50 VI. ANONACE.li. [PolyaWiia. 



Unona desmantha Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 6i ; King, Joiirn. As. Sac. 

 Beng. I.e. 60, pi. 83. 



A small tree; young branches pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate shortly acuminate, base acute above 

 glabrous except the pubescent midrib, beneath paler puberulous, 

 especially on nerves ; nerves 8 to 11 pairs ; 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. 

 wide ; petioles 10 in. long. Flowers densely crowded on large tuber- 

 cles on stem and larger branches ; peduncles 75 in. long, puberulous. 

 Sepals ovate acute, -3 in. long. Petals linear-oblong acuminate, 

 base not dilate, i to 1-5 in. long, -2 in. wide, inner row narrower, 

 orange colour. Ovules 3 to 5 superposed. Carpels globose, glabrous 

 •5 in. through ; stalks i in. long. Hah. Sandy woods. Singapore 

 (Maingay) ; Changi ; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Sedenah. Malacca 

 (Maingay) ; Selangor. Perak, Gunong Bubu and Selama (Kunstler) ; 

 Bindings, Pangkor; Telok Sera (Curtis). 



(3) P. stenopetala Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 6. 

 P. crinita Ridl. I.e. Unona stenopetala Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 

 136; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 49; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 I.e. 61, pi. 85. U. crinita Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 61; King, Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. pi. 84. 



A slender tree 20 to 35 ft. tall ; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous oblong-obovate or oblanceolate-acuminate, base 

 narrowed cordate, glabrous except the pubescent midrib, 6 in. long, 

 2 in. wide ; nerves 7 pairs, doubly inarching, slender ; petioles very 

 short. Flowers pedicelled in hairy tufts of 2 to 8 branchlets on 

 tubercles on stem and branches, salmon colour or brick red. Sepals 

 lanceolate acuminate connate at base, pubescent outside, -4 to 

 •5 in. long. Petals narrow linear slightly wider at base pubescent, 

 1-25 to 3 in. long. Stamens numerous, connective broad flat. 

 Ovaries 4 to 7 villous, ovules 4 or 5. Carpels sub-globular or ovate 

 brown tomentose at first, -5 to -65 in. long, -5 in. through. Seeds 

 I to 3, discoid rugulose. Hah. In dense forests, Malacca (Maingay). 

 Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Petaling; Ginting Sempah. Perak, 

 Kenering (Wray) ; Lenggong; Ulu Temengoh. Bindings, Bruas. 

 Native name : Jambol Chichit. 



(4) P. Beccarii King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 65; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 81, pi. iiob. 



A small tree 10 to 30 ft. tall ; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 

 sub-coriaceous, narrow oblong to oblong-lanceolate, glabrous shining ; 

 midrib pubescent above, tomentose beneath ; nerves 6 or 7 pairs 

 inarching far from the edge; 3 to 4-5 in. long, -75 to 1-35 in. wide; 

 petioles -i in. long, tomentose. Flowers 1-50 in. long, pendent 

 from branches or trunk in tufts ; pedicels slender, pubescent, i in. 

 long. Sepals ovate obtuse -15 in. long, pubescent. Petals cinna- 

 mon brown, with a pink blotch at the base inside, linear oblong 

 acute, pubescent. Stamens flesh colour. Ovaries pubescent 2- 

 ovuled. Carpels numerous oval -3 in. long, white becoming red 



