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nate at the base. Petals adpressed-pubescent ; the outer ovate-lanceo- 

 late, reflexed : the inner rather smaller. Stamens in several rows, 

 apiculate. Ovaries linear-oblong, pubescent ; stigma sub-sessile, sub- 

 capitate. Ovules numerous, in two series. Ripe carpels unknown. 

 Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 99. 



3. Alphonsea lucida, King, n. sp. A shrub 6 to 8 feet high : all 

 parts glabrous except the flower ; young branches slender, rather dark- 

 coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly elliptic, shortly, abruptly 

 and rather obtusely acuminate, the base cuneate ; under surface very 

 minutely scaly ; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, oblique, curving, depressed on 

 the upper, bold and prominent on the lower, surface ; length 4 - 5 to 5*5 

 in., breadth 1'75 to 2'5 in. ; petiole '3 in., stout. Floioers extra-axillary, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 in racemes : peduncle of raceme short, pedicels shorter 

 than the peduncle, puberulous, ebracteolate, "3 to '4 in. long. Sepals, 

 triangular-ovate, connate at the base, reflexed, puberulous outside, 

 glabrous inside. Petals yellowish- white, subequal, oblong, oblique, taper- 

 ing gradually to the sub-acute apex, the base broad, suddenly narrowed 

 and slightly pouched, puberulous, "5 in. long, the inner slightly smaller. 

 Stamens in 3 rows ; filament very short, connective with a short apiculus. 

 Ovaries 4 or 5, oblong, adpressed-pubescent ; ovules many, in two rows : 

 stigma sessile, sub-capitate. Ripe carpels unknown. 



Perak : elevat. 500 feet. King's Collector, No. 5387. 



4. Alphonsea sub-dehiscens, King, n. sp. A shrub or small tree : 

 young branches rather slender, puberulous at first but speedily becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, shortly 

 and rather bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate ; upper 

 surface glabrous except the puberulous midrib, the lower reticulate, 

 sparsely puberulous or glabrous ; main nerves about 10 pairs, spreading, 

 very faint ; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 1*75 to 2 - 3 in. ; petiole "25 in. 

 Flowers globular, scarcely opening, '25 in. in diam., solitary or in pairs, 

 slightly supra-axillary, on short pedicels, with several large sub-orbicu- 

 lar pubescent bracteoles. Sepals thick, fleshy, connate into a flat cup, 

 •3 in. in diam., with three broad obtuse, spreading lobes. Petals larger 

 than the sepals, thick, hard and fleshy, valvate, orbicular, acute, concave, 

 outside tawny-pubescent, inside glabrous except near the apex ; the 

 outer "2 in. in diam., the inner row rather smaller than the outer. Sta- 

 tnens numerous ; the apical process large, fleshy, conical, concealing the 

 apices of the narrow, linear anther cells : torus conical. Pistil solitary, 

 clavate, minutely puberulous, many-ovuled : stigma minute. Ripe car- 

 pels elongate-clavate, puberulous, 1 to 125 in. long, tapering into a stalk, 



"25 to "3 in. long. Seeds about 10. 

 Perak : King's Collector. 



