ALPHONSEA MADRASAPATANA. (Nat. order Anonacea?.) 



ALPHONSEA. (Hook. f. et. T.) Gen. PI. p. 29.— GEN. CHAR, Sepals 3 small, petals 6, valvate in 2 series, subequal ovate open or spreading 

 stamens 6 many, laxly imbricated, connective apiculate and slightly produced beyond the conspicuous dorsal anther cells ; torus hemispherical, ovaries 4, 

 many (rarely solitary) style oblong or depressed, ovules 4-8 in 2 series on the ventral suture (or rarely 1 erect), fruit pedicellate. Trees 'with very shining 

 coriaceous leaves, flowers small fascicled. 



•A.LPHONSEA JMaDRASAPATANA. (Bedd.) A tree, leaves glabrous, very shining on the upper surface, lanceolate 

 or elliptico-lanceolate or occasionally oblong or ovate, coriaceous, prominently reticulated beneath, obtuse at the apex, about 3| inches 

 long by 1 J broad, petioles about \ inch long, rugulose glabrous or slightly puberulous, peduncles leaf-opposed or above the axils, very 

 short, pedicels 1-6, \ to \ an inch long, puberulous furnished with a bract below the middle, flowers bright yellow, sepals ovate 

 small, petals about § of an inch long, puberulous on the outside, stamens 12 in 2 series, ovaries 3-4, style subglobose, slightly curved, 

 ovules about 8 in 2 rows, carpels ovoid fulvo-tomentose. 



A very handsome evergreen shade yielding tree, common on "banks of streams on the Cuddapah and North Arcot hills, from no great 

 elevation up to 3,000 feet. I am not acquainted with its timber ; it is ivell worthy of cultivation. 



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