46 VI. ANONACE^. [Desmos. 



Semantan. Selangor. Perak, Larut (Kui;stler). Penang (Wallich) ; 

 Telok Bahang (Curtis). Jalor (Gwynne Vaughan). Kedah, Alor 

 Sta. Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette). Distrih. Assam, 

 Assam, Cocliin-China. Native names : Akar Sugi-Sugi ; Larak Salai. 

 Use : A decoction of roots for fever. 



(3) D. chinensis Loureiro, Fl. Cochinchine, i. 352. Unona 

 discolor Vahl, Symh. ii. 63, t. 36; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 59; King, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 44; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 56, 

 pi. 74. 



A shrub or climber 40 to 80 ft. long. Leaves membranous 

 oblong to oblanceolate acute, base rounded, above glabrous, beneath 

 glaucous glabrous or pubescent ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs ; 3 to 7-5 in. 

 long, I to 2 in. wide ; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers soHtary extra- 

 axillary, 2 to 2-5 in. long, at first green becoming yellow ; peduncle 

 I to 2 in. long, slender pubescent. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, nearly 

 glabrous, -4 to -6 in. long. Petals narrow lanceolate, glabrous or 

 silky. Pistils oblong, hairy. Carpels numerous, -75 to 1-5 in. long, 

 glabrous or pubescent, constricted between the 2 to 5 oval joints; 

 stalks -25 in. long. Hah. Open country and borders of woods and 

 thickets. Common up to 1800 ft. altitude. Singapore, Reservoir 

 woods ; Garden Jungle. Malacca, Bukit China Road (Maingay) ; 

 Ayer Panas (Goodenough) . Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Perak, 

 Waterloo (Curtis) ; Kwala Dipang (Curtis) ; Batang Padang (Kunst- 

 ler). Kedah. Lankawi, Tasek Enak (Haniff). Jalor, Biserat 

 (Gwynne Vaughan). Distrih. East Himalaya, Burma, Malay 

 isles, China. Native names: Kenanga hutan; Akar Darah ; A. 

 Mariam; A. Singa; Poko Sikenchong. Use: A decoction used for 

 d3^sentery. 



(4) D. dumosa Safford I.e. 506. Unona dumosa Roxh. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 670; Hook. fit. F.B.I, i, 131. 



A large climber ; young branches tomentose. Leaves mem- 

 branous broadly-ovate to oblong-ovate or oblanceolate-oblong 

 blunt or sub-acute, base rounded, when young purplish tomentose on 

 both sides, when adult glabrescent, except midrib ; nerves 10 to 12 

 pairs; 2 to 5-25 in. long, 1-25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -15 to 3 in. 

 long. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, 2 to 2-5 in. 

 long, greenish yellow, on pedicels -5 to -75 in. long, tomentose. Bracts 

 near the base ovate. Sepals cordate or ovate acute tomentose 

 •4 in. long. Petals obovate-spathulate to broadly ovate-lanceolate 

 acuminate at both ends, densely pubescent at first. Carpels numer- 

 ous glabrous, -75 to 14 in. long, constricted between the 2 to 3 

 ovoid joints, j^ellow turning dark purple. Hah. Not rare in open 

 country and thickets. Singapore in Tanglin. Malacca ; Perak at 

 Thaiping and Relau Tujor (Wray) ; Goping (Kunstler) ; Bindings, 

 Lumut ; Kelantan, Chaning Woods. Distrih. Assam. Native names : 

 Akar Pisang-Pisang Padi; Akar Kinching Juhu. 



(5) D. dasymaschala Safford I.e. 507. Unona dasymaschala 



