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AlPHONSEA ZeYLANICA. (H. f. et T.) A tree, young branches puberulous, buds fusco sericeous, leaves coriaceous- 
glabrous on both sides shining above, petiole and costa beneath pubescent when young, lanceolate or elliptiGO-lanceolate, acute at the 
base, often with a long blunt acumination 24-4 inches long, §-l| broad, petioles slender | inch long, peduncles leaf-opposed or above 
the axils, scarcely | inch long tomentose, pedicels 1-3 about | an inch long pubescent, with minute ovate bracts at the base, petals 
§ inch long puberulous, stamens about 30 in 3 series, ovaries 5-6, style depressed, torus in fruit large globose, carpels subglobose 
irregularly tuberculate fulvo-tomentose inch in diameter, pedicels thick J to an inch long, seeds 4-6 in a single series. 
FI. Inch Hook, Fil, et Thom. p. 153 ;—Uvaria lutea, W. and A. Prod. 1 , 8. (exel. syn.) 1 Gnatteria acutiflora, Wall, Cat, 6438 D. 
Ceylon—elevation 2-3,000 feet (specimen figured.) Travancore and Tinnevelly hills. » 
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ALPHONSEA LUTEA. (H. f. et T.) A large tree, branches glabrous, buds fulvo-tomentose, leaves oval-oblong rounded 
or attenuated at the base, obtusely acuminated coriaceous, glabrous on both sides and very shining above, pale beneath, young ones 
puberulous about the costa beneath, 3-4 inches long, 1J-2| broad, petioles 2-3 lines long, flowers congested in several flowered leaf 
opposed fascicles, sessile or shortly peduncled, pedicels short fulvo-tomentose, sepals rounded deciduous, petals externally pilose, 
scarcely | an inch long, ovate, exterior a little the larger and pilose within on the upper portion, the interior glabrous on the inside, 
stamens numerous in 3 rows, ovaries 4 strigoso-pilose, style very short, torus in fruit dilated globose, carpels 4-6, broadly oval, obtuse 
at both ends, very shortly pedicelled l-l£ inches long, fulvo-pubernlous seed 3-6. II. et T. FI, Inch p. 153 ;—Uvaria lutea, Roxb, 
FI Ind. ii. 666—(non W. A.) 
In Ceylon, Reigatn corle. C. P. 3826 (specimen figured). In Orissa, Sylhet and Ava. In all the flowers I have examined 
of the Ceylon plant, there are only 4 ovaries and the style is very short, almost truncated. Can it be distinct from the India and 
Birmah plant'? 
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ALPHONSEA MADRASAPATANA. (Bedd.) A tree, leaves glabrous, very shining on the upper surface, lanceolate 
or elliptico-lanceolate or occasionally oblong or ovate, coriaceous prominently reticulated beneath, obtuse at the apex, about 3| inches 
long by 1 \ broad, petioles- about £ inch long, rugulose glabrous or slightly puberulous, peduncles leaf-opposed or above the axils, 
very short, pedicels 16, £ to § an inch long, puberulous furnished with a bract below the middle, flowers bright yellow, sepals ovate 
small, petals about g of an inch long, puberulous on the outside, stamens 12 in 2 series, ovaries 3-4, style subglobose, slightly 
curved, ovules about 8 in 2 rows, carpels ovoid fulvo-tomentose. 
In ravines on the Tripatty hills and similar localities in North Arcot and Cucldapab, abundant on the banks of streams, 
a very handsome shade-yielding tree. I have specimens of apparently the same tree (only in fruit) from the Tinnevelly mountains. 
A. ventricosa from Chittagong is the only other described Indian species, 
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RUBIACECE. 
PpJSMATOMERIS ALBIDIFLORA. (Thw.) A shrub or small tree glabrous, leaves oblong to elliptic, ending in 
a sudden acumination 3-4 inches long by about 1J inch broad, petioles about ^ inch long, peduncles axillary 2-4 together to 14 inch 
long, calyx cupuliform slightly 5 divided at the apex segments of the corol fleshy, filaments attached to the tube of the corol close 
to the base.— Thw. En. PI. p. 154, and in Hook, Keiv. Journal Bot. VIII. p. 268. 
Ceylon, southern and central districts, up to 4,000 feet elevation. 
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LEUCOCODON RETICULATUM. (Gardn.) An epiphytic scandent shrub, leaves oblongo-lanceolate acute at both 
ends, 3-6 inches long, 1-2 inches broad, petioles J-f inch long, stipules membranaceous oblong, bidentate at the apex, connate at the 
base, about one inch long, involucre large, campanulate shortly pedunculate terminal solitary white turning green dentate on the 
margin, calyx tubular subentire, corol infundibuliform, white about 8 lines long, lobes lanceolate acute, filaments very short attached 
to the centre of the anther, style simple stigma 2 lobed, lobes oblong obtuse, bacca white, 4 lines long, seed striated brown, black in 
the middle, about J a line long. Card. Calc. Journal of Nat. Hist. Vol. VII. p • 5.— Thw, En, Ph Zey. p. 138, 
Ceylon. Central districts at 3,000 to 5,000 feet elevation. 
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