IV. ANONACE^. 11 



Seeds few or many. — Distrib. Tropical Asia and Africa ; species 

 about 50. 



Flowers axillary or terminal 1. U.pannosa. 



Flowers extra-axillary. 



Petals i iu. broad 2. U. discolor. 



Petals less than ^ in. broad 3. U. Lawii. 



1. Unona pannosaj Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jouni. Bot. v, 3 (1851) 

 p. 207. A tree ; young parts puberulous. Leaves lanceolate, rarely 

 elliptic, acuminate, 2|-4| by 1-1| in., glabrous above, more or less 

 pubescent beneatb, sometimes pellucido-punctate, base acute or rounded; 

 petioles short, less than \ in. long. Flowers axillary or terminal, 

 solitary, straw-colored; pedicels |-| iu. long. Sepals |-g in. long, 

 ovate, acute, pubescent. Petals in 2 series : outer 1-1 i in. long, oblong, 

 acute or subobtuse, covered on both surfaces with fuscous, velvety 

 tomentum, clawed, the claw rugose outside, glabrous within ; inner 

 petals narrower and shorter than the outer. Ovaries 10-12, strigose ; 

 ovules 2-6. Carpels 5-7, ovoid or obovoid, | in. long, rounded or 

 pointed, pubescent or tomentose, rarely slightly torulose. Fl. B. I. v. 

 1, p. 58; King, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) 

 p. 55, and part 2, t. 72 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, p. 4 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 6, part 4, p. 211. Uaona farinosa, Dalz. & Gribs, p. 3 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120. Flowers : Mar.-Oct. 



KoNKAN : Hathkambe near Ratuagiri, Woodrow. S. M. Country : Parwa Ghat, 

 Dcdzell ^ Gibson, 



2. Unona discolor, VcM, Sijmb. v. 2 (1791) p. 63, t. 36. A shrub, 

 sometimes climbing. Leaves 3-7 by 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute 

 or acuminate, glabrous and shiuing above, glaucous, smooth or scarcely 

 pubescent beneath, base rounded ; petioles | in. long. Flowers 2-2| in. 

 long, extra-axillary, solitary, fragrant ; pedicels 1-2 in, long, slender, 

 pubescent, thickening in fruit, with a minute, linear bract below the 

 middle. Sepals |-§ in. long, lanceolate, spreading, subglabrous. 

 Ovaries oblong, hairy ; stigma laterally grooved. Bipe carpels nume- 

 rous, f-l^ in. long, on stalks | in. long, constricted between the seeds ; 

 joints 2-5, marked with a ring of pubescence at the constrictions. Fl, 

 B. I. V. 1, p. 59 ; Grab. Cat, p. 3 ; Dalz, & Gibs, p, 3 ; King, in Ann, 

 Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) p. 56, and part 2, t. 74; 

 Talb, Trees, Bomb. p. 4 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb, Nat, v, 11 (1897) 

 p. 120. Utiona Dunalii, Hook, f, & Thoms. Fl, Ind. p, 131 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 3, — Flowers : Aug. 



KoNK.VN : Sivapur in the Wari conntvY, Dalzcll ^~ Gibson, Woodrow. Kanaka: iu 

 evergi'een forests, Talbot. — Distrib. Malaya. 



3. Unona Lawii, HooTc. f. Sf Thoms. Fl. Lid. (1855) p. 132. A 

 climbing shrub with slender leafy branches; young parts silky-pubescent. 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 1 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, gla- 

 bi'ous above, glaucous and more or less pubescent beueatb, base rounded; 

 petioles scarcely exceeding ^ in. long. Flowers extra-axillary, solitary ; 

 pedicels slender, |-1| in. long, inserted opposite to and a little below 

 the insertion of the leaf, with a minute, ovate, acute bract below the 

 middle. Sepals |-| in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, tomentose without. 

 Petals : the exterior up to 2| in. long, rarely reaching j in. in breadth 



