166 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 113 Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 90.—Uvaria lutea, var. a, W. & A, 
Prodr. 8 (excl. syn.) —Guatteria acutifolia, Wall, Cat. 6438D. 
W. Peninsula: at Courtallam. Ceylon; central province, alt. 2,000 to 3,000 feet. 
Prate 214B. Alphonsea zeylanica, HZ. fi. & JT. 1, Flowermg branch; 2, ripe 
carpel—of natural size; 3, petals; 4, andro-gynoecium; 5 & 6, anthers; 7, sepals, torus and 
ovaries; 8, section of ovary—enlarged. (All copied from a drawing made in the Peradeniya 
Herbarium and kindly lent by Dr. H. Trimen, F-2.s.) 
10. ALrHoNsEA sCLEROcARPA, Thwattes’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 11. A tree; young 
branches slender, glabrous, pale, striate (the very youngest puberulous). Leaves 
coriaceous, narrowly lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, the base sub-cuneate or 
rounded ; both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining, the lower pale; main nerves 
8 or 9 pairs, oblique, inter-arching inside the margin, faint; length 1:75 to 3 in., 
breadth ‘7 to 1'l in.; petiole -2 in, Flowers numerous, yellowish, in short extra- 
axillary bracteate racemes; pedicels °2 in. long, pubescent, with a minute bracteole 
at the base. Sepals connate at the base, orbicular, reflexed, puberulous. Petals sub- 
equal, ovate-oblong, tapering to the obtuse apex and slightly contracted at the base, 
minutely pubescent outside, °25 in. long. Stamens in two rows, slightly apiculate, com- 
pressed. Ovaries 8 to 5, oblong, glabrous; ovules 8, in two rows; style very short ; 
stigma capitate. Ripe carpels large, woody, sub-obovoid or sub-globose, tomentose, 1°5 
to 2 in. long and 14 in. in diam., sub-sessile, or with thick stalks °25 in. long, 
tuberculate. Hook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 89. 
Ceylon,—Thwaites. 
Puare 215A. Alphonsea sclerocarpa, Thwaites. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe carpels 
—of natural size; 3, flower; 4, inner petal; 5, outer petal; 6, sepals and andro-gyncecium ; 
7, anther; 8 & 9, sections of ovaries—enlarged. (All copied from @ drawing made in 
the Peradeniya Herbarium and lent by Dr. H. Trimen, wes.) 
1). AtpHonsra Curtis, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 127. A 
shrub; young branches yellowish-pubescent, speedily becoming glabrous and dark- 
coloured. Leuves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute at base and apex; upper 
suriace glabrous, shining; the lower minutely, sparsely adpressed-puberulous, or glabrous, 
darker than the upper when dry, minutely reticulate; main nerves about 12 to 15 
pairs, sub-horizontal, yey faint, inter-arching far from the edge; length 4 to 5:5 in., 
breadth 1:2 to 1°75 in.; petiole -2 in. Peduncles extra-axillary, 1- or 2-flowered ; 
flowers about °*5 in. jong conical in bud; pedicels about ‘3 in. long, tawny-tomen- 
tose; bracteoles 1 or 2, sub-orbicular. Sepals connate into a spreading cup, °25 in. 
broad, tomentose outside and glabrous inside, with 3 broad sub-acute teeth. Petals 
much larger than the sepals, fleshy, oblong, ovate, sub-acute; the outer tomentose 
on. both surfaces, 4 in. long; the inner narrower, glabrous inside. Stamens numer- 
ous, with short thick filaments; apical process of connective small, not. concealing 
the short perfectly dorsal anther-cells. Pistils about 3, ne jae 2 many-ovuled ; 
stigma large, broad, sessile. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Penne Caries No, 1410. 
| Prats 215B. Alphonsea Curtisii, poe 1; Flowering ne 2, flower dissected — 
of natural size; 3.& 4, anthers;.5 & 6,-pistils—much enlarged. 
