68 IV. ANONACEJfi. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyalthia. 



GuATTERiA MEMBRANACEA, A. DC, Mem. Anou, 41 ; n,f.& T. Fl. Tnd, 142, of 

 wliicli there are no specimens in the M^allichian Herbarium, is no doubt a Folyalthi^i 

 differing from P. nitidaj apparently only in the slightly pubescent leaves. 



11. ANAXAaOREA, St. Hilaire. 





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Trees or shrubs. Flowers small, greenish, leaf- opposed. Sepals 3, valvate, 

 connate at the base. Petals 6, subequal, 2-seriate, valvate, thin, flat. Torus 

 convex. Stamens indefinite ; anther -cells extrorse or sublateral ; connective 

 with a terminal process. Ovaries few or many ; style variable ; ovules 2, 

 subbasal, collateral, ascending. Eipe carpels follicular; stalk clavate. 

 Seeds 1-2, exarillate, testa shining. — Distkib. Tropical Asia and America; 

 species about 6. 



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1. A. luzonensis, A. Gray, Bot U. S. Eocpl, Exped. 27 ; glabrous, 

 . leaves membranous oblong abruptly obtusely acuminate, nt)wers solitary leaf- 

 opposed, bracts 1-2 amplexicauL A zeylanica, H,f. & T. Fl, Ind. 144; 

 Tliwaites Eniim, 10; Beddome Ic, PI, Ind. Or, t. 46. 



Tropical forests of Pegu, Eangoon, the Andamans, Malacca, and Ceylon.— 

 DisTRiB. Philippines. , 



A shrub. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2 in., base acute, light green, paler beneath ; nerves 

 distant, oblique; petiole \ in. Flowers 1 in. diam. ; peduncle \ in. Sepals ovate, 

 obtuse. Petals ovate or oblong. Stamens all similar and fertile. Ovaries 2-4, ovoia- 

 oblong. Carpels 1^ in., spathnlate, obtuse, obliquely mucronate, glabrous, rather 

 rugose. — Allied closely to -.4. javanica, Blume, which has 8-10 carpels and elongated 

 inner stamens. 



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Trees. Flowers small, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, ovate, 

 valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer like the sepals, spreading ; inner 

 thick, concave, connivent, acute or tip usually inflexed. Stamens indefinite 

 or subdefinite, short, cuneate ; anther-cells dorsal, remote. Carpels about 

 6, ovoid ; style large, oblong or subclavate, straight or recurved ; ovules 1-2 

 on the ventral suture, rarely 1 basal erect. J?i/>e carpels berried, globose or 

 ovoid, stalked. — Distkib. About 8 species, Asiatic, African, and Aus- 

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1. P. Beddomeana, //./ <£• T, ; leaves membranous lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate long acuminate lower ovate acute smooth above granulate 

 and tomentose on the veins beneath, flowers extra-axillary, outer petals 

 larger than the inner. P. ramosissima, Beddovie Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 75 {exd* 

 synon,). 



Mountains of Travakcor, Beddome, 



A much branched tree ; young parts densely brown-tomentose. Leaves 2-3 by 



UUU9 5 ill. uiaxii., KiuL/uac, viuuii^ , pcuuiicies -f^^ in., lomentosc ; bract meoian. oc/'"-' 

 acute, connate beW. Petals thick, glabrous inside, densely tomentose outside; outef 

 very broad ovate; inner convex, tip not inflexed; claw broad, short. Stamens inde- 



finite. Ovaries 4.-5] ovules 1-2. 



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