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VI. ANONACE^. 



[Goniothalamiis 



distichous bracts. Sepals 3, valvate, outer thick flat ; inner 

 smaller shortly clawed, cohering in a vaulted cap over the stamens 

 and ovaries. Stamens many, linear-oblong; anther-cells dorsal; 

 appendages oblong or truncate. Ovaries many ; style C34indric ; 

 stigma simple or bifid. Ovules i or 2 superposed (rarely 4). Carpels 

 i-seeded. Species about 50, East Asia. 



Slender shrubs ; flowers axillary, small, green 

 leaves membranous; ovules i or 2. 

 Leaves oblong narrow, base short narrowed 



nerves inconspicuous ; style slender 

 Leaves long-caudate, base narrow; style very 

 short ...... 



Leaves elliptic, abruptly caudate 

 Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate narrowed both 

 ends ...... 



Tall, erect shrubs ; flowers large ; leaves coriaceous 

 Flowers very large yellow; petals 2-5 in. long 

 Flowers about i in. long. 



Leaves oblanceolate, 12 in. long, strong-nerved 

 Leaves elliptic, very coriaceous, 6 to 8 in. long; 



nerves very inconspicuous 

 Leaves oblong ciispidate, very coriaceous, 6 to 



8 in. long ; nerves very inconspicuous 

 Leaves rather oblong-oblanceolate; conspicu- 

 ously nerved. 

 Flowers -5 in. long ..... 



Flowers 1-5 in. long; sepals large 

 Flowers 1-5 in. long; sepals small; petals 

 acuminate ...... 



Tree. Leaves over 12 in. long, pubescent beneath; 

 flowers large ..... 



Big tree. Flowers large, fleshy in masses at base 

 of trunk ...... 



Shrub. Ovules and seeds 4 . . . . . 



(i) G. subevenius 



(2) G. tenuifolius 



(3) G. caudifolius 



(4) G. Wrayi 



(5) G. giganteus 



(6) G. macrophyllus 



(7) G. malayanus 



(8) G. Tapis 



(9) G. Kunstleri 



(10) G. Scortechinii 



(11) G. fulvus 



(12) G. Curtisii 



(13) G. Ridleyi 



(14) G. uvarioides 



(i) G. subevenius King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 71; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 89, pi. 121B. 



Shrub or treelet, to 30 ft. tall, branchlets puberulous. Leaves 

 membranous, narrow, oblong, acuminate at each end; nerves 10 

 to 12 pairs, invisible or very faint; 3*5 to 6*5 in. long, i'25 to 175 

 in. wide ; petioles '2 in. long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 75 to -9 in. 

 long, pale green; pedicels "4 to '6 in. long. Bracts o. Sepals 

 broadly ovate-acuminate pubescent, '3 in. long. Petals thinly 

 coriaceous puberulous, lanceolate acute, inner ones half as large 

 as outer ones, shortly clawed. Stamen-appendages broad orbi- 

 cular. Ovaries narrow oblong; stigma entire. Carpels ovoid to 

 oblong glabrous, "5 to 75 in. long ; stalks -35 to -45 in. long. Hah. 

 Thick forest, Perak, Goping (Kunstler). Kedah Peak (Haniff). 

 Kelantan, Chaning Woods. 



(2) G. tenuifolius King, Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 71; A.nn. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 89, pi. 122A. 



A bush or treelet 6 to 8 ft. tall glabrous. Leaves membranous 



