lySALS OF EOYAL BOTASIC GASDES, CALOüTlA.
ALSODEIA, Thouara.
A'ai. Ord. Violariew,
T r e e s or shrubs. Learn alternate (rarely opposite), distichous; aocoilclary norms
o f t e n nnuiorous and parallel. ri g i d . Flo«cr, small, axillary or terminal, solitary
fascicled, cjnnoso or racemose, regular ; peduncles with many bracts. Sipal, 5, snbeqnal
r i g i d . Fetak o, subeqnal, sessile. Slamim 3, inserted inside or iipoil an annular disk'
w i t h long or short often broad dorsal membranous connectiTal apponda»-os, the cells o£
t h e anthers sometíales with apical linear processes. Omrg oroid, stylo "straight, stio-aia
t e r m i n a l , ovules few or many. C^fmU 3-Talvod, few-seeded. See.h glabrous in °tl,o
I n d o - l l a l a y a u species.—Distrili. Spocios about 50, chiefly tropical Amotican.
Sect. I. PüOSTHEíiA Bl. (genns). Antla-s with a siAulate appindap f,m, tlu, apex of
eaeli ceil, ami a hroad [tisualli/ dormi) appeiidaje from the eonneetloe.
P L A T E 140B.
ALSODEIA SIEMBEASACBA. King in Journ. As. Soc. Eeiigal, for 1SS9, pt. 2, 402.
A tree or shrub, the yoimg branches shortly pnbesoent or tomentose. Zeave, thin
when dry, obliquely obovate-elliptic, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, serrate the
base narrowed, rather unequahsided, both surfaces glabrous, e.icept the midrib and C
t o S pairs of pubescent arching nerves, the reticulations wide ; length 5 to 7 in., breadth
2-5 to 3 in., petiole pubescent, '.ó in. long; stipules subulate, pahescent, -2 in. Ion.-
Jiuce,„ei axillary, condonsed, sessile, shorter than the petioles, few-flowered. Sepah 5
unequal, the outer 3 rather larger than the inner, all broadlv ovate-obtuse, pubescent
e x t e r n a l l y . I'eUk Í, smaller llian the sepals, ovate-obhmg, ' sub-acule, the mar-ins
cdiolate with a few adprosscd hairs on the back. Slamrm 5, glabrous, the filaments
v e r y short, rising from a fleshy 5-lobod disc. Auth.n broadly cordate or sub-reniform,
w i l h S very small subulate ptooe.sses from the apices of the cells and a laroe dorsal'
cordate-acuminate, brown, membranous appendage (from the connectiv.o) as wid°e as the
a n t h e r . Ocarg sessile, ovoid, villose; style cylindric, glabrous, stigma cnp-s!iapod
Capsule globular, glabrous, the valves in dehiscence blunt: soeds sub-globular with a
b e a k e d caruncle.
P e r a k , at low elevations. King's Collector, Scortechini.
A shrub or small free. This (
ao glabrous leaves.
: A. Aijaafc, Mi,, in eiternals ; but has tsw.i uettsU
P u r . 14CB. U.S. i, ,llU ¡ l„„ „ d r,aili !, „ , „1, . j, „ j , .
0/ natuyul 4. Hoover bud; o. üower seen from beW; 6, fl.jwer s '
liQllier seea from beliiud; 9, aiitbcr from t!io front: enlarijcd,
KOTE.—The specimen hire figured has on/j/ jjoung le^vee: adult leacei e
1 abore; 7, flower dissectod!
•e eaiteiderall!j larger
P L A T E m.
ALSODHA KIIKSTLEBIANA, King in Jeum. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pi. 2, p. 401.
A glabrous shrub CI small tz'ee; the lirauchlets striate, sometimos Icuticellate Leaves
suteoriiiccous, oWong-lanceoIate, acuuiinate or caudate-acuoiinato, sometimes mhiutcly
DESCRIPTIONS OP NEW AND EAEE INDIAN PLANTS.
and obscurely serrulate, very iiiuch narrowed to the bas'^; upper surface smooth and shining;
lower dull, rough from lhe numerous short trans\ers(i secondary nerves and 1-1 to 16
p a i r s of protninent ascending main nerves; the midrib bold and subrugose; tlie reticulations
m i n u t e and distinct; length of blade 0 to 10 in., breadth 2'25 to 3 in,, petiole '25 to '5
in. Stipules lanceolate, -25 in. long. Flowers in axillary, often crowded, fasciclcs or
v e r y short racemes of IJ to 8, bracteolato, the pedicels shorter than the leaf-po'iolcs. tSepah
ovate, obtuse, imbricate, shorter tlian the petals, strongly nerved, the edges ciliate.
PotaU erect, the tips not reflcxed, ovate-acute, rigid, the edges ciliate. Stamens %vitli
short flat filaments, each inserted into the apex of n lobe of the deeply o-lobod disc.
Anthers broad, aclpressed to the ovary, each with 2 linear anterior appendages from
t h e cells and one large dorsally-attached halbert-sliaped membranous posterior appendage
f r om the connective, the latter appendages conniving into a cone round the upper
part of the ovary. Ooary sessile, ovoid-conic; the style exserted, cylindiic. Oopsitles
ovoid, glabrous, shining, smooth, "5 in. long, duhisoing into three narrow compressed
pointed valves; seens one in each valve, ovoid, white, shining.
S i n g a p o r e ; Wallich, Kings Collector. Perak; Scortechini, King's Collector; at low
elevations.
There are two kinds of flowers ia tliis plant—{a) those with podieels as long as tlie flower; (6) those
with pedicels shorter than the flower. In t'le former the anthers are perfect, and tlio o^aiies produoe
seed. I'he flowers are tbus tnily hermaphrodite. In the la'ter the authors have no pollen, but the
ovaiies are fruitfal: tiigy are virtually unisesual. The species is nlliad to A. JVulUchinm, but differs
fi-OTO that species in its much more acuminate rougher leaves and also in its capsules and seeds.
TLiTB Ul. AUodeia Kunstltriano, Eng. 1, lira noil with sliorl-stalkod flowers; 2, fascicle? of loni-sialked flowers;
3, ripe capsules: of natuval eizo\ 4, long-sulkod flower; 5, the same dissected; ti. stamens of the »nmei 7, back view
of a smgle nulher; 8, front vi-w of the samo; 9, so.-tion o£ OTary of llio same: It), s)iort-stalku-d flowers; 11, anihers
of short-stallied flower: all enlarged.
P L A T E 242A.
ALSOOEIA IIOKKRIASA, King ni Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 2, p. 403.
A scaall glabrous tree, the branchlets lenticelhite. Leaves membranous, sinning, sliortly
petiolate, elongate-obhnceolate or lanceolate, apt'x shortly and rather bluntly acuminate,
e n t i r e or remotely serrulate, gradually narrowod bolow the middle to the base; nei-ves
7 to 9 pairs, arching, slightly prominent; length 4 to 8 in., breadth V2o to 2 in., petiole
•15 to -25 in.; stipules oviito, only -1 in.; long. Racemes axillary, and on the older
branches front the axils of fallen leaves, numerous, rather dense when young, afterwards
sparse and opsn, from -To to i'o in. long, bracteoles linear, deciduous, pedicels as long
a s or longer than the tiowers. Sepals ovate, equal, pubescent or glabrous. Petals lanceo"
l a t e with linenr blunt ajDCx, longer than the sepals, glabrous or pubescent along the
m i d r i b externally. Stamms glabrous, the filaments as long as t!ie rather deep disc. Anthers
b r o a d l y ovate, the base cordate, almost sub-reniform, the cells each witli an apical point
and with a broad membranous ovate acute dorsal appendage wider tlian the anther.
Ovavy sessile, pubescent; the style cylindric, glabrous; the stigma cup-shaped, truncate.
CapsuU globular, obtusely angled, glabrous, reticulate, -8 in. long; the valves unequal,
obtuse, comprossed, sub-falcate: seeds sub-globose, pale, minutely mottled at the apes^
tlio base with a papillate pitted caruncle.
P e r a k ; at low elevations, Scortcchini, Wray, Kmg's Collector.
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