128 xi. violacejE. [Alsodeia. 
(1) A. Wallichiana Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 187; King, l.c. 400. 
A glabrous shrub, 10 to 15 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, 
oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acuminate, sometimes serrulate, base 
rounded; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 9 to 12 in. long, 2*5 to *5 in. wide; 
petioles - 5 to 1-5 m. long. Stipules linear lanceolate 75 in. long. 
Racemes shorter than petioles. Bracts many, linear. Flowers 
4 to 8, yellow, unisexual. Males, sepals acute lanceolate as long 
as petals. Petals oblong. Filaments short, attached to a 5-lobed 
disc ; anthers ovate, a small point on each lobe in front and a large 
orbicular one on the back. Females, sepals ovate acute, shorter 
than petals. Petals oblong, tips recurved. Filaments longer than 
in males but anthers without pollen. Ovary sessile ovoid-conic. 
Capsule sub-globular, bluntly 3-angled warty 35 in. long; valves 
blunt. Seeds mottled. Hab. Woods. Johor, Pulau Aor; Pulau 
Tiuman (Burkill). Malacca, base of Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Batu 
caves. Perak, Lenggong; Goping (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich). 
Government Hill (all collectors). Native name : Suntan Tiga. 
(2) A. Kunstleriana King, l.c. 401; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. vii. 
122, pi. 141. 
A glabrous shrub or treelet. Leaves sub-coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate, base narrowed sub-cordate, minutely serru¬ 
late or not, rather rough; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, prominent, 6 to 
10 in. tong, 2 ‘25 to 3 in. wide; petioles *25 in. to *5 in. long. Stipules 
lanceolate -25 in. long. Flowers, female *3 in. long, white in 
axillary racemes, very short 3- to 8-flowered. Sepals ovate blunt, 
edges ciliate, shorter than petals. Petals ovate acute, stiff. Fila¬ 
ments short, flat; anthers broad with two linear anterior appendages 
and one dorsal-, one halberd-shaped, all connivent to a cone over 
the ovoid-conic ovary. Capsules ovoid *5 in. long; valves narrow 
pointed, Seeds 1 to each valve, ovoid, white. Hab. Forests. 
Johor, Gunong Pantai; Gunong Janeng (Kelsall). Pahang River. 
Malacca, base of Mt. Ophir (Hullett). Selangor, Batu caves. 
Dindings. Perak, Lenggong; Goping and Gunong Pondok 
(Kunstler). Native names : Ligoh Sigoniah; Marujan Nunko. 
(3) A. hirtella Ridl. Kew Bulletin 1914, p. 377. 
Small tree. Branches, petioles, nerves of leaves and inflorescence 
covered with stiff hairs. Leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate obtuse, 
base narrowed, unequal, edges serrulate or nearly entire; nerves 
16 pairs, 6 to 10 in. long, 2 to 2*5 in. wide, glabrous above, stiffly 
hairy beneath on midrib and nerves; petioles ’6 to 1 in. long, 
hairy. Racemes short axillary 6-flowered. Flowers white. Sepals 
3, outer ones orbicular imbricate, hairy outside, strongly ribbed, 
inner 2 glabrous. Petals little longer oblong obtuse or truncate 
with a few processes at the tip, glabrous. Stamens glabrous; 
filaments flat, as long as the anther; anther-cells with elongate 
processes; dorsal appendage wider ovate acute. Ovary hairy. 
Capsule *6 in. long, valves ovate sub-acute, hairy pale green. 
