tnona.] in. anonacEjE (oliver). 17 



Var. glabrescens. Leaves elongate, elliptic-oblong, more or less narrowed at the base, 

 parseJy pubescent beneath.— Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsck ! 

 Var. latifolia. Leaves 6 in. long and broad.— Madi, Upper Nile, Speke and Grant ! 



7. A. glauca, Schum. et Thonn. Guin. PI. 259. A branching shrub of 

 -4 ft. ; branches and leaves glabrous. Leaves rigid, oblong-elliptical, ob- 



jse, narrowed at base, veiny, glaucous beneath, 2-5 in. long, petiole very 

 hort. Peduncles extra-axillary, usually solitary, l\ in., glabrous. Sepals 

 eflexed, acute, glabrous. Petals ovate, rather acute, glabrous, 3 outer twice 

 s large as the inner. Stigmas oblong, capitate. 



Upper Guinea, Thonning ; Senegambia, Brunner and others. 

 The above description is taken from Schumacher and Thonning. 



8. A. Mannii, Oliv. in Book. Ic. PI. 1010. Extremities glabrous or 

 early so. Leaves large, membranous or at length subcoriaceous, very shortly 

 nd rather abruptly acuminate ; base rather narrow, very shortly cordate, sub- 

 essile or petiole scarcely exceeding 2 lines, glabrous, midrib and lateral 

 erves rather prominent below, the latter looped near the margin ; venation 

 bscure. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., extremely coriaceous, rusty -puberulous 

 r pubescent, in strong, several- flowered, simple or forked racemose cymes, 

 -10 in. long. Bracts coriaceous, rotundate, 3-4 lines long, opposed to the 

 lick pedicels, which are f in. or less long. Sepals broadly ovate, cuneate 

 elow, about f in. long and broad. Petals minutely silky-puberulous, nearly 

 jual, thick and almost woody in texture and firmness when dry, obtuse, 

 tamens very numerous ; anthers extrorse, sessile, oblong-cuneate, the con- 

 ectiye much thickened, truncate and rhomboidal above, puberulous, over- 

 anging the cells. Carpels very numerous (several hundreds), closely 

 rowded upon a large conical torus ; ovaries wholly connate ; style and 

 Ligma clavate, the latter puberulous. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar river, Mann ! 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. 



9. A. Barteri, Benth. Linn. Trans, xxiii. 477. A glabrous tree at- 

 uning 50 ft. Leaves coriaceous, elongate-oval -oblong or -lanceolate, taper- 

 lg to the apex from about the middle, base narrowed or cuneate ; shining 

 bove ; 6-8 in. long, 2-2£ in. broad ; petioles 2 lines or less. Flowers not 

 en. Fruit as large as a peach, hoary, the areolae prominent, rounded 



minutely apiculate, on a peduncle of 1 in. or less. 

 Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



" Anona ?" regarded by Mr. Bentham as near the above (I. c). Leaves elongate, oval- 

 long, finely acuminate, glabrous. The single bud is axillary, on a pedicel of about 1 in. 

 pals rusty-tomentose, broadly ovate, pointed, upwards of \ in. long. 

 Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann I 



Dr. Kirk sent specimens in fruit from the Kovuma and Zambesi district of what may 

 ove a new Anona. 



2. ENANTIA, Oliv. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 174. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3, free, lanceolate, valvate in aestivation, 

 uter petals ; inner petals 3 (opposite to the sepals), much exceeding the 

 jpals, thick, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, plane or the margins 



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