70 VI. ANONACE.E, [Orophea. 



Inner petals slightly vaulted ; flowers very small, 



carpels globose (5) 0. gracilis 



Inner petals spreading, not vaulted. 

 Stamens lo to 12. 



Inner petals hastate ; fruit globular . , . (6) 0. hastata 



Inner petals linear-oblong; fruit ovoid . . (7) 0. dodecandra 



Stamens 6. 



Inner petals cuneiform; fruit cylindric . . (8) 0. cuneiformis 



(i) O. setosa King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 80; Ann. Bot. 

 Card. Calc. I.e. 102, pi. 131B. 



A shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall. Branchlets pubescent and covered with 

 long brown bristles. Leaves membranous oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate-acuminate, base rounded, sparingly bristly on both 

 sides, especially on the midrib and nerves; lower surface also 

 pubescent; nerves 8 to 10 pairs inarching near the edge; 5"5 to 

 7"5 in. long, 2 to 275 in. wide ; petioles '05 in. long, bristly. Flowers 

 solitary extra-axillary '2 in. across ; pedicels slender, 75 in. long, 

 pubescent. Sepals sub-orbicular blunt. Petals, outer ones broadly 

 ovate sub-acute, pubescent outside; inner ones longer vaulted, 

 claw narrow shorter than the trapezoid-sagittate limb, pubescent 

 on back and edges. Male flower. Stamens numerous, appendages 

 broadly truncate. Carpels 4 or 5, sessile globose or oblong-globose, 

 •3 in. through, pubescent and bristly. Seed i, rarely 2. Hab. 

 Woods from 500 or 1200 ft. altitude, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Danau 

 (Cantley). Perak, GunongPondok (Kunstler). Nativename: Y\di\.\x. 

 Use : A decoction of the roots used in malaria. 



(2) O. hirsuta King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 81; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 104, pi. 146A. 



A shrub 3 to 12 ft. tall. Branchlets red-hairy. Leaves elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong or slightly obovate acuminate, base minutely 

 cordate ; above glabrous, beneath hairy, midrib bristly ; nerves 

 8 to 9 pairs, very faint; 3-5 to 4*5 in. long, 1-24 to 175 in. wide; 

 petioles "05 in. long, bristly. Peduncles extra-axillary, '5 in. long, 

 I- to 3-flowered, hairy ; pedicels 75 in. long, hairy. Bracts minute, 

 several. Flowers '5 in. across, dark red, base white. Sepals broad 

 ovate acute hairy outside. Petals, outer ones larger broad obovate 

 blunt hairy outside, "15 in. long; inner ones '25 in. long, claw 

 narrow longer than limb, glabrous, limb trapeziform vaulted thick 

 glabrous outside, pubescent within. Stamens 6, in one row. 

 Ovaries 6, ovoid glabrous ; ovules i to 2. Carpels 4 to 5, globular 

 yellow hairy, "4 in. long; stalks 'i in. long. Hab. Perak, Goping 

 (Kunstler). Rare. Native name : Supucha Pelandok. Use: The 

 plant is chewed with betel-nut in cases of cough. 



(3) O. enterocarpa Maing. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 92 ; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Cale. i.e. 106, pi. 148A. 



Tree 10 to 30 ft. tall, glabrous. Leaves membranous elliptic- 

 acuminate base rounded; nerves 6 to y pairs, slender, 3*5 to 5 in. 

 long, 1-2 to I '5 in. wide; petioles "i in. long. Flowers extra- 



