Jnona.] III. anonace^ (oliver). 17 



Var. glahrescens. Leaves elongate, elliptic-oblong, more or less narrowed at the base, 

 sparsely pubescent beneath. — Piingo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Var. latifolia. Leaves 6 in. long and broad. — Madi, Upper Nile, Speke and Grant ! 



7. A. glauca, Schum. et Thonn. Gain. PZ. 259. A branching shrub of 

 2-4 ft. ; branches and leaves glabrous. Leaves rigid, oblong-elliptical, ob- 

 tuse, narrowed at base, veiny, glaucous beneath, 2-5 in. long, petiole very 

 short. Peduncles extra-axillary, usually solitary, \\ in., glabrous. Sepals 

 reflexed, acute, glabrous. Petals ovate, rather acute, glabrous, 3 outer twice 

 as large as the inner. Stigmas oblong, capitate. 



Upper Guinea, Thonning ; Senegambia, Brunner and others. 

 The above description is taken from Schumacher and Thonuing. 



8. A. Manniiy Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PL 1010. Extremities glabrous or 

 nearly so. Leaves large, membranous or at length subcoriaceous, very shortly 

 and rather abruptly acuminate ; base rather narrow, very shortly cordate, sub- 

 sessile or petiole scarcely exceeding 2 lines, glabrous, midrib and lateral 

 nerves rather prominent below, the latter looped near the margin ; venation 

 obscure. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., extremely coriaceous, rusty-puberulous 

 or pubescent, in strong, several-flowered, simple or forked racemose cymes, 

 6-10 in. long. Bracts coriaceous, rotundate, 3-4 lines long, opposed to the 

 thick pedicels, which are i in. or less long. Sepals broadly ovate, cuneate 

 below, about f in. long and broad. Petals minutely silky-puberulous, nearly 

 equal, thick and almost woody in te.xture and firmness when dry, obtuse. 

 Stamens very numerous ; anthers extrorse, sessile, oblong-cuneate, the con- 

 nective much thickened, truncate and rhomboidal above, puberulous, over- 

 hanging the cells. Carpels very numerous (several hundreds), closely 

 crowded upon a large conical torus ; ovaries wholly connate ; style ami 

 stigma clavate, the latter puberulous. 



Upper Guinea. • Old Calabar river, Mann ! 



SPECIES IMPERFECTLY KNOWN. 



9. A. Barter!, Benth. Linn. Trans, xxiii. 477. A glabrous tree at- 

 taining 50 ft. Leaves coriaceous, elongate-oval -oblong or -lanceolate, taper- 

 ing to the apex from about the middle, base naiTowed or cuneate ; shining 

 above; 6-8 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad; petioles 2 lines or less. Flowers not 

 seen. Fruit as large as a peach, hoary, the areolae prominent, rounded 

 or minutely apiculate, on a peduncle of 1 in. or less. 



Upper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



'■^ Anona?" regarded by Mr. Bentham as near the above (1. c.). Leaves elongate, oval- 

 oblong, finely acuminate, glabrous. The single bud is axillary, on a pedicel of about 1 in. 

 Sepals rusty-tomentose, broadly ovate, pointed, upwards of \ in. long. 



Upper Guinea. Gaboon river, Mann ! 



Dr. Kirk sent specimens in fruit from the Kovuma and Zambesi district of what m:\y 

 prove a new Anona. 



2. ENANTIA, Oliv. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ix. 174. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3, free, lanceolate, valvate in aestivation. 

 Outer petals ; inner petals 3 (opposite to the sepals), much exceeding the 

 sepals, thick, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate or elliptical, plane or the m.irginsi 



