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90 IV. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [A!j)honse0. 



By streams in Maisor and the Carxatic, Beddome. _ ■ ' ]' 



An umbrageous tree. Leaves 3^ by IJ in., much reticulated beneath ; petioles Jin., 

 glabrous or puberulous. Flowers 1-6, bright yellow ; peduncles very short ; pedicels 

 1-4 in., puberulous; bracteolo infra -median. SepaU small, ovate. Petals | in., puberu- 

 lous outside. Stamens 12, 2-seriate. Ovaries 3-4; style subglobose, slightly curved^ 

 ovules about 8 ; 2-seriate. Carpels yellow-tomentose. : > 



6. A. Maing'ayi, H.f. <& T.; leaves elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate ob- 

 tusely or subacutely acuminate shining above reticulate and pubescent 

 beneath, flowers solitary or in loose supra-axillary racemes, ripe carpels 

 very short-stalked tomentose. 



Malacca, Maingay. • _ " 



A middle sized or lofty tree ; branches black, young rustv-tomentose. Leaves 3-7 

 by 14-24 ill > l»ase acute or rounded, hard, coriaceous, pale yellow-brown, rusty benerttn, 

 petiole ^-\ in., rusty. Flowers % in. diam. ; peduncles tV-H ^"- ^"^ ^®^T ^^^^ ^^ 

 dicels rusty-tomentose ; bracts small. Sepals*-^-^ m. Outer petals ovate, recurved, 

 pubescent outside ; inner similar but rather smaller. Torus 6-angled, Filaments 

 broad short fleshy ; anther-cells small, diverging below. Stigma sessile; ovules abou. 

 20. Carpels 2 by 1 in., obtuse, smooth. Seeds many, smooth. '*' ' 



7. A. elliptica, H.f. d: T ; leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate acuminate 

 shining above glabrous reticulate, nerves very slender, flowers solitary or in 

 2-3-flowered racemes, peduncle short multibracteate. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree? ; branches rugose, quite glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by IJ-1| in*) tjp acutft 



reticulate on , ^ ^ ^ .... .^ .... „ , ^ 



short, bracts many short orbicular persistent ; pedicels \-\ in., slender, curved, bra*'" 

 teoles minute, median. Petals appressed-pubescent ; outer broad-ovate, revolute ; |^^ 

 rather smaller. Stamens imbricate in several series, apiculate ; anther-cells oblong. 

 Ovaries linear-oblong, silky ; stigma subsessile ; ovules many, 2-8eriate. 



acute, thin, coriaceous, nearly concolorous, nerves about 5 on a side, venu 

 1 both surfaces; peti(»le J-J in. Flowers | in. diam.; peduncles very 



22. OaOPKEA, Blame. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers usually small, axillary solitary, fascicled or 

 cvmose. Sejxtis 3, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer ovate ;inn^^ 

 clawed, cohering by their margins into a mitriform cap. Stainens defiuit^ 

 6-12, ovoid, fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, large, contiguous. varies 2- y^y 

 style short or ; ovules 4. Ripe carpels 1- or more-seeded (very long 1^ 

 0. enterocarpa), — DiSTRiB. Species about 16 ; all Eastern Asiatic. — ^^^^^"^gl 

 diate between Mitrephyra and BocageUy having the perianth of the forme 

 and stamens of the latter. . i 



1. O. uniflora, U. /. iSc T. Fl. Ind. Ill ; leaves elliptic-oblong or 1^^ 

 ceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles solitary axillary, ^^^f^^^n. 

 2-seriate, carpels globose glabrous short-stalked. Beddome Ic. PL i^^- ^ V 

 t. 69. 



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Forests of Travancor at Courtalam, Wight. 3 *1 •« 



A shrub or small tree ; branches glabrous ; buds pubescent. Leaves 1 J-2i by J-l .^ 

 thin, coriaceous, base acute, pale beneath ; petiole yV i^- Flowers solitary ; P^ uj. 

 J-J in., slender; bracteoles several, minute, basal, and 1 median. Sepals minute, or 

 cular, ciliate. Outer petals J in., ovate or orbicular, membranous, glabrate ; Inner i ^ > 

 trapezoid, tapering into the narrow claw. Ovaries 6 ; ovules 2. Carpels i in. dia •» 

 brown-black. 





2. O. zeylanica, H. f. & T. FLInd. Ill; leaves ovate or^^^^^^ 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles solitary or lascici 



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