42 VI. ANONACE^. [Artabolrys. 



(10) A. grsLcilis King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 35; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 46, pi. 60. 



A slender climber 60 to 80 ft. long, glabrous except the petals. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate-lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate ; 

 nerves 7 to 8 pairs inarching within the edge ; 2-5 to 3 in. long, 

 I to 1-75 in. wide; petioles -15 to -2 in. long. Peduncles much 

 hooked, 4- to 6-flowered; pedicels -35 in. long. Flower -3 to -4 in. 

 long. Sepals very coriaceous, semi-orbicular, concave. Petals sub- 

 equal curved tomentose, outer 3 flattened linear thick, inners 

 obtusely 3-angled base swollen, smaller. Appendages of anthers 

 broad. Pistils 3 to 4, oblong ; stigmas large. Torus villous. Car- 

 pels 3 to 4 sessile yellow obovoid glabrous, -8 in. long, -7 in. 

 through. Seeds 2 compressed-ovoid. Hab. Lowland forests. Johor, 

 Kota Tinggi. Selangor near Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Thaiping and 

 Ulu Selama (Kunstler). 



(11) A. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 55; King, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 35; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 45, pi. 58. 



A climber 40 to 80 ft. long, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous deep shining green elliptic acuminate at both 

 ends; nerves 7 to 9 pairs; 3-5 to 6 in. long, 1-35 to 2 in. wide; 

 petioles -25 to -5 in. long. Peduncles flat curved glabrous. Flowers 

 yellowish white, i in. long fascicled; pedicels -5 to 1-5 in. long, 

 pubescent. Sepals small, obtuse, -2 in. long. Petals, outer linear- 

 oblong obtuse, the saccate base small, i to 1-25 in. long, -25 to -35 in. 

 broad, inner smaller and narrower. Pistils 3 to 4 ovoid. Carpels 

 sessile elliptic-globose mammillate glabrous yellow, 2-5 in. long, 

 1-5 in. through. Seeds 2, plano-convex, testa stony. Hab. Common 

 in the south in woods, but seldom flowering. Singapore, Garden 

 Jungle; Malacca (Maingay). 



(12) A. suaveolens Blume, Fl. Jav. Anonacece, 62, t. 30, 31D; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 55; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 36; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 46, pi. 61. 



A tall climber 50 ft. or more long ; stem black, usually glabrous 

 except the petals, occasionally puberulous on the underside of the 

 leaves and peduncles. Leaves thinly coriaceous dark shining green 

 oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate-acute shortly acuminate, base 

 acute, 3-5 in. long; petioles short. Peduncles thin hooked at first, 

 thickening strongly as they age, glabrous or puberulous, with 5 to 15 

 flowers on pedicels, -3 to -45 in. long. Flowers -4 in. long, white 

 creamy, tomentose. Sepals ovate acute, -i in. long. Petals dilate at 

 base, limb cylindric or clubbed erect, tips incurved. Anthers brown, 

 appendages broad oblique. Carpels few, ellipsoid, obtuse, base 

 narrowed, glabrous, -4 to -5 in. long, -25 in. through. Seed i, 

 ellipsoid, testa granular. Hab. The commonest species, very flori- 

 ferous in October in forests. Singapore (abundant) to Penang. 

 Distrib. Chittagong, Mergui, Burma, Malay islands. Native name : 

 Akar Chenana. 



