate; both surfaces glabrous and inconspicuously reticulate, the lower paler; 
main nerves 5 to 7 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 1°8 to 3 in., breadth °85 to 1:2 
in.; petiole -25 in., rugulose, sub-puberulous or glabrous, Flowers yellow, in leaf-opposed 
or extra-axillary fascicles of 2 to 6; pedicels ‘25 to *5 in. long, puberulous, with a 
bract below the middle. Sepals small, ovate, pubescent. Petals sub-equal, ovate, bluntly 
acuminate, pubescent externally, glabrous within. Stamens in two rows, compressed, very 
slightly apiculate. Ovaries oblong, truncate at the apex, tapering at the base, pubescent ; 
ovules 8, in two rows; style sub-globose, sub-sessile. Ripe carpels ovoid-globose, slightly 
apiculate, tawny-tomentose. 
Mysore and the Carnatic,—Beddome. 
A species very near A, sclerocarpa in flowers and leaves, but with smaller non- 
tubercular fruit. It has been collected only by Colonel Beddome. 
_ Pare 214A, Alphonsea madraspatana, Bedd. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpel; 
3, flower—of natural size; 4, anther; 5, pistil; 6, section of same—enlarged. (Nos, 2 
io 6 are copied from Beddome’s Flora Sylvatica, t. 76.) 
9. ALPHONSEA ZEYLANICA, Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Ind. 153, A tree; young branches 
puberulous but speedily glabrous striate and dark-coloured. eaves small, coriaceous, 
narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, the base acute; upper surface glabrous, shining; the 
lower dull, the midrib puberulous when young; main nerves 10 or 12 pairs, spreading, 
inter-arching widely within the margin, very faint; length 2°25 to 3 im., breadth °d 
to. 1 in.; petiole -2 in. Flowers few, in leaf-opposed or extra-axillary fascicles, 
yellowish-green, *5 to °65 in. long; pedicels pubescent, ‘25 to °5 in., with a small 
basal bracteole. Sepals connate for half their length, broadly ovate, sub-acute, tomen- 
tose outside, glabrous inside, reflexed when ripe. Petals sub-equal, ‘5 to ‘65 in. long, 
ovate-acute, puberulous outside, glabrous inside; their apices reflexed. Stamens in several 
rows, compressed, with a slight conical apiculus. Ovaries few, oblong, 4- to 6-ovuled; 
style short, thick; stigma truncate. Rive carpels ovoid, obtuse, tomentose, slightly 
tuberculate, or not tuberculate, 1.. in. long and ‘65 in, in diam.; their stalks stout, 
tomentose, 1 to 1:5 in. long. Seeds 4 to 5. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, i. 89; Thevaites’ 
