nate at the base. Petals adpressed-pubescent ; tlic outer ovate-lanceo- 
late, reflexed : the inner rather smaller. Stamejis 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. Ar,PHONSEi 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, abmptly 
and rather obtusely acuminate, the base cuncate ; nnder 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. Flowers 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, pubernlous 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, pnberulous, '5 in. long, the inner slightly smaller. 
Stamens in 3 rows; filament very short, connective with a short apical us. 
Oraries 4 or 5, oblong, adpressed-pubescent ; ovules many, in two rows : 
stigma sessile, sub-capitate. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Perak : elevafc. 500 feet. King's Collector, No. 5387. 
4. Alpiioxsea suh-deuiscens. King, n, sp. A shrub or small tree: 
young branches rather slender, puberulous at first but speedily becoming 
glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-knccolate to elliptic, shortly 
and rather bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuncate j 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 l"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 thiek, 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- 
mens numerous j the apical process large, fleshy, conical, concealing the 
apices of the narrow, linear anther colls : torus conical. Pistil solitary, 
clavate, minutely puberulous, many-ovuled : stigma minute. Ripe car- 
peh elongate-clavate, puberulous, 1 to 125 in. long, tapering into a stalk, 
■25 to "3 in. long. Seals about 10. 
Perak : King's Collector. 
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