144 flora indica. [Anonacea. 



Hab. In provincia Silhet secus basin raontium Khasia ! — (v. v.) 



Frutex divaricato-ramosus. Hamuli rugulosi, nigricantes, glabri ; partes novelise 

 vix puberulae. Folia 6-8 poll, longa, If— 2| lata, petiolo i-poll. inerassato granu- 

 loso, tenuiter coriacea, pallide viridia, utrinque glaberrinia, subtus micantia et fere 

 argentea, nervis arcuatis remotis, venulis reticulatis inconspicuis Flores supra tuber - 

 ciila lignosa fasciculati ; bracteolis squama} for nribus. Alabastri minuti, globosi, vix 

 4 liDeam diametro. Bractea 1 rotundata calyci adpressa. Sepala Eestivatione im- 

 bricata, dorso strigoso-pilosa, rotundata, ciliata. Petala 6. Mas. j — Stamina supra 

 eolumuam ceutralem conicam sessilia, indefinite, apice truncato-capitata. Fgbm. i — 

 Ovaria numerosa, toro cylindrico inserta, basi stamiuibus effoetis suffulta, oblonga, 

 dense sericea, stigmate parvo subsessili. Ovula 2 ? e basi erecta. Carpella nume- 

 rosa, f -polliearia, pedieello ^-poll. pnberulo suffulta, granulosa, glabra. 



In this very curious plant we have a combination of characters not very usual in 

 the Order, We have unfortunately only been able to examine a few very young buds, 

 and have no more at our command, so that no confidence is to be placed in the de- 

 tails of the flower, and in particular in the shape of the petals, which often vary 

 much after expansion. In general habit, as well as in tbe unisexual flowers, our 

 species so closely resembles Uvaria reticulata, Blume, Fl. Javse, t. 24, of which the 

 male plant only is known, that we have little doubt the two are congeners, so that 

 the inner petals of our plant will probably prove to be clawed and valvate. That 

 species, however, as we have elsewhere mentioned, forms the type of a new genus : 

 but it appears desirable not to give a generic name till it can be accompanied by a 

 definition. 



19. ANAXAGOREA, St. Hilaire. 



Sepala 3, basi coalita. Petala 6, ovalia vel oblonga, subsequalia, 

 sest. biseriatim valvata. Stamina indefinita. Anthera lineares, ex- 

 trorsse vel sublaterales, connectivo apiculatse, interiores interdum de- 

 formatee, filamentis filiformibus elougatis suffultse. Torus vix convexus. 

 Ovaria subdefinita, basi solida, ovalia vel oblonga. Ovula 2, collate- 

 ralia, e basi loculi erecta. Stylus subglobosus vel oblongus. Carpella 

 pedieello elongato clavato suffulta, valvis 2 dehiscent ia. Semina 2, erecta, 

 nitida, exarillata. — Arbores, floribus inconspicuis e viridi albicantibus. 



This is a very curious genus, deviating remarkably from the ordinary type of 

 Anonacea. Several South American species have been described by St. Hilaire and 

 Martius. To these Blume has added one from Java, which is evidently a congener, 

 though it differs in some trifling particulars from the others. We have now the 

 pleasure of indicating a second Asiatic species, which presents too many deviations 

 from Blume's description to be identifiable with A . Javanica. 



1. A. Zeylanica (Hi. et T.) ; foliis oblongis vel lineari-oblongis 

 abrupte et obtuse acuminatis basi acutis, floribus solitariis oppositifoliis, 

 staminibus omnibus conformibus, ovariis 1-4 ovali-oblongis. 

 Hab. In Zeylania, Walker ! Champion ! — (v. s.) 

 Distrib. Ins. Philippin., Cuming, 831 ! Lobb 9 457 ! 



Hamuli rugulosi, scabridi, cortice cinereo, etiam juniores glaberrimi. Folia mera- 

 branacea, utrinque glaberrinia, subtus pallidiora, secus costain scab rid a, 3-r6 P°U- 

 longa, 1^-lf lata ; petiolo i-poll. ; nervi recti, obliqui, intra margin em in arcus con- 

 tinuos anastomosantes. Pedicelli abbreviati, plerumque petiolis vix longiores, brac- 

 tett 2 ainplexicaulibus, una prope basiu, altera versus medium, muniti. Flores dia- 

 metro -f- -poll. Sepala late ovalia. Petala ovalia, exteriora crasse coriacea, interior* 

 tenuiora. Antherce processu brevissimo connectivi apiculatce, fere sessiles. Stylus 



