40 VI. ANONACE^. [Artuboirys. 



blunt. Petals sub-equal flat elliptic-oblong blunt pubescent, outer 

 row I to 1-35 in. long; inner smaller. Pistils many. Carpels 

 broadly elliptic, mammillate narrowed to a short, stout stalk, 

 •75 in. long. Seeds 2. Hah. Forests. Rare. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak (Scortechini) . 



(4) A. venustus Kin^, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 32; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 41, pi. 50. 



A big liane 30 to 80 ft. long ; young parts at first puberulous. 

 Leaves coriaceous glabrous shining elliptic to elliptic-oblong, 

 shortly acuminate, base rounded; nerves 7 to 10 pairs inarching 

 •I to -2 in. from edge; 3-5 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 to -25 in. long. Peduncles extra-axillary, rather slender in 

 flower, thicker in fruit, tomentose, with 3 or 4 flowers; -75 in. to 

 I in. long; pedicels slender, -5 to -i in. long. Sepals broadly 

 triangular sub-acute green with red hair outside, glabrous inside, 

 •15 in. long. Petals tomentose outside, outer 3 ovate-lanceolate, 

 sub-acute, inner 3 shorter, narrower, all pale yellow. Anthers 

 short, appendages orbicular flat green. Pistils 10, oblong green. 

 Carpels about 6, obovoid narrow at the base sessile, 2 in. long, 

 green ribbed. Seeds 2, plano-convex, flesh colour, about i in. long 

 and -6 in. wide. Hah. In hill forests. Perak; Thaiping Hills at 

 1000 ft. to 1500 ft. altitude; Goping (Kunstler). Distrih. Siam. 



(5) A. Wrayi King, Jotirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 37; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 48, pi. 64. 



A big climber ; young branches rufous-tomentose. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous large oblong-elliptic or elliptic shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded, boldly reticulate, sub-bullate beneath, softly pubescent ; 

 nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inarching within the edges; 8 to 12 in., 

 2*75 to 5 in. wide; petioles -35 in. long, stout tomentose to glabres- 

 cent. Peduncles short, sometimes straight when young and curving 

 in fruit, glabrous, pedicels i in. long, tomentose. Flowers i in. 

 long. Sepals broadly ovate acuminate, -5 in. long, silky, tomentose 

 outside, glabrous within. Petals sub-equal, ovate-Oblong sub- 

 acute contracted above the claw, silky except inside of the claw. 

 Pistils numerous. Carpels obovoid tapering to base, tip mucronate, 

 sessile densely tomentose, nearly i in. long. Hah. Low country; 

 Singapore, Garden Jungle and roadsides near Tanglin. Perak, 

 Waterfall, Thaiping. 



Remarkable for its large leaves. 



(6) A. crassifolius Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 54; King, Joum. As. 

 Soe. Beng. I.e. 33; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. 42, pi. 51. 



A big climber; young branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves very 

 coriaceous elliptic to oblong blunt or shortly mucronate, base 

 acute or rounded, above glabrous, beneath pubescent, becoming 

 glabrous; nerves 9 to 10 pairs, 6 to 6-5 in. long, 175 to 275 in. 

 wide; petioles -3 to -4 in. long, stout. Peduncles stout flat much 



