188 XIII. vioLACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns-.) 



7. A. lanceolata, Wall. <7a<. 4023 (Pentaioba) ; glabrous, leaves narrow- 

 lanceolate acuminate obscurely -serrulate, nerve-axils beneath unbearded^ 

 flowers in short cymes pubescent, filaments longer than the^ anthers,, tip of 

 connective subulate. Vareca lanceolata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 648. 



Penano, Jack., Porter, &o. 



An erect shrub. Leaves 5-7 by 1-2 in., smooth and shining on both surfaces, sub- 

 sessile, base narrowed. Stipules J in., subulate from a broad base, or lanceolate, gla- 

 brous. Flowers pale yellow, shortly pedicelled. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Petals twice 

 as long, linear-lanceolate, subacute. Filaments glabious, adnate to the 5-lobed diskj 

 anthers orate, contracted into the acuminate tip of the coiinective. Ovary and style 

 densely villous. Capsule \ in., pubescent or glabrate, several-seeded. 



8. A. nXain^ayi, H. f. <b T. ; glabrous, leaves subsessile elliptic or 

 elliptic-lanceolate or obovate-oblong shortly acuminate serrulate, nerves 

 strong, axUs beneath not bearded, flowers in peduncled a^Uary cymes 

 crowded pubescent, sepals oblong, stamens tomentose. 



Malacca, Griffth, Maingay. 



A tree? Leaves very variable in size and shape, the longest narrow-lanceolate, 10 

 by 2 in. ; the broadest 5 by 3 in., shortly oblong tendipg to become obovate, often some- 

 what obliqufi, base rounded or acuminate, young pilose ; nerves many, strong, arching 

 and inosculating within the margin. Sin/pules ^ in., subulate-lanceolate. Cymes with 

 stout glabrous peduncles 4-1 in. long, dicbotomonsly branched. Flowers ^ in. diam., 

 sessile or pedicelled. Sepals broadly oblong, ciliolate. Petals rather longer, obtuse, 

 bearded down the centre on both surfaces. Filaments adnate to the cup-shajied 10-lobed 

 disk, broad, stout, tomentose within ; anthers small, ovoid, connective pubescent, with 

 a glabrous short obtuse membranous tip. 



tt BrancMets and leaves tomentose. 



9. A. mollis, H.f. & T. ; softly tomentose, leaves obovate- or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate obscurely toothed, flowers in dense axillary tomentose 

 cymes, outer sepals large orbicular, filaments pubescent above. 



Tbnasseeim, Griffith, Heifer. 



A shrub, branches and leaves thickly tomentose beneath with short spreading hairs. 

 Leaves 6-10 by 2-24 i°'i acute or acuminate, often oblique, membranous, pubesc^tit 

 above with a tomentose midrib ; petiole J in. Stipules \-^ in., subulate-lanceolate, 

 pilose. Cymes peduncled or subsessile. Flowers ^ in. diam., subsessile, crowded, 

 ochreous. Sepals very unequal, inner oblong. Petals narrow, erect, rigid, with revo- 

 lute tips, hairy upwards. Filaments inserted on the cupular 10-15-lobed disk; anthers 

 shorter, ovate, narrowed into the short acute tip of the connective. Ovary 6-ovuled. 

 Capsule 4 in., densely pubescent. — ^Very near A. dasycaula, Mijuel, of Sumatra, but 

 much more densely tomentose. 



10. A. echinocarpa, Korthals. in Ned. Eruidh. Arch. i. 359 ; densely 

 tomentose, leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate long acuminate usually 



. coarsely toothed, flowers in densely tomentose axillary cymes, outer sepals 

 oblong, capsules thickly clothed with felted brown-tomentose branched 

 fibres. Miqml Fl. Ned. Ind. i. jit. 2, 116. Medusa anguifera, Lour. Fl. 

 Coch. 406. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — Disteie. Sumatra, Coohin-CLina. 



Very similar to A. mollis in foliage, stipules, And structure of the flowers, disk,, sta- 

 mens and ovary, but the leaves are shorter-petioled and usually more deeply toothed, 

 the cymes shorter, the sepals all oblong, filaments glabrous, and the fruits form spherical 

 balls 1-2 in. diam. of matted branched filaments which arise from the capsule, whose 

 valves are | in. long. Seeds few, large. 



