130 flora indica. [Anonacea. 



sensim attenuata. Ovula numerosa, biserialia. Stigmata subcapitata, 

 ope gelatinis inter se subcoalita. — Arbor excelsa , fioribunda . 



In habit and general appearance this genus closely resembles Unona, but the in- 

 definite ovnles prevent its being referred to that genns. The peculiar stamens and 

 seeds are in themselves, we think, sufficient to justify us in distinguishing it. The 

 seeds are pitted like those of the section Kentia of Melodorwm, and of some Oucurbi- 

 tacea; and the inner surface of the brownish-yellow, brittle testa is covered with 

 sharp tubercles, which penetrate into the albumen, taking the place of the fiat plates 

 which are found in the rest of the Order. Cananga of Aublet is not distinguishable 

 from Guatteria, which is not to be regretted, as the name was incorrectly applied to 

 an American group. 



1. C. odorata (H.f. et T.); foliis ovato-oblongis longe attenuatis 

 plerumque obliquis margine undulatis, pedunculis axillaribus 2-4-floris. 



Uvaria odorata, Lam. III. t. 495./. 1; Roxb. ffi. Ind. ii. 661!; 

 Wall. Cat. 6457! ; W.et A. Prod. i. 8 ; Bl. Bijd. 14, Fl. Jav. Anon. 

 29. t. 9, 14 B, Unona odorata, Bun. Anon. 108 ; DC. Syst. i. 492, 

 Prod. I 90. Uvaria Cananga, FahL U. farcta, Wall. Cat. 6460! 

 U. axillaris, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 667. U. Gsertneri, Burial, Anon. 89; 

 DC. Syst. i. 482, Prod. i. 88. Unona leptopetala, Dun. Anon. 114; 

 DC. Syst. I 496, Prod. i. 91 ; Deless. Ic. Set. t. 88. U. velutina, Bl. 

 FL Jav. Anon. 31. non Dunal, nee Roxb. — Gcert. Fr. ii. t. 114./. 2. 



Hab. Ava, Wall.!; Tenasserim, Griff.! in tropicis utriusque orbis 

 frequentissime culta. — {p. s.) 



Distrib. Java, Blume! Ins. Philip., Cuming ! 



Arbor excelsa. Eamuli validi, cortice fusco albido-punctato, glabri, juniores pube- 

 ruli ; partes novelise cinerese. Folia basi rotundata, apice in acumen longum ple- 

 rumque obliquum attenuata, 5-8 poll, longa, 2-3 lata, petiolo semipollicari, tenuis, 

 nervosa, supra glabra, subtus prsesertim ad nervos tenuissime pubemla, demum gla- 

 brata. Pedunculi axillares, vel ssepius ad axillas foliorum delapsorum, ^-pollicares, 

 interdum abbreviati, in axilla ssepe plures. Pedicelli pollicares, cinereo-incani, ad 

 apices pedunculorum subumbellati, bracteis minutis squamosis, vel una interdum 

 foliacea, bracteola 1 versus medium pedicellum oblonga. Sepal a rotundata, acutius- 

 cula, cinereo-tomentosa, decidua. Petala in alabastro juniori dense sericeo-villosa, 

 demum elongata, fere tripollicaria, basi \ poll. lata. Torus fructtis dilatatus, cylin- 

 dricus. Carpella numerosa, pulposa, pedicellis ultrapollicaribus suffulta, ovalia vel 

 obovata, glabra, nigra, f pollicem longa. Sernina pulpo immersa, biserialia, nume- 

 rosa, plano-compressa, obovata, pallida, badia, irregulariter scrobiculata. 



This species, which is very generally cultivated throughout tropical India as an 

 ornamental tree, does not appear to be a native of Bengal or Madras, though it is 

 certainly indigenous to the eastward. 



16. UNONA, L. 



Sepala 3. Petala 6, biserialia, aestivatione valvata, tenuiter coriacea, 

 elongata, rarius 3, serie interiore suppressa. Stamina numerosa, tetra- 

 gono-oblonga,. connectivo ultra antheras dorsales subdistantes oblongas 

 vel lineari-oblongas in processum subglobosum vel tmncatum producta. 

 Torus parum elevatus, apice truncatus, planus vel aliquant ulum exca- 

 vatus, inter stamina glaber, inter ovaria pilosus. Ovaria indefinite, 

 oblonga, strigoso-pilosa. Ovula in axi superposifa, 2-7, adscendentia, 

 uniserialia. Stylus ovalis vel oblongus, recurvus, interne per totam 



