ANONACEAE 205 
ovules 2 or more. Fruit of several to many follicles, or berry-like, 
arranged in a whorl or on an elongated cone. Seeds solitary or few, some- 
times pendulous from a long funicle. 
Genera 9, species about 80, chiefly natives of the mountains of tropical 
and temperate Asia and of the eastern United States, a few in Malaya 
and Australia, 5 genera and about 15 species in the Philippines. 
1. MICHELIA Linnaeus 
Tress with alternate, simple, entire leaves, the stipules large, sheathing | 
the buds, deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary, yellow or white, very 
fragrant. Sepals and petals similar, 9 to 15 or more, 3- or more-seriate, 
deciduous. Stamens numerous, many-seriate; filaments flat; anthers 
adnate. Carpels many, on an elongated axis; stigma decurrent; ovules 
2 or more. Fruit a lax or dense elongated spike of coriaceous, dorsally 
dehiscing carpels. Seeds pendulous from the carpels by a long cord. (In 
honor of P. A. Micheli, an early Italian botanist.) 
Species about 15, India to China and Malaya, 2 introduced and one or 
two indigenous species in the Philippines. 
NN a an i Reasearch dean nn teen 1. M. champaca 
Flowers white...................---- SEI eT aaa Soe tine ri 2. M. longifolia 
*1. M. CHAMPACA L. Sampaca or champaca (Sp.-Fil.). 
A small tree, the young branchlets appressed-pubescent. Leaves ovate- 
lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed upward to the long- 
acuminate apex, 12 to 20 cm long 2.5 to 6 cm wide. Flowers yellowish- 
brown, very fragrant, 4 to 5 cm long; perianth segments usually 15 to 
20. Ovaries pubescent. (FI. Filip. pl. 191.) 
Introduced from India or Malaya and only cultivated in the Philippines, 
not spontaneous; occasional in Manila, fl. June—Dec., and probably in 
other months. 
*2. M. LONGIFLORA Blume. Champacang-puti (Tag.). 
A small tree with elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong leaves, up to 20 cm 
long and 9 cm wide. Flowers white. 
Introduced and occasionally cultivated in Manila, fil. Sept., and other 
months; a native of Java. 
The fruits of Jilicitum anisatwm L., the star-anise, locally known as 
sanki, are imported from China in considerable quantities and are sold 
in the local markets. The species however, does not grow in the Phil- 
ippines. 
54. ANONACEAE (CUSTARD APPLE OR LANUTAN FAMILY) 
Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 
simple, entire. Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, free or connate, usually val- 
vate. Petals 6, hypogynous, 2-seriate, or the inner absent. Stamens many, 
hypogynous, closely packed on the torus; filaments short or none; anthers 
adnate, the connective produced into an oblong or truncate head. Ovaries 
one or more, free or united; stigmas distinct; style none or very short; 
ovules 1 or more. Fruit of 1 or more, sessile or stalked, 1- to many- 
seeded, fleshy, indehiscent carpels, rarely dry and dehiscent. 
Genera about 45, species 500, chiefly in the tropics of the Old World, 
about 20 genera and 80 species known from the Philippines. 
