UuOUa.'] III. ANONACE^ (OLIVEU). 37 



Fruit-carpels about 8-15, 1-secded, ellipsoidal, about I in. long, 4-5 lines 

 broad, on stipes of \ in., more rarely 2-seeded, 1 in. in length. Flowers 

 not seen. 



Ijower Gainea. Puiipo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



13. MONODORA, Dunal ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. 26. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3, free or connate at the base. Petals G, 

 valvate in two series, coherent at tlie base, 3 outer usually considerably larger 

 than the inner, spreading, ovate lanceolate or linear, usually with a much 

 crisped or undulated margin, 3 inner petals erect or connivent at least at 

 first, ovate or rotundate, narrowed into a more or less distinct claw. Stamens 

 indefinite ; anthers sessile, short, oblong or quadrate, with an obtuse or trun- 

 cate connective but slightly or not at all thickened beyond the cells. Ovmy 

 globose or ovoid, unilocular, with a sessile or subsessile peltate or obtuse 

 stigma sometimes minutely lobulate ; ovules indefinite, closely crowded upon 

 the walls of the ovary. Fruit globose or ovoid, 1-6 in. diam., smooth or 

 longitudinally and obscurely ridged, closely packed with an indefinite num- 

 ber of seeds. 



A genus of 8 or 9 species (some of which are too imperfeclly known to be described), 

 confined to Tropica! Africa. 



Monodora diflers I'roin all other genera of Anonaceas in having a syncarpous, onc-ccllid 

 ovary, with uumerous parietcil ovules, as well as in the spreading, undulated and variegated 

 outer petals, which are coherent at the base with the inner ])etals, as in TLexalohns. \\\ 

 Monodora grandijiora the tlowers are about 6 in. across and the globose fruit 6 in. diam. 



Branches and leaves entirely glabrous. Outer petals from lanceolate to 

 ovate, usually narrowed towards the extremity. 



Peduncles bracteate from the middle to near the summit imnie- 

 diately under the flower. Inner petals ovate ovate-cordate or 

 cordate, with short pilose auricles, shortly clawed 1.3/. Mi/rijiiica. 



Peduncles bracteate near tiie middle. Inner petals ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate, with lateral pilose teeth, gradually narrowed into a 

 rather long claw 2. M. ienuifolia. 



Peduncles bracteate near the middle. Inner petals with the lamina 

 broader than long, without lateral pilose teeth ; abruptly narrowed 

 above into a cusp or short acumen, below into a narrow claw . . 3. M. angolensis. 



Peduncles bracteate at or below the middle. Inner petals orbicular, 

 concave, obtuse, with a pilose margin, abruptly narrowed into a 



short cuneate claw 4.3/. brrvipes. 



Extremities, pedicels, and petioles pilose or pubescent. Outer petals 



very narrow linear 5. 3/. steunpeta'a. 



1. M. Myristica, Dun. Anon. 80. Leaves obovate- or oblong-ellip- 

 tical, very shortly pointed or abruptly cuspidate, rounded obtuse or slightly 

 cordate at the base, at length firmly membranous or subcoriaceous, ^-1 It. 

 (or sometimes nearly 2 ft.) long, 1-8 in. broa<l, on the flowering shoots 

 usually comparatively small. Peduticles extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, oi\ 

 young shoots or on short lateral twigs from wood of a previous yt-ar, 2 12 

 in. long. Bract leafy ovate or ovate-lanceolate near or above tiie middle or 

 sometimes at the summit of the peduncle. Flowers 1^6 in. across, fra- 

 grant. Sepals acuminate or tapering, uiululate. Outer petals more or Jtss 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering, much crisped and undulate, greenish-white or 



