62 VI. ANONACE^. [Sphcevocofy^ie . 



fine; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-4 to i-8 in. wide; petioles '2 to -25 in. long. 

 Flowers "5 to '75 in. across, on peduncles i in. long. Sepals connate 

 into a three-angled cup. Petals ovate-orbicular acute, outer ones 

 •35 in. long, pubescent, inner ones half as large. Carpels on a 

 peduncle 2 in. long and with pedicels over i in. long, oblong or 

 ovoid, '5 in. long. Seeds i or 2, ovoid. Torus globose. Hah. 

 Forests. Malacca (Maingay) ; Kemandor (Burkill). Selangor, 

 Ulu Selangor (Kunstler). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



15. ANAXAGOREA, St. Hil. 



Shrubs or treelets. Leaves thin, dotted. Flowers small, green, 

 leaf-opposed solitary. Sepals 3, valvate connate at base. Petals 

 3 or 6, sub-equal (inner row sometimes wanting). Stamens in- 

 definite. Ovaries few; ovules 2, -collateral sub-basal. Carpels 

 follicular curved club-shaped, with a long stalk. Seeds i or 2, 

 hard, shining, black, plano-convex. Species about 8, Tropical 

 Asia and America. 



Petals 6 . . . . . . . . (i) A. luzonensis 



Petals 3 . . . . . . . . (2) A. Scortechinii 



(i) A. luzonensis A. Gray, Bot. U.S. Expl. Exped. 27; Hook. 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 68; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 68; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 84, fl. ii8a. Rhopalocarpus fruticosus Teysm. and 

 Binn, Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lngd. Bat. 22, t. 2, fig. B. ^ 



Glabrous shrub. Leaves membranous oblong-elliptic-oblong 

 acuminate, base cuneate ; nerves 7 to 8 pairs ; 5 to 7 in. long, 

 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles "25 to '35 in. long. Flowers '5 in. 

 long; pedicels '25 in. long. Bracts i to 2, amplexicaul. Sepals 

 round obtuse. Petals 6, elliptic-obtuse white. Carpels i to 10, 

 cuneate clavate apiculate, "9 in. long, follicular portion *4 in. long. 

 Hab. Rare. Penang Hill at 300 ft. altitude. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Distrib. Burma, Ceylon to Malay Archipelago. 



(2) A. Scortechinii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 68; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 85, pi. 119. 



A bush or shrubby tree 30 to 40 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous elliptic-oblong, abruptly acuminate, slightly narrowed 

 to the base ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs ; 6 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3*5 in. wide ; 

 petioles '3 to -4 in. long. Flowers 75 in. long, green, pedicels 3 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate acute pubescent. Petals 3, much larger, oblong- 

 lanceolate sub-acute, pubescent outside, fleshy. Ovaries numerous 

 pubescent. Carpels 5 or 6, stalks i in. long, sulcate; follicles 

 1*5 in. long, ovoid curved apiculate. Seeds pear-shaped plano- 

 convex '5 in. long, polished black. Hab. Woods, Pahang, Tahan 

 woods. Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Ranching Camphor forest; 

 Dusun Tua. Perak, Larut Hills ; Goping (Runstler) ; Batu Kurau 

 (Scortechini) ; Gapis Pass (Curtis). Lankawi. Native names : Pali 



