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ARTABOTRYS odoratissimus, 

 * Fragrant Artabotrys, 



POLYANDRU POLYOYNU. 



Nat. ord. Anonacxjs. Decand. tyst. not. 1. 465. D$v. III. CarpeHi* 

 plurimia distinctis. 



ARTABOTRYS. Col. 8-partitus. Petala lex. Stamina hypogyn*. 

 Ooaria dtstincta, disperma. Baccee disperma? (abortione quandoque mono- 

 8pennae). Semina collaterals erecta exarillata album ine nmsgo. Frutices 

 decumbentes. Folia alterno, integerrima, exstipulata. Pedunculi extraalares 



snboppositifblU pauciflori pediceUU (1-2) lateralibus, apke uncinati. Brown 

 MS 8. 



Obs. Characteribus suprd datis proximZ accedU Kadsueub cujta baccee 

 ditpermec semmibus coUaieralibus pariter dutincta receptaculo carnoso inti- 

 dentet Jidc iconis et deseriptioni* Kamgferi (amcen. exofc. 476.) ; ted Kad- 

 sub a vix Anonacea ob surnmam qjpnitatem cum U vab* A beteroclitA Roxb. 

 flor. ind. ined. cui albumen indtmsum nee procestubut membran<B interioru 

 rimosum auctoriuae detcripHonit opens citatt. Brown MSS. 



A. odoratissimus, petalorum laminia planis Ianceolatis, folit* oblongif aonm* 



natis. Broom MSS. 

 Uvaria odonrtwsima. Roxburgh fior. ind. ined. 

 Unona uncinata. Dunal anonacees. 106. t. 12. et 12. a. Decand. syst, not, 



1.490. 

 Unona bamata. Dunal anonace'es. 106. t. 27. Decand. syst. not. 1. 491. 

 Unona escutenta. Dunal anonacSes. 107. Decand. syst. not. 1. 491. 

 Uvaria esculenta. Rattier in nov. act. toe. nat. cur. herd. 4. 201. 

 Uvaria uncata. Loureiro cochin. 349. 

 Anona unincata. Lamarck encyc. 2. 127. 

 Annona hexapetala. Linn, suppl. 270. ffort. Kew. 2. 253. ed. 2. 3. 835. 



Wittd. sp. pi. 2. 1266. 



The present plant, after various shiftings from one in- 

 appropriate group to another, according to the wavering 

 views of different botanists, is now placed in a new genns 

 constituted for its reception by Mr. Brown ; to whom the 

 generic name has been suggested by the curious grapple^ or 

 tendril belonging to the peduncle, by which the growing 

 fruit is conveniently suspended on the nearest support du- 

 ring its advance to maturity, and the slender flexile branch 

 relieved from the disproportionate burden, which would be 



otherwise laid on the ground. 



The synonymy is also a valuable contribution from Mr. 

 Brown ; and presents a critical view of the scientific history 



of.ihe species. 



The shrub is native of China and the East Indies, where 



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