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Leaves rusty-pubescent beneath at all stages ... 1.^4. Maingayi. 
Leaves glabrous on both surfaces (puberulous on 
the lower in A. elliptica). 
Leaves more than 3 inches long. 
Buds conical ; ripe carpels ovoid or glo- 
bose. 
Leaves glabrous on the upper sur- 
face, puberulous on the lower 
when young, elliptic or ovate- 
elliptic ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs 2. A. elliptica. 
Leaves quite glabrous, broadly ellip- 
tic, shortly acuminate : main ner- 
ves 7 to 8 pairs ... ,.,3.-4. lucida. 
Bads globose; ripe carpels cylindric ... 4. A. sub-indehiscens. 
Leaves 3 inches long or less : ripe carpels 
cylindric ... ... 5. A. cylindrica. 
Of uncertain position (fruit unknown).,. 6. A. Gurtisii. 
1. Alphonsea Maingayi, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. 1,90. 
A tree : branches rusty-tomentose, ultimately dark-coloured and glab- 
rous. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, shortly, and 
often obtusely, acuminate, the base rounded ; upper surface shining, 
glabrous except the midrib, puberulous near the base ; lower surface 
rusty, conspicuously reticulate, pubescent, the midrib tomentose ; main 
nerves 8 or 9 pairs, oblique, inter-arching far from the edge ; length 
5 to 7 in., breadth 1*5 to 2' 7 in., petiole "25 in. Flowers 75 in. in diam., 
supra-axillary, solitary or in small racemes ; pedicel** "1 in. long, rusty- 
tomentose, bracteole small. Sepals sub-orbicular, very small. Petals 
ovate, pubescent outside, glabrous within, the outer recurved, the inner 
smaller. Stamens wilh broad short filaments; the anther-cells small, 
diverging below. Ovules about 20. Ripe carpels ovoid, short-stalked, 
2 in. long, by 1 in. in diam. Seeds many, smooth. 
Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 98. 
2. Alphonsea elliptica, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 90. 
A tree ? Young branches rather stout, grey, glabrous. Leaves coria- 
ceouH, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, shortly and bluntly acuminate or acute, 
the base abruptly cuneate; upper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower 
reticulate, puberulous when young, glabrous when adult, slightly paler 
than the upper ; main nerves G to 8 pairs, spreading, slight ly pro- 
minent beneath ; length 3 5 to 5 in., breadth 125 to 175 in., petiole *2 in. 
Floxeers S in. in diam., axillary, solitary or 2 to 3, in short racemes ; 
peduncles very short, multi-bracteate, pedicels "25 to 35 in. long, with 
1 or 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals sub- orbicular, obtuse, recurved, con- 
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