Desmos.] vi. anonace^. 45 



ovaries many. Style ovoid or oblong, ovules 2 to 8 in i row. 

 Carpels many, long and constrict between seeds. Seeds 2 to 6. 

 Species 20, tropical Asia. 



i. EuDESMOs. Petals 6 in 2 rows. 



Flower axillary ; leaves glabrous . . . (i) D. Dunalii 



Flower opposite leaf; leaves glabrous. 



Pedicel 4 to 6 in. long; leaves hai'dly glaucous 



beneath (^) D. Cochincliinensis 



Pedicel i to 2 in. long. 



Leaves quite glaucous beneath . . • (3) D. ehinensis 



Leaves hairy, tomentose . . . . (4) D. dumosa 



ii. Dasymaschalon. Petals 3 or 2, long and often connate. 

 Flowers broad 3 in. long; carpels many-seeded; 



pedicels short . . . . . (5) D. dasymaschala 



Flowers narrow, 6 in. long; pedicels very long; 



carpels i -seeded . . . . . (6) D. filipes 



(i) D. Dunalii Safford, Bull. Torr. Chth, xxxix. 506. Unona 

 Dunalii Wall. Cat. 6425 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 58 ; King, Joitrn. As. Soc. 

 Beng. Ixi. (2), 43; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. I.e. 54, pi. 71. 



A climber 60 to 100 ft. long. Leaves thickly membranous 

 elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, base rounded 

 above, glabrous beneath and slightly glaucous, with occasionally a few 

 hairs on the midrib ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs ; 3 to 4 in. long, i-2 to 175 

 in. wide ; petioles -2 in long. Flowers axillary sohtary, 1-25 to 1-4 in. 

 long on pedicels -35 to -5 in. long, slender pubescent, a minute 

 bract in the middle. Sepals broadly ovate acute puberulous, -25 

 to -3 in„ long. Petals narrowly oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute pube- 

 rulous or glabrous yellow, i to 1-25 in. long, inner ones smaller. 

 Carpels numerous, glabrous, 1-25 to 175 in. long, constricted 

 between the 3 to 5 ovoid joints, yellow turning black, on stalks 

 I in. long. Hah. Dense jungle and tops of limestone hills. Malacca 

 (Griffith). Penang (Wallich and Curtis), Muka Head. Perak, 

 Trong; Goping and Kol, 500 to 1800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 

 Distrih. Chittagong. 



(2) D. Cochinchinensis Loureiro, Fl. Cochinchine, i. 352. 

 Unona Desmos Dunal. Anonacece 112, Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 59; King, 

 Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 44; Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. 55, pi. 73. 



A slender climber 20 to 30 ft. long, or an erect shrub. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous oblong-acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous 

 beneath pale; nerves 12 to 14 pairs; 4-8 to 8-8 in. long, 1-65 to 

 3-25 in. wide ; petioles -35 in. long. Flowers solitary extra-axillary 

 1-35 to 175 in. long, green to dark yellow on a slender peduncle 

 •4 to -6 in. long. Sepals ovate acuminate pubescent, -3 in. long. 

 Petals ovate-lanceolate pubescent ; the outer ones 2 in. long, -85 in. 

 wide, inner ones smaller. Carpels numerous, -5 to 75 in. long, 

 glabrous constrict between 2 to 5 oval joints, stalked. Hab. Open 

 places and thickets. Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Pahang, Kwala 



