46 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



connective produced into an oblong dilated or truncate head. Ovaries 1 or 

 morie, apocarpous, very rarely {Aiiona) syncarpous with distinct stigmas, 

 style short or • ovules \ or more. Fruit of 1 or more sessile or stalked 

 1- or many-seeaed usually indehiscent carpels. Seeds large ; testa crus- 

 taceous or coriaceous ; albumen dense, ruminate, often divided almost to the 

 axis into 4 series of horizontal plates ; embryo small or minute, cotyledons 

 divaricating. — Distkib. Tropics of the Old World chiefly; genera about 40 

 with 400 specieS; the determination of which is exceedingly difficult. 



Tribe I. Uvarieae. Petals 2-seriate, one or both series imbricate in 

 bud. StameTis many, close-packed; their anther-cells concealed by the over- 

 lapping connectives. Ovaries indefinite. 



Howers I-sexual ; ovules many ; torus conical 1. SxELECHOCABPtTS. 



Flowers 2-8exual ; ovules many, rarely few; torus almost flat . 2. Uvaria. ' ^ • I 

 Flowers 1-2-sexiial ; ovule solitary • • • 3. Elipeia. 



Tkibe IL Vnoneae. Petals valvate or open in bud, spreading in flower, 

 flat or concave at the base only, inner suDsimilar or 0. Stamens many, 

 close-packed, their anther-cells concealed by the overlapping connectives. 

 Ovaries indefinite. 



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Ovaries 1-3, many-ovnled ; peduncles not hooked • . . . 4. Cyathocalvx. 



Ovaries many, 2-ovuled ; peduncles hooked 5. Artabotkvs. 



Ovaries many; ovules 4 or more ; peduncles straight ♦ . . 6. Dkepaxanthcs. 



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Petals Jlat ; spreading from the base. 



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Ovules many, 2 seriate ; petals lanceolate 7. Cakaxga^ 



Ovules many, 2 seriate; petals Lroad-ovate . ; . . . 8. (Jyathostemiia. 



Ovules 2-6, 1-seriate on the ventral sutnre ...... 9. Unona. 



Ovules 1-2, basal or subbasal .......... 10. Polyalthia. 



Ripe carpels follicular 11. Anaxagorea. 



*** Inner petals valvate^ tip incurved. , 



12. POPOWIA. 



Tribe III. KitrephoresD. Petals valvate in bud, outer spreading; 

 inner dissimilar, concave, connivent, arching over the stamens and pistil. 

 St*x7nens many, close-packed, anther-cells concealed by the overlapping con- 

 nectives. Ovaries indefinite. 



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Inner petals smaller than the outer 13. Oxymitka. 



Inner petals much larger than the outer ....... 14. Ph^eanthus. 



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** Inner petals dawed, usually smaller titan the outer. 



Ovnles 1-2, near the base of the ovary 15, Goxiothalamcs. 



Ovules many 16. Mitrephoka. 



Tkibe IV. SEylopteae. Petals valvate in bud, thick and rigid, connivenl, 

 inner similar but smaller, rarely 0. Stamens many, close-packed, anther- 

 cells concealed by the produced connectives. Ovaries indefinite. ■ -- 



Ovules solitary ; fruit fleshy, of many connate carpels '.''V '16* A^ 



Ovnles 2-00 ; outer petals broad ; torus convex *. \ , . , 17. MELdtWR 

 Ovules 2-GO ; outer petals narrow ; torus flat or concave 4 ^i'^ 18. Xylopia; 



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