134 XL viOLACEiE. [Alsodeia. 
rounded, above glabrous, beneath pubescent; nerves n to 14 pairs, 
5-5 in. to 7-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles -2 in. long. 
Stipules subulate, *3 in. long. Flowers white or yellow. Sepals 
ovate blunt tomentose. Petals lanceolate acuminate, pubescent 
outside. Both with terminal tufts of hairs. Filaments shorter 
than anthers; anthers narrow ovate, each cell with a terminal seta, 
no appendage. Ovary sparsely villous ; style pubescent. Capsule 
*5 in. long densety covered with soft pubescent spines about '5 in. 
long. Hab. Forests, Selangor, Dusun Tua; Rawang (Kloss). 
Perak, Tapa (Wray) ; Goping (Kunstler). Distrib. Cochin-China. 
(19) A. echinocarpa Korth. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. ii. 360; King, 
l.c. 407. 
A bush or small tree as much as 30 ft. tall. Young branches 
tomentose. Leaves membranous, obovate or ovate-elliptic abruptly 
acuminate, boldly serrate, base rounded or cuneate, above glabrous 
except nerves, beneath pubescent; nerves 11 to 15 pairs, promi¬ 
nent, 6-5 to 9 in. long, 2-25 to 3*25 in. wide; petioles *i to 2 in. 
long. Stipules ovate acute ’25 in. long, acute pubescent. Cymes 
axillary, pubescent, condensed sessile, 3- to 6-flowered. Bracts 
lanceolate. Sepals ovate obtuse tomentose. Petals little longer, 
oblong pubescent outside, white. Stamens and disc glabrous; 
anthers ovate-cordate, with a small terminal appendage. Ovary 
villous. Capsule large, 1 to 2 in. across covered with tomentose 
felted fibres, valves compressed, blunt, *75 in. long. Seed sub- 
globose. Hab. Common in woods from Singapore to Tringganu. 
Distrib. Southern Siam, Borneo, Sumatra and Cochin-China, Laos. 
Native names: Aho Lumut ; Ardani (Penang) ; Jenta-Jenta; 
Lalada or Lelada; Sebilik; Segumpa betina; Kayu Rembut; 
Medang Gombot; Jangut Baong. Use : Seeds as a purgative. 
3 . NECKIA, Korth. 
Small herbs with slightly woody erect stems usually simple 
and more or less covered with bristly hairs (stipules). Leaves 
lanceolate, serrate. Flowers small, pink or white on long peduncles 
axillary. Sepals sub-equal. Petal 5 equal. Staminodes dimor¬ 
phous, outer setaceous or gland-like, inner 10 connate with the 
stamens into a tube. Stamens, filaments very short; anthers 
oblong. Ovary many-ovuled. Capsule septicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds numerous. Species about 7, Malay Islands. 
(1) N. malayana Ridl. Jonrn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 49, p. 11. 
Whole plant 3 to 12 in. tall. Stipules of red brown bristles 
‘25 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate at both ends, edges 
bi-serrate, shortly pale beneath, 1-5 to 7 in. long. Flowers on 
peduncles 1 in. long. Sepals lanceolate acute, toothed. Petals 
ovate obtuse, rose pink. Stamens monadelphous, 10. Capsule 
ovoid acute, longer than sepals. Seed obovoid, punctate. Hab. 
