ANNALS OP ROTAL BOTANIC GARDEK, CALCUTTA.
.\LSODF.rA ScoiiTECHiKii, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, ^t. 2, p. 40Ó.
A small GLALJROAS tree, the branchlets usually pale brown. Leaves membranous, shortly
pct.olate, obliquely clliptic-lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, irrey
u b r l y serrulate; main nerves about 13 or 13 pair., rather bold; secondary nerves transxerse,
slightly promiue-t below; length 7 to 9 in., breadth 2 to 3 in., petiole '2 in
liacemcB se.sile, about -5 in. long, several together, axillary or extra-axillary, about S-to
o-flowcred, with ovate bracteoles. Flowers pedicellate. Sepals puberulous, broadly ovate
much shorter tlian the petals. Petals 5, lanceolate, with long bluntly acuminate ex.^erted
apiecs. Stamens glabrous, shorter th.in the petals; the filaments twice as lon-^ as the
anthers, slender, rising from a deep, 5-lobod, disc; the anthers short, ovate, with^a sinn-le
v e r y small terminal appendage; ovary sessile, globose, glabrous, warted; style long,
l y l i n d r i c , glabrous or puberul.ius. Ripe cajjsnle globular, pointed, rather more thf.n -5 in
long, glabrous, Icnticellate; valves compressed, poiuted. Seeds 2 in each valve, .ub-rotund
whitish, carunculate. '
P u r a k ; King's Collector, Scortechini, Wray; at low elevations.
A L.rge shnib or tree 20 to 25 feet high. Esternnlly this muck resembles A. Mai,,jay!, but the
flo«crs, aud esjiecially the anthers, differ much.
PtiTB 141. AhMa ScorUchi„i, Eing, 1. flon-^ring branch; 2. ripe frnits; of n
dissecied; 5, the stamens and tbeir disc removed from the stameüs, back and froüt T
1, sped ; 4- flo«-(
: enlarged.
ALSODEIA COKDENSA, King in Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, for 1889, pi. 2, p. 40.5.
A glabrous tree; the older branchlets pale, lenticellate. Leaves niembranoxig, shortly
petiolate, inequilateral, elliptic to elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, sub-entire, gradually nan-owed
below the middle to the acute slightly unequal base; shining above, dull beneath and
darker except the midrib and 13 to 15 pairs of prominent, sub-erect, pale main
n e r v e s ; secondary nerves transverse; length 8 to 14 in., breadth 3 to 4-5 in., petiole -20
to -30 in.; stipules subulate, -35 to -5 in. Panicls axillary, crowded, much branched
spreading, 1 to 2-5 in. long (longer in fi-uit), puberulous or glabrescent; the bracteoles
numerous, ovate, acute. Sepals unequal; the outer 2 or 3 larger, rotund; the inner 2 or
;5 ovate, pubescent on the back. Petals ovate, a little longer than sepals, rliomboid
w i t h pale edges, villous on the back externally and along the midrib internally. S/amJs
glabrous, the filaments rather short, from a fleshy disc; anther cordate, with a siiii'le
terminal minute white ovate membranous appendage from tlie connective.' Ooari/ sessile
globose, glabrous. Style cylindric, stigma cup-shaped. Capsule ovoid, pointed, glabrous^
not lenticellate: valves compressed, pointed; seeds sub-globular, carunculate.
Perak, Scortechini, Kmg's Collector; at low elevations.
A tree 30 to 40 feet high, approaching A. ScorUchini in extenials, but with difforeut flowers.
PLATE IJa. AUoida conisma. 'Kia^,. 1, flon-ering hrancli; 2, panicles n-ith ripo hmt: of naiural siie • 3 seed •
•i, aower, diseccied; 6, sntSers with tkoir tube; 6, anthei's, back and from nun-; 7, pistil: e,dargeJ. ' '
D E S C E I P T I O N S OF NEW AND EAEE INDIAN PLANTS.
P L A T E 146A.
ALSODEIA CAPILLATA, King in Journ. As, Soc. I, for 1889, pt. 3, p. 407.
A small shrub, the young branches rufous-tomentose. Leases membranous, shortly
petiolate, lanceolate, acuminate, the edges serrulate, the base acute; upper surface
glabrous excopt the pubescent nerves aud midrib, lower rufous-pubescent; the nerves
about 12 pail?, bold, as are the transverse veins; length 4 to 6 in., breadth l-o to 1-75
in., petiole -2 in.; stipules lanceolate, pubescent externally. Flotvers in small, sub-sessile,
3- to 5-flowered axillary cymes. Sepals narrowly oblong, obtuse, tomentose externally.
Petals linear-oblong, the apex sub-acute and reflesed, hairy along the midrib externally.
Stamens alternating with the lobes of a deep, 5-lobed, glabrous disc; filaments slender
glabrous, longer tiian the anthers. Anthers small, ovate, each with un ovate acute small
terminal appendage. Ooanj sessile, globular, villous; style long, cylindric, sub-villousstigma
truncate, cup-shaped. Capsule -5 in. long, rusty-pubescent externally and densely
covered with unbranched, often hooked, soft, pubescent spines about -15 in. lon^» and
not felted. Seeds ovoid, smooth, pale, with dark semi-circumferential baud, and an
oblong carunoilus.
L^root i
Ti.is eon
Perak, King's Collector, No. 24G2. A small bush 4 to 8 feet high,
s near A. ec/imooar},i and A eomosa, but diSers notably ia its flowers and seeds.
PI1T£ 146A. AlMdeia rapi/laia. King. 1, flowering branth; 2, ripa fruit dehiscing: of „alural t.
tìightì,,/ enUrped ; 4, flower dissected; 6, flower with calys aud corolla removed; 6, two autkera wit
disc (one cf the aathett turued ruuai to show its bark) ; 7, orarj aud scjle : enlarged.
ä ; 3, flower :
part o£ tho
ALSODEIA COMOSA, King ia Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, for 1889, pt. 2, p. 407.
A shrub or small tree, the young branches densely ferruginous-tomentose. Leaves
membranous, sub-sessile, oblong-oblanceolate, caudate-acuminate, serrulate the base
narrowed; upper surface glabrous; the lower pubescent, especially on the prominent
midrib and 14 to 16 pairs of lateral nerves; lengtii o'o lo 7-5 in., breadth 1-y to 2-5
ill., petiole 2 in,; stipules subulate, -3 in. long. Flowers in dense axillary bracteolate
glomeruli. S-pals ovate, obtuse, tomentose. Petals lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent
extermilly, and (like the sepals) with an apical tuft of hairs, glabrous internally. Stamens
f r om a short minutely toothed glabrous disc, tiie filaments longer tlian the anthers •
anthers narrowly ovate, each with a small rounded terminal appendage from the
connective. Ovari/ elongate, sparsely villous; style pubescent; stigma truncate,
cup-shaped. Capsule -5 in. long flocculent-tomentose, densely covered with unbianched'
subulate, soft, pubescent spines about -5 in. long, not felted. Seeds pale, ovoidi
smooth, Avith sub terminal papillate caruncle.
Perak, Wray, Nos. 3299 and 12o4; King's Collector, Nos. 406 and 554.
PLATB M0H. A'lodeiu ccmosn. King. 1. flowering branch; 2, gloinernle with flowi
ripe fruit dohisoiag: of natural si:o; 4, seeds: sligitl!/ enlarged; 5, flower dissected;
umliCTS front and back ; i , pistil: cnlargtd.
rs and young fruit;
aatLcrs and disic;