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Ordphea.] I v. ANONACEiE'. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 91 



axillary, stamens 6, carpels globose glabrous sbort-stalked. Thzvaites Enum. 

 8 ; Beddorne Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 70. 



Forests of Caxara and CooRo, Stoclcs^ &c. ; and Ceylon in the Central Province, 

 Thwaites. 



A small tree or shrub ; branclilets yellow-pubescent. Leaves 2-3 J by 1-1 f in., thin, 

 coriaceous, base suboblitjue rounded or retuse, young puberulous beneath ; petiole rfXT'^* 

 Flowers greenish-brown, ^ in. diam, ; peduncles 1-2 in., 1-4-flowered, slender, pubes- 

 cent; peduncle with a basal bract. Sepals and outer petals orbicular, acute, veinetl, 

 downy ; inner petals larger, trapezoid, glabrous, margins pubescent. Carj^els ^ in. diam, 



3. O. Thozusoni, Beddonie in Trans, Linn, Soc. xxv. ; 7c. Plant Ind^ Or. 

 t. 67; leaves ovate-oblong obtuselytaper-pointedglabrous, peduncle axillary 



_. 3-flowered strigose, stamens 10-12 2-seriate, carpels pisiform. y 



m, Anamally forests, Travancor, alt. 1500-2000 ft. Beddorne. / 



A small tree. Leaves 1-1^ -2 by 1-1| in,, midrib beneath ^nljescent; petiole 

 xV-^ in- Peduncle and pedicels very short ; bracteoles minute basal;' Sepals and outer 

 petals strigose; inner pubescent, especially inside. Ovaries 5-6, hairy; ovules 2. 



4. O. erythrocarpa, Beddorne in Trans. Linn. Soc./xx. 5; Jc. PL Lnd. 



Or. t. 68 ; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous above pubescent be- 

 neath, peduncles axillary or supra-axillary 3-4-flower^d tomentose, stamens 

 12, 6 outer rather imperfect, carpels oblong. 'f 



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coriaceous, most pubescent on the niulnb beneathj^ petiole rV-$ in., pubescent 

 Flowers very small; peduncle 1 in,, tomentose jj^facfs many, minute, imbricate belo^ 

 the fruit or flower; pedicels with a linear bassTand a supra-median bracteole. Sepal 



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Anamally forests in Travancor, alt. 1500-2500 ft., Beddorne. 



A middle sized tree; branchlets softly pubescent. leaves 2-3^ by 1-2 in., thin, 

 coriaceous, most pubescent on the midrib beneath j^' petiole fV-^ in., pubescent, 



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orbicular. OuUr petals ovatcV acute,^tEiargin8 and outer surface pubescent ; inner { in., 

 claw glabrous, limb tj-apczoid I'lairj;-; Ovaries 6, densely strigose; ovules 2, Carpels 

 red. Seed solitarjr^scrobiculate. '' ' 



L-S«.-S^* P*>Iycarpa, A.DCi nMem.Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves ovate-oblong 

 r lanceolate obtusely acunxWiate glabrous, peduncles axillary or supra- 

 xillary slender 1-3 flowerei sparsely hairy, stamens 6, carpels pisiform 

 •labrous long-stalked. LI.J\& T. FL Ind. Ill; WalL Cat. 6431. Griffith 

 c. PL Iiul. Or. iv. t. 654. / 



Mart ARAN, Walllch; AnpaJaks, Kurz. 



A tree?; branchlets slende^ pubescent. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1 1 in., thin, coriaceous, 



oints long, shining above; J)etiole tV 5"- P*^duncle 1-2 in., slender; bracts several, 



mall, remote, linear. Sepals os^i^, acute, ciliate. Outer petals orbicular, ciliate; inner 



wice as large, tip and maf^ns downy. CarpeZs 9-12 ; stalk nearly as long.— Our 



ipecimens have bud and fruit only. 



6. O. acuminata,/^. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves oblong or 

 anceulate long and finely acuminate glabrous above softly pubescent on the 



idrib and veins be*rath, peduncle 1-3-flowered axillary or supra-axillary 

 lender, stamens 6. ff T./, <& T. FL Lnd. 112 ; WalL Cat 6432. 



Texasserim, Wallioe'^<^^ . . . 



A tree; branches ^ sier, young densely pubescent. X^are^ 4-6by 1-1| in., thin, 



onspicuously reticu'^^ls >^neath; petiole -^^-^ in., pubescent. Peduncles 1 in., Dubes- 



ent; bracts several, siiP'^late, hairy. Sepals minute, ovate-lanceolate, densely hairy. 



\Ouler petals smal!^ ovate, thiu, hairy; inner as in 0. zeylanica. Ovaries 6, densely 



trigose; ovules 2 



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7, O. Brandisil, //./. <& T; leaves obovate-lanceolate tapering to a 

 cry slender point glabrous above- haiiy beneath, peduncles 2-3-flo\vered 

 upra-axUlary slender, stamens 12, 3 fertile and 9 imperfect. 







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