36 AnonacecB. 



stalked ; fl. rather small, on slender pilose ped., solitary or in 

 axillary, fcw-fld., stalked clusters, bracts small, very hairy ; 

 sep. ovate, acute, hairy ; outer pet, \ in., very broadly ovate, 

 acute, spreading, pubescent, inner considerably larger, trape- 

 zoid, glabrous, cohering by their margins to form a long- 

 pointed cone ; stam. 6 ; carp, about 1 5 ; fruit-carp, few, shortly 

 stalked, nearly globose, ^|in., glabrous, 1-2-seeded. 



Upper zone of moist low country and lower montane zone ; rare (?) 

 Hantane ; Dolosbagie. Fl. Sept.; brownish-green. 

 Also in Western India. 

 Leaves often deeply tinged with brownish-purple. 



13. AZiPKONSEA, Hk.f. &^ T/i. 



Trees ; sep. very small, distinct ; pet. biseriate, equal, 

 valvate ; stam. 15-30, anther-cells not concealed; carp. 1-5, 

 ovules 4-10, in 2 rows ; fruit-carp. 1-5, with 4-10 seeds. 

 — Sp. 7 ; all in Fl. B. Ind. 



Pet. h in. long. 



Pet. obtuse i. A. lutea. 



Pet. acute 2. A. zeylanica. 



Pet. \ in. long 3. A. sclerocarpa. 



1. A. lutea, Hk.f. a7td Th. Fl. Ind. 153 (1855). 

 Thw. Enum. 399. C. P. 3826. 



Fl, B. Ind. i. 89. Bedd. Ic. t. 91 (from Ceylon specimens). 



A tree, young shoots pubescent ; 1, 2^-5 in., oval or ovate- 

 oval, attenuate, obtuse, shortly tapering to base, glabrous 

 except midrib pubescent beneath ; fl, in small leaf-opposed 

 fascicles, ped. short, densely pubescent, buds subglobular ; 

 sep. very small, rounded, densely pubescent ; outer and inner 

 pet, equal, \ in., ovate, obtuse, densely pilose outside, more or 

 less glabrous within ; carp, 4-10, style oblong, densely hairy ; 

 fruit-carp, 1-5, shortly stalked, broadly ovoid, obtuse, i-iiin., 

 fleshy, yellow, with a very fine brownish tomentum, juicy 

 within when ripe ; seeds 8-10 in 2 rows, compressed, covered 

 with adherent yellow pulp, testa thin brown. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions ; very rare. Panadura ; 

 plentifully in the Sillankandal Forest ; Puttalam (Col. Clarke). A drawing 

 of a fruit brought from Dambulla also probably belongs to this species, 



Fl. Sept.; ochreous-yellow. 



Also in India and Ava. 



2. A. zeylanica, Hk.f. mid Th. Fl. Ind. 153 (1855), 

 Thw Enum. 11. C. P. 1039. 



Fl B. Ind. i. 89. Bedd, Ic. t. 90 (from Ceylon specimens). 



