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1. A. squamosa (L. Sp. 757); foliis membranaceis, junioribus 

 pubescentibus subtus glaucis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis acutis vel 

 obtusis basi acutiusculis, pedunculis imifloris subsolitariis, fractu 

 ovato-globoso vel conieo, areolis convexo-prominentibus viridi-flavis 

 vel glaucescentibus. — Roxb. FL Ltd. ii. 657 ; DC. Syst. i. 472, Prod. 

 i. 85; Bl. FL Jav. Anon. 107. t. 53 B {fructus); /Tall. Cat. 6490 ! ; 

 W. et A. Prod. i. 7 ; Pot. Mag. t. 3095 ; Martius, FL Bras. Anon. 14. 

 t. 5./. 1 (fructus). — Rheed. Mai. m. t. 29 ; Rumph. Amb. i. t. 46. 



Hab. In bortis ubique culta et ssepe in dnmetis subspontanea, prse- 

 sertim in provinciis australioribus. 



Distrib. In insnlis Antillis indigena ; per totuin orbem tropicum 

 culta. 



The leaves of this species are smaller than those of the next, and more frequently 

 obtuse than acute. "When in fruit the two are readily distinguished. 



2. A. reticulata (L. Sp. 757); foliis membranaceis subtus sca- 

 briusculis oblongis aut oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basique acutius- 

 culis, pedunculis lateralibus 2-4 confertis, fructu cordato-ovato obtuso 

 cortice scabriusculo crasso fusco vel subrubello leviter pentagono-reti- 

 culato, areolis planiuseulis, seminibus nigricantibus. — Roxb. FL Ind. 

 iii. 657; DC. Sf/st. i. 473, Prod. i. 85 ; Bl. Fl. Jav. Anon. 108 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6489 ! ; JF.et A. Prod. i. 7 ; Bot. May. t. 2911, 2912 ; Mart. Flor. 

 Bras. Anon. 15. — Rheed. Mai. iii. t. 30, 31. 



Hab. In hortis culta, hinc inde subspontanea. 



Distrib. In insulis Antillis indigena; per totum orbem tropicum 

 culta. " 



Kheede, Roxburgh, Blume, Wallich, and Wight unite in bearing testimony that 

 no species but the two above described are in common cultivation in India, so that 

 A. Asiatica, L., which is referred conjecturally by Brown to A. muricata, L., is 

 rightly considered by Martius a spurious species, made by mixing the characters of 

 A. squamosa and reticulata, to one or other of which species it is generally referred. 



Tribus IV. Xylopiile. 



Petala asstivatione valvata, baud unguiculata ; interiora difformia, tri- 

 quetra. Stamina indefinita. Carpella discreta, interdum definita. 



10. MELODORUM, Dunal. 



Unona, § Melodorum, Dunal y DC. Uvaria, § Melodorse, Blume {excl. sp). Po- 

 lyalthia, § Kentia, Blume. 



Sepala 3, parva, basi plus minus coalita. Petala 6, sest. biseriatim 

 valvata ; exteriora convexa, interiora superne triquetra. Stamina in- 

 definita, multiserialia, connectivo ultra antherarum loculos lineares 

 extrorsos contiguos in processum ovalern vel oblongum carnosum pro- 

 ducto. Torus convexo-conicus. Ovaria numerosa, oblonga, secus su- 

 turam ventralem multi- vel pluri-ovulata, rarius biovulata. Styli ob- 

 longu — Frutices plerumque scandentes, foliorum nervis subtus conspicuis 

 obliqu'iH rectis vel vix incurvis parallelis, inflorescentia terminali vel oppo- 

 zitifoliu, alabastris triqudrh tomentosis. 



