114 % flora indica. \_Anonacece \ 



Species dubia, floribu& vix notis. 



3. M«? excelsa (H.f. et T.) ; foliis rigide coriaceis obovatooblongis 

 abrupte acuminatis basi cordatis subtus dense fulvo-furfuraceis, eymis 

 abbreviatis axillaribus 2~3-floris, bracteolis rotundatis imbricatis, flori- 

 bus parvulis. — Uvaria excelsa, Wall. Cat. 6477 ! 



Hab. In penins. Malayaua ad Penang, Wall.! — (v. s.) 



Arbor (ex scheda Wallichiaua) excelsa. Famuli rugulosi, eortice atro-fusco, ju- 

 niores puberuli ; partes novelise stellato-tomentosse. Folia supra nitida, sub lente 

 minute squamulosa, subtus oblique nervosa, 6-8 poll, longa, 2-3f lata, petiolo k- 

 poll. Cymce vix i poll. longae, tomentosse. Flores albi. Alabastri globosi, vix i- 

 pollicares. Sepala orbicularia, extus dense fulvo-villosa, basi subcohaerentia. Fetal a 

 (quantum ex alabastro juniore judicare licet) exterior a crasse coriacea, rotundata, 

 acutiuscula, intus subcarinata, utrinque adpresse tomentosa ; interiora sest. valvata, 

 ovata, crassissime coriacea. 



Tbe specimens of this plant distributed by Wallich are very imperfect, nor are 

 those in the Linnean Society's Herbarium sufficiently good to enable its genus to be 

 determined with certainty. It would perhaps have been better to have left it for the 

 present in Uvaria, where it was placed by Wallich ; but the arborescent habit is not 

 consistent with tbat genus, and the petals appear to be decidedly valvate. 



Tribus III. Anone^e. 



Petcfla aestivatione valvata, baud unsmiculata. Stamina indefinita. 

 Carpella in fructum multilocularem coalita. 



The cohesion of the ovaries and carpels at once distinguishes this tribe from all 

 the others. In floral characters it approaches Melodorum and Artabotrys, some 

 species of Rollinia in especial bearing much resemblance to those of the latter genus. 

 All the species are uniovulate, and the whole tribe is American, except a few species 

 which have been naturalized in the Old World. Lobocarpus, W. et A. (Prod. i. 7), 

 which, from the characters assigned, would belong to this tribe, is founded on imper- 

 fect specimens of an Eupborbiaceous plant closely allied to Bradleia, in which the 

 very immature fruit is terminated by a thick, erect style, slightly lobed at the apex. 



9. ANON A, L. 



Sepala 3, minuta, basi coalita. Petala 6, sest. biseriatim valvata ; 

 exteriora carnosa, triquetra, basi excavata, vel tota concava. Stamint 

 indefinita ; conneetivo ultra antherarum loculos lineares extrorsos con- 

 tiguos in processum ovalem producto. Torus hemisphaerieus. Ovana 

 numerosa, subcoalita, stylo oblongo terminata. Ovula solitaria, erectn. 

 Carpella numerosa, iu fructum multilocularem carnosum ovalem vel 

 rotundatum coalita. Semina in loculis solitaria, erecta, testa Isevi ni- 

 ticla. — Arbores vel fratices Americani, pedunculis terminalibus vel oppo- 

 sitifoliis. 



This is a very extensive genus, which contains the well-known tropical fruits, the 

 Custard Apple, Soursop, Bullock's-heart, etc. All the species are natives of South 

 America or the West Indies ; but as two are extensively cultivated in India, and are 

 often found in a more or less naturalized state, it is desirable to include them iu our 

 Flora. As it is not necessary to study an American genus for the sake of two natu- 

 ralized plants, our diagnoses* are taken from Von Martius's elaborate monograph. 

 Both species belonir to his section Alt a* 



Sect. Atta. 



►rmia 



