Artabotrys.] IV*. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 55 



** Limb of outer or all the petals linear, narrow-oblong or subclavate. 



6. A. speciosus, Kurz mss. in Hb. Keiv. ; leaves oblong obtusely acu- 

 minate thick rigid glabrous, peduncles flattened woody reflexed, outer petals 

 linear-lanceolate tapering from the base, inner much narrower, ovaries 

 glabrous, 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. 



Scandeut ; bark grey, rugged, reticulate ; leaf-buds silky. "Leaves 5-8 by 2-3 in., 

 sbining above, dull beneath ; petiole J in. Flowers fascicled towards the end of the 

 pubescent peduncles. Sepals in., ovate, acute or acuminate, thick, rigid, puberulous 

 outside, glabrous within. Outer petals 2 by | in., appressed pubescent, claw concave ; 

 inner much contracted above the orbicular concave claw, narrow-linear. Torus stri- 

 gose. Fruit unknown. 



7. A. RXaing-ayi, H.f.& T.; leaves elliptic acuminate at both ends 

 glabrous tip caudate, petiole slender, peduncle falcate glabrous, outer 

 petals linear-oblong, inner rather smaller, ovaries glabrous, carpels sessile 

 glabrous. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches black, glabrous, slender. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-2 in., thin, concolorous and 

 finely reticulate on both surfaces. Flowers 1 in. diam., fascicled; peduncle 4~H in., 

 hoary-pubescent. Sepals ^ in., obtuse. Outer petals 1-1 by j-^ in., obtuse, concave ; 

 base small, suborbicular ; inner smaller and narrower. Ovaries 3-4, ovoid. Carpels 

 24 by 1 i n -> elliptic globose, maminillate, yellow, walls thick. Seeds 2, plano-convex, 

 testa stony. 



8. A. caudatus, Wall. Cat. 6417; leaves oblong-lanceolate obtusely 

 caudate-acuminate glabrous, peduncles short woody recurved many- 

 flowered, outer petals narrow-linear riot contracted above the square claw. 

 ff.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 129. 



KHASIA HILLS, Wallich. 



A woody climber ; old branches glabrous, young pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 1-2 in., 

 membranous, shining; petiole ^ in. /Sepals short, acute. Petals lg in., flattened, 

 tomentose ; inner similar, rather smaller. Only known from Wallich's specimen in 

 Herb. Linn. Soc. 



9. A. "burmanicus, Alph. DC. Mem. 36 ; leaves oblong obtusely caudate- 

 acuminate softly pubescent beneath, peduncles woody usually 1-flowered 

 tomentose, limb of petals subulate 3-quetrous, carpels glabrate. Wall. Cat. 

 6428 ; //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 129. Ropalopetalum unifloruin, Grif. Notul. iv. 

 717. 



AVA, Wallich; TENASSERIM, Griffith. 



A large woody climber; branches slender, young tomentose. Leaves 3-7 by 1-2 4 in., 

 membranous, glabrous above, except the midrib, nerves subhirsute beneath. Flowers 

 about \ in. long ; peduncles obliquely leaf-opposed, old woody and hooked. Petals grey- 

 pubescent. Carpels f in. obovate-oblong. 



10. A. suaveolens, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 62, t. 30, 31 D ; leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate acuminate shining above glabrous on both surfaces or 

 sparsely hairy on the midrib beneath, peduncles woody recurved many- 

 flowered, flowers fascicled bracteolate, limb of petals cylindric or sub- 

 clavate, carpels sessile smooth. Wall. Cat. 6416; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 129. 

 Unona suaveolens, Blume Bijd. 17. 



From SILHET to MALACCA. DISTRIB. Eastwards to the Philippines. 



A large woody climber ; branches dark, striate, young silky. Leaves 3-5 by 1-1 1 in., 

 base acute, pale beneath ; petiole \ in. Flowers about ^ in. long, yellowish, odorous ; 

 bracts subulate, deciduous. Petals grey-pubescent. Carpels small, oblong. 



