Popowia.'] 



VI. ANONACE^. 



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Petals 6, valvate in 2 series, ovate or orbicular, outer ones little 

 longer than the sepals, spreading; inner ones thick, concave con- 

 nivent acute, tip sometimes inflexed, a little longer than the outer 

 ones. Stamens indefinite or definite, short cuneate; anther-cells 

 dorsal, remote, appendages usually broad and flat. Ovaries about 6, 

 ovoid; style large, oblong, straight or curved. Ovules i or 2 on 

 ventral suture, rarely i, basal. Carpels berry-like, globose or 

 ovoid, stalked. Seeds i to 3. Species about 20 in Africa, 12 

 AustraUa and i African. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. 



Leaves glabrous except nerves ; flowers very small. 

 Leaves ovate ; nerves 6 to 8 pairs . 

 Leaves lanceolate; nerves 9 to 10 pairs . 

 Leaves yellow, tomentose beneath; fruit very 

 large ....... 



Leaves glabrous above except nerves below, pubes- 

 cent; fruit small ..... 



Leaves puberulous above, pubescent beneath blunt 



Leaves glabrous except midrib, sparse hairy 



beneath ....... 



Leaves soft, tomentose all over .... 



Flowers unisexual. Leaves large, glabrous strongly 

 nerved. 

 Flowers -5 in. across, dense, hairy. 



Petals short, ovate, inner much smaller; fruit 



•25 in 



Petals subequal, oblong; fruit -75 in. 

 Flowers -3 in. wide, glabrous; fruit oblong, -5 in. 



(i) P. rainosissima 



(2) P. pauciflora 



(3) P. foetida 



(4) P. perakensis 



(5) P. fusca 



(6) P. velutina 



(7) P. tomentosa 



(8) P. nervifolia 



(9) P. nervosa 

 (10) P. pumila 



(i) P. ramosissima Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 105 ; Hook, 

 ftl. F.B.I, i. 68 ; King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 92 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. 117, pi. 159B. 



A small spreading tree 10 to 12 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. through; young 

 branches rufous-pubescent. Leaves membranous coriaceous nearly 

 sessile elliptic to nearly ovate shortly acuminate, base round, 

 glabrous except midrib and nerves 6 to 8 pairs ascending pubescent ; 

 275 in. to -4 in. long, i to 175 in. wide; petioles hairy, -05 in. long. 

 Flowers leaf-opposed, i to 3 together, "2 in. across, white or yeUow. 

 Sepals broad, triangular, ovate acute tomentose outside. Petals 

 sub-equal, coriaceous sub-rotund concave, little larger than the 

 sepals, tomentose outside ; inner ones little larger than outer ones, 

 tips incurved. Stamens short, appendages broad concave. Ovaries 

 5 to 6, villous, ovules i to 2. Carpels globose, "25 to 35 in. long, 

 pubescent, green; stalks '05 in. long. Hah. Forests, sea level to 

 2000 ft. altitude. Common. Singapore, Bukit Timah. Johor. 

 Pahang, Kota Glanggi. Malacca. Selangor, Petaling. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills; Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Bindings, Pangkor. 

 Penang (Wahich) ; Pulau Betong (Curtis). Distrib. Sumatra, 

 Borneo, South. Siam at Trang. Native name : Kayu San Tuche. 



(2) P. pauciflora Maing. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 69; King, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 92 ; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 117, pi. 159A. 



