Alysda.] xciv. apooynacej;. (J. D. Hooker.) G3&. 



OTate, acute. Corolla-tube about twice as long as the calyx ; lobes oblong, obtuse, as. 

 long as the tube. Bipe carpels J in. long, stoutly stipitate, ellipsoid, obtuse, smooth^ 

 — Habit of a Chilocarpus. 



2. A. coriacea, Wall, in Roxh. Ft. Inch ed. Wall. 8f Carey, ii. 541, anii' 

 Cat. 9065; bark red-brown, leaves opposite very coriaceous obovate obtuse- 

 shining above nerves ascending, cymes very short and shortly pedmicled, bracts, 

 and calyx-lobes obtuse. Hunteria ? coriacea, Wall. Cat. 1610. 



Penang ; Wallich, Porter. 



Branches very stout. Leaves 2-4 by 1-lJ in., narrowed into the petiole, yellow- 

 brown when dry, nerves raised in the upper surface, beneath opaque dull yellow 

 with the nerves very faint ; petiole ^f in. Cymes \ in., few fld., bracts very small.. 

 Flowers ^ in. long. Calyx very coriaceous, lobes jL in.^ acute, ciliolate. Corolla-tubO' 

 inflated in the middle; constricted at the mouth, with 5 2-lobed glands, lobes small,, 

 oblong falcate. Fruit not seen. 



3. A . lucida, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. ^ Carey,, ii. 540 ; bark- 

 red-brown, cymes and shoots pubescent, leaves opposite or 3-4 in a whort 

 obovate obtuse or acute very pul)escent shining above and almost so beneath,, 

 nerves nearly horizontal, cymes very short and shortly peduncled, corolla ^ in., 

 long. A. Gynopogon, Wall. Cat. 1605. 



Singapore ; Wallich. Maiacca (cultivated) ; Maingay, 



Branches very stout, young 4-angled. Leaves 3-4 by 1-lJ in., pale, hard andf 

 thick when dry, narrowed into a very short petiole ; nerves hardly raised on either 

 surface! Cymes \ in. long, on thick peduncles, rarely longer than the petioles ; bracts . 

 oblong, pubescent ; flowers yellow, fragrant. Calyx deeply 5-cleft, segments acute. . 

 Corolla-tube ^ in., pubescent within ; lobes as long, oblong. Ovary villous. Bipe ■ 

 carpels ^ in. long, broadly elliptic, smooth, stipitate. 



4. A . pilosa, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 408 ; branches leaves beneath and'^ 

 cymes softly pubescent or tomentose, leaves 3-4 in a whorl elliptic-lanceolate- 

 very coriaceous shining above, nerves very many horizontal, cymes shortly^ 

 peduncled, flowers villous. 



Malacca ; Mt. Ophir {Herb. RooJc.). — Distbib. Sumatra, Borneo. 



Branches stout ; bark pale. Leaves 3-d by 1-1|- in., drying green, narrowed into, 

 short stout petioles ^ in., midrib stout beneath ; nerves very close, faint on both 

 surfaces. Peduncle equalling or shortly exceeding the petiole, very stout, bracts, 

 small ; flowers subsessile, crowded, ^ in. long. Calyx-segments ovate-lanceolate, 

 obtuse, erect, one-fourth shorter than the corolla. Corolla-tube coriaceous, narrowly 

 campanulate above, hairy within and without, lobes very short, rounded, glabrous, 

 within. Fruit not seen. — I am a little doubtful about the Malacca locality of this, 

 plant, that given above is in Sir W. Hooker's handwriting on the sheet ; that on a 

 specimen, evidently of the same collecting, in Bentham's Herbarium, is markedi 

 " Penang, Hooker, 1857." 



5. A. pumila, Hooh.f. ; dwarf, glabrous, leaves opposite or 3 in a whorl?, 

 elliptic-lanceolate obtusely acuminate very coriaceous shining above, nervea-very- 

 many horizontal, cymes subsessile few-fld. 



MAtACCA; Mt. Ophir, Lobb, Maingay {Ketr Distrib. 1053). 



A small slender shrub (apparently scandent, Maingay) ; branches slender, young - 

 4-angled with granulate red bark. Leaves 1-2 by ^— J in., drying greenish, narrowed? 

 into slender petioles, ^ in., midrib prominent beneath, nerves very close and faint on 

 both surfaces. Cymes 3-6-fld. ; peduncle very short ; bracts minute ; flowers shortly- 

 pedicelled, quite glabrous, J in. long. Calyx-segments small, ovate-lanceolate, thick, 

 subacute. Corolla-tube inflated below the constricted mouth, throat villous within ;- 

 lobes small, rounded. Fruit g in. long, between globose and ellipsoid, apiculate, . 

 pedicel slender. 



