54 iv. ANONACEJJ. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 5" [Artabotrys. 



* Limb of petals broad lanceolate or elliptic oblong. 



1. A. odoratissimus, R, Br. in Bot. Reg. 423, not of Bhime ; leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, petals glabrous when expanded, carpels gla- 

 brous. Wall. Cat. 6415; W. <b A. Prodr. 10; //./. rf- T. F/. I,,,!. 1: 

 hamatus, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 60, t. 29, 31 C. Unona hamata, Dnnl A i>u. 

 106, t. 17 ; DC. Prodr. i 90. Uvaria odoratissima and hainata, Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 666. 



Southern parts of the WESTERN PENINSULA, and in CEYLON ; cultivated throughout 

 India. DISTKIB. Java, S. China. 



A glalrous shrub; branches long. Leaves 2-8 by 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, solitary 

 or geminate. Petals 1-1 f in., nearly equal, young pubescent, especially at the base. 

 Carpels obovate-oblong, yellow, odorous. 



2. A. XLurzii, II. f. < T. ; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse or obtusely 

 mucronate or elliptic and acute at both ends, glabrous except the pilose 

 nervts and midrib, flowers on solitary .slender (not hooked) peduncles. petals 

 grey-pubescent, carpels glabrous. 



Forests of PEGU, Kurz. 



Shrubby, sarmentose ; young parts brown-tomentose. Learrx 24-6 by 1J-24 in., 

 shining above, pale below; petiole J in. /7"//r/x oxtra-axillarv : pedancfo 4 H>., 

 strigose. Sepals 4 in., triangular, acuminate. /'/f/.s about I 4 in, limu oblong, sub- 

 acute or obtuse, grey-pubescent ; inner rather shorter. CorptiU (unripe) many. The 

 peduncles, which are not hooked in flower, may become so in fruit. 



3. A. zeylanicus, //. /. <( T. Ft. I ml. 128 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate 

 acuteor obtuselyacuminate glabrous, peduncle leaf-opposed, sepals as broad 

 as long, petals tomentose, carpels toineiitose. Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 48. 



Forests of MAI.AKAR, <'AXAI:A, < Vntral'and Southern CEYLON. 



A woody climber; bram .-blots pubt-rulous. Leaven 4-6 by 1^-2^ in., petiole in. 

 Flowers brown-tomt-ntoM- ; pcdic.-ls $ in., pubescent. Sejxilx pubcniloiis, \ in. l"iii, r . 

 Petals 1|-1^ in., inner shorter and narrower; limb flat, lanceolate. Carpels broad 

 obovoid, mucronate. 



4. A. crassifolius, //./.<{ T. : leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse subacute 

 or obtusely mucronate, coriaceous glabrous or pilose beneath, petiole very 

 thick, peduncles reflexed woody, petals and carpels densely tomentose. 



EASTERN PENINSULA, from Mart.ilian, Jlrtuidis, to Malacca, < ! rifrith. 



A large woody climber; branrlilets tomoutoso. L<arts 6 by 2^-3 in., base acute or 

 obtuse, lucid above, pale and strongly nerv.-d ! ncntb ; petiole \ in., glabrous. J'f ,!,'<> I* 

 % in., brown-tomentose. Sepals ovate-lanceolatr, and petals densdy tomrntosr ; tin- 

 latter 14 by 14 in., inner shorter and half the width. Ovaries sparingly hairy ; style 

 cylindric. Carpels many, l\ in., obovoid, very thick, glabrous, granulate; stalk 

 hardly any. 



5. A. pleurocarpus, Main gay mss. ; leaves elliptic or oblong lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous glabrous, flowers fas- 

 cicled, peduncles falcate, petals subequal elliptic-oblong obtuse, ovaries gla- 

 brous, carpels pubescent broad elliptic. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A scandent shrub; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves 5-8 by lf-2 in., base acute, 

 pale, finely reticulate on both surfaces, nerves slender, spreading; petiole - in. 

 Peduncles 4 in., densely pubescent. Sepals in., broad-ovate, obtuse or subai-utc. 

 Petal* flat, pubescent on both surfaces ; outer 1-1^ in., inner rather smaller. Connective 

 apiculate. Ovaries many, slender. Carpels f in., mammillate, obscurely grooved, 

 narrowed into the short stout stalk. Seeds 2, testa stony. 



