safford: a new genus of annonaceae 19 



in form, bearing alternate, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate 

 leaves, glabrous on both sides, glossy, and short-petioled, with blades 

 5 to 7 inches long by almost 2 inches broad. The pedicels are one- 

 flowered, 6 lines long, and each borne on a special incUned hook almost 

 curved into a spiral, somewhat flattened, and usually opposite a leaf. 

 The flower is rather large and has a calyx with 3 ovate-acute divisions 

 much shorter than the corolJa; 6 ovate-lanceolate petals, brownish red 

 on the upper part, with broad claws at the base, tomentose, concave 

 within, and constricted between the claw and the blade. The 3 outer 

 petals are slightly larger than the others. The fruits [ripe carpels] are 

 ovoid-globose, of the size of a walnut enclosed in its hull, with the sur- 

 face smooth and slightl}^ punctate, and containing oblong seeds, few in 

 number, arranged longitudinally as in Anona grandiflora [Pseudannona 

 grandiflora (Lamk.) Safford]. 



The following is the synonymy of this species. 

 Artabotrys uncinata (Lamk.) comb. nov. 



Ano7ia uncinatus Lamk., Encycl. Bot. 2: 127. 1786. 

 Unona uncinata Dunal, Monogr. Anon. 105, pi. 12, & pi. 

 12a. 1817; DC. syst. 1: 490. 1818; Prodr. 1: 90. 1824. 

 Uvaria uncata Lom-eiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 349. 1790; Roxb., 



Fl. Ind. 2:666. 1832. 

 Artabotrys odoratissimus R. Br. in Bot. Reg., pi. 423. 1819; 

 Hooker f. & Thonjs., Fl. Ind. 128.128. 1855; Benth., Fl. 

 Hongkong, 10. 1861; Hooker' f., Fl., Brit. Ind. 1: 54. 

 1872; Kurz, For. Fl. Bm^m. 1: 31. 31. 1877; Baker, Fl. 

 Maurit. & Seychelles 4. 1877; King, Anon. Brit. Ind. 44. 

 pi. 55. 1893. 

 Uvaria odoratissima Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 666. 1832. 

 From the above synonymy it appears that Lamarck's specific 

 name (uncinata) was recognized by Dunal and De Candolle. Its 

 original publication preceded that of Loureiro (uncata) by four 

 years. In establishing the genus Artabotrys the first specific 

 name of the type was disregarded by Mr. Brown, tho quoted by 

 him in his synonymy, and the manuscript name of Roxburgh 

 was adopted instead. According to the accepted rules of priority 

 the first specific name must be used, and the plant must be 

 designated as Artabotrys uncinatus. 



