Uvaria.] 



VI. ANONACE^. 



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Ovaries indefinite, linear-oblong; styles short and thick. Ovules 

 many in 2, rarely i row. Carpels many, cylindric, smooth, few- 

 or many-seeded. Tropical Asia and Australia, a few African, 

 about no species. 



{a) Flowers over -5 in. wide in short sub-terminal 

 or lateral cymes. 

 Anther appendage small, flat, oblique. 



Flowers i in. across, yellow; leaves beneath 

 glabrous except nerves .... 



Flowers over i in. long, cream ; petals broad ; 

 leaves beneath tomentose .... 



Flowers over i in. long, red, petals broad; 



leaves glabrous, coriaceous 



Anther appendage half as long as anthers, flat, 



oblique truncate. 



Flowers 1-5 in. across, red; leaves sub-glabrous 



beneath ....... 



Flowers 3 in. across, purple red ; leaves stel- 

 late tomentose beneath .... 



Anther appendage slightly or not produced. 

 Whole plant stiffly hairy ; flowers red 

 Whole plant soft, tomentose 

 Anther appendage broad quadrate, outer anthers 

 staminodes ; bush or climber, tomentose ; 

 flowers I in. long, purple .... 



{b) Flowers terminal racemes umbelled. 

 Leaves rather small, glabrous .... 

 Leaves large, strong reticulate and tomentose 

 beneath ....... 



(c) Flowers small under "5 in. wide. 



Leaves small, lanceolate-acute, glabrous . 

 Leaves large, oblong glabrous when adult . 

 Leaves 4 in. long, pubescent beneath, minutely 

 pustular above ..... 



Dubious species. Flowers axillary, very small, re- 

 sembling those of Cyathostemma 



(i) U. Larep 



(2) U. dulcis 



(3) U. Lobbiana 



(4) U. macrophylla 



(5) U. purpurea 



(6) U. hirsuta 



(7) U. Curtisii 



(8) U. Ridleyi 



(9) U. pauci-ovulata 



(10) U. Scortechinii 



(11) U. micrantha 



(12) U. excelsa 



(13) U. astrosticta 



(14) U. sub-repanda 



(i) U. Larep Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 370; King, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 13; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 16, pi. 14. 



A Hane 20 to 40 ft. long ; young branches and petioles covered 

 with scaly stellate hairs. Leaves membranous, elliptic or sub- 

 ovate, short, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous except on the 

 midrib on both faces and nerves beneath tomentose; nerves 10 to 

 12 pairs inarching, 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide ; petioles -2 to -3 in. 

 long. Peduncles half-way between the leaves -i in. long, i- to 2- 

 flowered. Pedicels 75 in. long. Bracts i-2 in. long, reniform. 

 Flowers 1-5 to 175 in. across. Sepals small, '2 in. long, reniform 

 connate, pubescent, reflexed. Petals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 

 75 in. long, puberulous, pale yellow. Anthers sessile in few rows, 

 appendages short, oblique. Pistils numerous, angled, puberulous. 

 Carpels numerous, cylindric-oblong, pubescent, 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, 

 •5 in. through. Stalks 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, tomentose. Seeds 10, 



