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7. ANACOZiOSA, Blume. 



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Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petiolate, simple, 1 -nerved. Injhr^ 

 cence cymose, axillary. Calf/x cup-shaped, 6-7-toothed, not accrescent;. 

 Pe^a^s 5-7, free valvate, springing with the stamens from an hypogynous or 

 perigynous disk. Stamens concealed in the cavity of the petals and sligntJy 

 adnate to their base, filaments glabrous, or pilose at the apex ; ^^^^^^\ 

 basifixed, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary imperfectly 2-3-celiea 



below, 1-celled above ; style simple, stigma shortly lobed ; <^y^|^^ ^.Q 

 pendulous from a central placenta. Fruit drupaceous, surrounded by tne 

 accrescent disk; stone crustaceous, 1-seeded. Seed P^^^^H^^^^^'.^f^^ llg 

 minute, at the apex of fleshy albumen, radicle superior thicker than tn 

 cotyledons.— DiSTRiB. Species 5 or 6, natives of Southern India, the iViaiay 



peninsula, and archipelago. 



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1. A. densiflora, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. 211, t. 22 ; ^Y^'*' 

 t. 138 ; leaves oblong acuminate, base rounded, cymes many-flowered dens , 



calyx glabrous. ' ■ !-. 



Tkavancor, on the Anamallay hills, Beddome. ... . ntii^- 



A lofty tree. Branches terete. Leaves 4 5 by l|-2 in., glabrous, shinmg, em t 

 petiole \ in. Cyme 7-20-flowered, pedicels J in., as long as the yellow W*";^ il'^ceo-' 

 Flower-bnds ovoitl, conic. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-6-toothed. Petals 4 0, ^vate-u 

 late, reflexed at the tips, hispid within. Filaments glabrous, much /5^^^^^^V ^^118 

 petals, anthers roundish glabrous. Ovarj/ surrounded by a broad disk, ^'^^^^^ ^ 

 1-ovulate ; ^stjle simple, ^scarcely so long as the ovary, stigma 3-lobed. :; .^>^| 



2. A, lllcoldes, i/o^^. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute at,%th ends, 



cyirtes 



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A small spreading tree. Bark grey. Leaves 5-6 by 2 in., glabrous, coria ^ 

 petiole 4-1 in. Peduncle half the length of the petiole, dividing '^^"l l^^"^' Palyx 

 long as itself, or cymes sesj-ile, umbellate. F'loicer-bnds ovoid, subglnbose^ ^^^ 

 glabrous, cup-shaped, 5-6-fid, lobes deltoid. Petals 5-6, 2 or 3 times ^^"^'^^^^^er. 

 t^<^ st'Pals, coriaceous, oblong, inflexed at the points, hairy within just above ]^ c^^^\j 

 FilamentH broad, glabrous ; anthers suhglobose. Ovary depi*essed cquic, i^^ 

 3-celled ; ovules 3, Fruit unknown. 



[eavfis lano.ftolate or ovate-lanceolate, Cymea 



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few-flowered, calyx glabrous. 



Tknasserim and Andaman Islands, Oriffith, Kurz. . ma^v-^ 



Shrub or tree? -CrOTcAe5 slender, purplish, i^mu^^ 2^ by 1 in., conaceons b 

 petiole 4 in. Cymes axillary, sessile, or on a short scaly spur ; pedicels halt tne & ^^ 3 

 the petiole. Fhwer-Jmds subglobose. Calyx cnp-shaped, •'>-6-t*^«^^ /i"Vny cooical, 

 tiraos lonL'er than the sepals. Filaments much shorter than the petals. Vvarj .^^ 

 2-3-celled; style short, stigma obscurely lobed; ovules 2-3. 



4. A. Mains^ayl, Most; leaves sub orbicular, 

 few-flowered, calyx glabrous. 



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A tree or shrub? Baric grey, rugose, tubercled. Leaves ^^oMi ^ , j"^jg gUbrt^n^ 



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coriaceous, glabrous, venation obtcure ; petiole ^ in. Cymes axillary J P^?^^*^ floic^' 



shorter than the petiole, each with 2-3 minute, squamiform bracts atthe ^as • j^ 



W. oblong. Calyx ^cup^shape^; ' mlhuf ely Moothed, . / iV^a?*^ V^^^lrruun^^ 



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FSmients glahrom, much shorter than the petals ; anthers oblong, ^"^^ ^ 

 hy a 5-lobed disk^, imperfectly S-celled ; style' as long as the ovaiy, &^V 

 ovules 3, pendulousr Fruit the size of a pea, glaucous, gIol?ose 





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