82 IV. ANONACEiE. ' (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Mdodorum. 



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A larffe woody climber; branches black, elabrous , buds pubernlons. Leaves 5-0 by 



ndcd, 



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2J-4 in., muc& smaller at the base of the branches, thickly coriaceous, base roundj 

 pnberuloiis on the midrib beneath ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers axillary, solitary ; pean 

 \ in. ; bracteoles small, linear, subbasal. Calyx a slightly 3-lobed cup. Ovter pttaU 

 2 in., tapering from a common base to a long triquetrous point, rusty-pubescent outside, 

 hoary inside ; inner ^-4 ^"m o^'^te, acute, glabrate, concave except the triquetrous hp- 



" Ovaries 4-6, strigose, 4- or more-ovuled," Maingay. Carpels 4-H iii« lo^Si ^^^"^ 

 4-1 1 in. 





14. M. ful^ens, //./ d: T. Fl Ind. 120; leaves 3-4 m, oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate glabrous except the midrib above pale and appressed pubes- 

 cent beneath, outer petals ^ in. ovate concave, carpels subglobose silky 

 shining. — Uvaria fulgens and Myristica Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat 6482 and 



6793. 



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Malacca and Singapore. — Distrib. Borneo, Philippines. , " 



A large woody climber (small tree, Maingay) ; branches glabrous, younpr siIkJ" 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-1^ in., base {rounded or subacute; petiole J-^ in., silky. Flower$ 

 tawny orange, solitary or in subracemose terminal panicles (through the fejl ot the 

 floral leavesl; pedicels |-i in., golden-tomcntose ; bracteoles 2-3, linear, upper sn*)- 

 orbicular. Sepals orbicular, acute. Outer petals ^ in., ovate, golden-silky out>iae, 

 hoary within, with a large concave glabrous oasal area ; inner oblong, acute, glabrous. 

 Anthers purple, appendage long. Ovaries strigose. Sipe carpels 1| in. *'o€e»* 



flattened not scrobiculate." Maingay, 



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Sect. II. Kentla. Flowers axillary, solitary. Outer petals orbicular, 

 with broad much thickened margins. Ovaries glabrous, pellucid-glandular; 

 ovules definite or indefinite. Seeds pitted. * 



15. 3MC. ele^ans, //./. <& T. FL Ind. 122; leaves lanceolate aaimtnat* 

 glabrous above paler and puberulous beneath, carpels oblong or subglobose. 

 Uvaria eleganp, IFa^^. Caf. 6474 ^. * ' 



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Pekano, WalUch; Malacca, Maingay, ' oi 



A climber; branches slender, glabrous, black ; buds brown-pubescent. Leaves o 

 bv 1-1^ in., coiiaceous, base rounded or acute; petiole J in., glabrous. Peditndei 

 slender; bracteoles 2-3, minute, basal. Sf^pah small, ovate, acute, persistent. OvJ^^ 

 petals i in., ovate, subacute, brown silky outside, hoary inside; inner much ^^^^* 

 ovate, thick, back keeled, fringed round the basal hollow, triquetrous and hoary above 

 the middle. Ovaries 8-10-ovuled. Carpels I in., stalk as long. — Very like 3L -K^'J"'' 



H, f, & T., of Java {Polyalthia, Blume), but that plant is 2-ovuied. 



16. M. plsocarpum, ff.f. & T.Fl. Ind. 123; leaves broad-ovate or 

 -oblong emarginate glabrous above reticulate and puberulous beneath, car- 

 pels pisiform granulate glabrate. Uvaria mabiformis, Griff. Notul iv. TW 



Malacca, Griffith. « 



A shrub, probably climbing; branches glabrous; buds golden- si 1 ky. Leaves h' 

 by li-l| in., coriaceous, base rounded or subacute; petiole ^ in. Peduncles I'i ^^* 

 slender, ^hardly downy; bracteoles 2, minute, scale-like, basal; buds subglobose, ov- 

 tuscly triquetrous. _ Sepals small, ovate, acute. Outer petals J in. broad, orate, suo- 

 orbicular, golden-silky outside, hoary inside; inner about half as long, narrow-obloog- 

 Ovaries 2-ovuIcd. Carpels i in. diam., globose; stalk the same length. '' Seeds h 

 scrobiculate, arilled." Maingay. 



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4/.;. Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous, > jPfoi^;^^^ axillary, sditary cyritioseo 



fascicled; buds triquetrous, conic; often slender^*^^/^^^ ^9^^^^t 



FttaU 6. elongate, valvate in 2 series : outer flat or concave; inner neanj 



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