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midrib and 12 to 14 pairs of rather bold, oblique, curving nerves ; length 

 6 to 9 in., breadth 2"25 to 3 in., petiole '25 in., pubescent. Flowers 

 bisexual, from the axis of the fallen leaves, solitary, '4 in. in diam. ; 

 pedicels about '5 in. long, softly .tomentose, minutely bracteolate at the 

 base. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, concave, tomentose outside, glabrous 

 inside. Outer petals much larger than the sepals, ovate-orbicular, sub- 

 acute ; tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Inner petals longer but nar- 

 rower than the outer ; the limb trapezoid, densely tomentose, glabrous 

 inside at the base ; the claw narrow, about as long as the limb, tomentose 

 on both surfaces. Stamens in the male flov/er numerous, short, cuneate ; 

 the apical process of the connective truncate, concealing the apices of 

 the dorsal anthers. Pistils 0. Female flmoers unknown. Ripe carpels 

 sub-globose, rather truncate at base and apex, rugulose, minutely pub- 

 escent, '65 in. in diam. Seeds about 5, plano-convex, the testa mem- 

 branous, rugulose. 



Andaman Islands ; Prain, King's Collector. 



The inner petals of this species are undoubtedly longer than the 

 outer ; but they are much narrower. Technically they are the petals 

 of Orophea rather than of Mitrephora ; but the numerous Uvarioid 

 stamens and the unisexual habit are those of the latter, to which I 

 accordingly refer it I have been able to examine only a few flowers of 

 the species, and these are all tetramerous ; but whether this arrange- 

 ment is normal or only occasional I am unable to say until larger 

 suites of specimens are obtained. 



17. PoPOWiA, Endl. 



Trees. Flowers small, sub-globular, opening but slightly, usually 

 hermaphrodite, sometimes polygamous, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed. 

 Sepals 3, ovate, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2-series, (the inner series 

 imbricate in Knrzii), more or less orbicular ; outer like the sepals, sjiread- 

 ing ; inner thick, concave, connivent, acute, the tip sometimes inflexed. 

 Stamens indefinite or sub-definite, short, cuneate ; anther-cells dorsal, 

 remote. Carpels about 6, ovoid ; style large, oblong or sub-clavate, 

 straight or recurved ; oviiles 1-2 on the ventral suture, rarely 1, basal, 

 erect. Ripe carpels berried, globose or ovoid, stalked. — Distrib. About 

 20 Asiatic species, 12 Australian and 1 African. (The Australian and 

 African species may be generically separable). 



There has been considerable variety of opinion as to the place of the 

 genus Popotvia amongst the genera of Anonacece. The genus was 

 founded by Endlicher (Genns No. 4710) to accommodate the species 

 named Ihcagea pisocarpa by Blume (Flora Javae (Anonacese) 90, t. 45). 



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