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A^•^'ALS OF HOYAL BOTANIC (5AEDEN, CALCUTTA.
Atreofrom 20 to 30 feet ia lioight; readily distingiiislied by its open, comparatiToly long,
This closely resembles Blume's froUhesia Jaivuica.
I'LiiE U2.V. Alsodeia Booienajia, King. 1, /lowering braneli; i. branch n-itl. n.wcri and fruits in TirioiiK slaMS :
?f nafurai size; 3, flower scea from bcIow; i, flower sosn irom abovs; 5, flower disseciod; 6, autliora aud llieir
disk; 7, anther, front ricw; 8, anther, buck view; 9, ovary and stjle; eiilargeJ.
P L A T E 142B.
ALSODEfA Wiuri, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889,/Ji. 2, jii. 403.
A sub-glabroii3 shrub, the branchlets with pale brown puberulous bark, rarely leiiticeilate.
Zeavcs membranous, glabrous, shining, sliortly petiolate, oblaoceolate, shortly
ucuminate, distinctly serrulate, narrowjd to the base, length 3 o to 4'5, rarely 6 to 7 in.,
breadth I to 3 in., petiole -1 to •2- in. ; stipiiles linear, only -1 in. long. R'lcemes very
aliDit, crowded, axillary or extra axillary, -25 in. long; bracteoles broadly ovate, pubescent.
Sepals lanceolate, tomentose externally. Petals oblong, obtuse, thickened and
lomentose along the midrib. Stamens from the inside of a disc -which is as deep as the
iilamentii are long. Anther ovate-cordate, with a dorsal, broadly ovate-acate, membranous
appendage as broad as itsolf, and a terminal apical process from each cell. Ovar//
sessile, densely villous as is the base of the cyliudric style; stigma sub-capltato. Capsule
minutely fulvous-velvetty when young, glabrous when old, globiilar-obovoid with obtuse
angles, 1-2 iu. or more long and I in. in diam.; the valves in dehiscence compressed,
blunt. Seeds ovoid, brown, mottled, with sub-apical papillate pitted caruncle.
Perak, at low elevations; Scortschini, Wray, King's Collector.
A sbrub 8 to 10 feet liigH. In respect of leaves very lika A. Uoohrima, bat smaller, The
very sbort racemes, more hairy flowers and larger velvettj- capsules distinguisl; it, however, fi'om tbat
species.
I'liTE 14213. AUoieia. TTru^i, King. 1, floirering branch; 2, r
iui-ai itzc; 5, flower dissected; 6. authors and pistil; 7, front vi
P L A T E USA.
pe fruit; 4, sends: of
? of author; enlarged.
ALSOJ^EIA ciNKKEA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1839, pt. 2, p. 403.
A glabrous shrub or small tree, the branchlets whitish, sparsely Icnticellate. Leaves
membranous, elHptic-ovate or lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, acuminata, narrowed at
the base, serrulate, pale when dry; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, slightly prominent below;
length 4 to 6 in,, breadth 1-/5 to 2-5 in., petiole '3 to -4 in.; stipules scarious, pale,
ovate-acute, striate, puberulou.'?, •35 in, long, deciduous. Racmes terminal, 3 to 6 in.
long, bearing numerous 3-to 5-flowered cymulcs; bracts broadly ovate, scarious, concave,
striate. Sepals broadly ovate, eiliolate. Petals oblong, obtuse, the apex undulate erose
or toothed, edges eiliolate. Slamens from Ihe edge of a fleshy disc; filaments very short,
glabrous; anthers ovate, pilose near the base, with a broadly ovate appendage from the
middle of the back curving over the apex, the cells divergent at the apex and each
with a subulate ttrminal appendage. Ovary sesisile, glabrous, globose, grooved : Style
cylindric, with a few white adpre.-ised hairs; stigma obliquely truncate, cup-shaped.
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Capsules obovoid, bluntly angled, glabrous, reticulate, -75 long, their valves blunt ;
seeds globose with an ovoid beaked hilum, pale, smooth.
Perak, at low elevations, King's Collector.
Var. hirsuiijlora, King, Sepals tomentose externally, filaments sparsely villous,
disc small; the cymules larger and the bracteoles longer and narrower
than in the typical form.
Perak; J e r i i i . L, Wray, junior.
The -n-kole plant when dried has a characterisiio grey colour, and from this cii'oumstance I ha^e
given its specific name.
PLATS LISA, Ahodein cinerea. King. I, flon-ering branch; 2, fruits; 3, fruits dehiscing; 4 and 5, sfeds; naitiraZ
size; 6, Hower dissected; 7, anther, front view; 8, anther, back view; 9, omy and style: enlarrjed.
SECT. IL PENTALOBA. Anthers with a Iroad, usualli/ terminal, appendage from the
cojineetive; hit none from ihe cells.
P L A T E 143B.
ALSODEIA FLORIBUKUA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 3, p. 406.
A shrub or tree, the young branches minutely fulvous-tomeutose. Leaves membranous,
shortly petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, sometimes elliptic, acute or acuminate,
more or less obscurely sermlate; the base rounded, rarely acute; upper surface
glabrous except the pubescent midrib and nerves; under surface minutely and softly
tomentose, the midrib and 14 to 16 pairs of rather straight nerves and the transverse
secondary ueiTes prominent; length 4 5 to 7 in., breadth To to 3'5 in., petiole -1 to
•2 in.; stipules lanceolate, pubescent on the midrib, -25 in. long. Ctjnica axillary and
terminal, on peduncles 1 to l'ó in. long, much branched, dichotomous, spreading, manyflowered;
bracteoles oblong, obtuse, pubescent. Sepals unequal, the outer 3 ovate-rotund
the inner 2 ovate, all obtuse and pubescent. Petals ovate-oblong, sub-acute, longer than
Ihe sepals, the apices usually reflexed. Stamens from a deep, puberulous, lobed disc;
filanients expanded and pilose towards the apex, contracted and glabrous below; anthers
eloDgate-ovate, with a single connoctival ovate terminal appendage. Ovari/ sessile, villoustomontose;
style cyliudric, puberulous; stigma trancate, cup-shapod. Capsule ovoid, obtusely
angled, adpressed-pubesceut, '35 in. long, the valves blunt; seeds sub-globose, angled;
caruncle long, naiTow.
Perak, at low elevations; very common. Distrib. Sumatra; Lampongs, Forbes, 1719;
Padang, Beccari, P. S. 683.
Usunlly a treo, and sometimes attaining the lieigbfc (Jiiie Kunstler) of 70 foet. But also, according
to tliQ same colleotor, foimd as a sbrub 6 to 8 feet bigb. This is allied to the Burmese species A. mollk
H. f. and Tb., wbiob, however, besides having tha anthers of a Proslhe«ia, has much smaller cymes,
and broader bracteoles and sepals.
PtiiE I43B. Alsodeia fioribanda, Eing, 1, flowering branch; :2, inflorescence with fruits in T
nalarul she; 3, seed; 1, flosrec disss otod; 6, stamens and their disc; 6 A 7, stamen, front and baul: t
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