56 iv. ANONACE2E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [DrepanaJithus. 



6. DREFANANTHUS, Maingay mss. 



Trees. Leaves large, pubescent beneath. Racemes short, fascicled on 

 woody trancal tubercles. Sepals 3, nearly free. Petals 6, valvate, 2-seriate, 

 subequal; bases concave, connivent ; limb erect or spreading, broad or 

 narrow. Stamens many, cuneate, truncate ; anthers linear, cells lateral ; 

 connective not produced. O/y//-/'-.s 4-12; stigma subsessile; ovules 4 or 

 more, 2-seriate. Carpels globose, several-seeded. 



1. D. pruniferus, J/<//////</// ///.'; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate 

 rusty-pubescent beneath, sep&ls nearly equalling the petals, limb and base 

 of petals nearly equal, both broad obtuse. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree ; branches stout, woody, pubescent. Leaven 8-12 by 4-5 in., base obliquely 

 rounded or cordate, very coriaceous, opaque above, veins many, strung; petiole }, in., 

 very stout. Flowers 1 in. diain., rusty tnmentose peduncle! ^-l in., stout, - 

 pedicels | in., stout; bract oblong, median. >Vy //., 4 ' in., bm;id-o\. !'< tula 



constricted in the middle. l>,-<,ric* ti 1'J, >ilky; ovules many. Carpels l in. diaiu., 

 sessile, pruinose. Seeds horizontal. 



2. D. ramuliflorus, M<n'iii/ny mss.; leaves oblong obtuse pubescent 



beneath, sepals much shorter than the petals, limb of petals slender linear 

 much longer than their broad base. 



MALACCA, Mahiijnif. 



A lofty tree. /.Kin* as in <>. j>rnn !fr m*, but tip more obtuse, base less cordate. 

 Flowers \ in. lon<: ; pedunel' FOwded, rery sh<>rt ; pedieels ,',-, in., equalling 



the. 1 road ovate acute sejtals, loth rusty pulie.M ent. /'< /u/.s \viih a jmle silky ban-, and 

 incurved grey terete obtu.se limb, grooved on the inner face. Ovu/ /> < ti lo, pilose, 

 4-6-ovuled. Carpels (ripe ?) | in., sessile, obtuse, densely Bilky-toinentose ; walls 

 thick. 



7. CANANGA, Rumph. 



Tall trees. Leaves large. l''lw>rs large, yellow, solitary or fascicled on 



short axillary pedui.- //> :i, ovate or triangular, vaivate. J'chi/s (J, 



2-seriate, subequal or inner smaller, long, flat, valvate. Stam< //.s- linear, 

 anther-cells approximate extrorse ; onim-cUvi- produced into a lanceolate 

 acute process (truncate in :H ///"/<".*/" rm a). Ot"/y/Vs many; style ol>long 

 (or 0?) ; stigmas subeapitate ; t ovules numerous, 2-seriate. Rij' cnri>-l* 

 many, berried, stalked or sessile. Meeds many, testa crustaceous, }>itted, 

 sending spinous processes into the albumen. DISTRIB. All Malayan. - 

 Ileduced to Unona by Baillon (Hist. PI. i. 209), but le.-i(ks the marked 

 characters of flowers and stamens, ovules and seeds, the habit is very dif- 

 ferent. Baillon also retains the name of ('<i//(n<t/'i for the American plants 

 erroneously referred by Aublet to Kumph's (J<inan<j<t. 



\. C. odorata, //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 130 ; leaves ovate-oblong finely acu- 

 minate puberulous beneath, petals 3 in. suuequal narrow-linear, carpels 

 glabrous long-stalked. Uvaria odorata, Lamb, III. t. 495, f. 1 ; Itoxb. FL I ml. 

 ii. 661; Wall. Cat. 6457; W. & A. I'ro./r. 8; Bliime FL Jav. Auou. t. 9; 

 Griff. Not td. iv. 712. U. farcta, Wall. Cat. 6 nio. U. axillaris, Ituxb. FL Ind. 

 ii. 6b'7. Unona odorata and U. leptopetala, Dauai Anon. 108 arid 114 ; DC. 

 Prodr. i. 90 and 91 ; Ddess. Ic. Mel. t. 88. 



AVA and TENASSERIM, Wallich. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines. Cultivated throughout 

 India and the tropics. 



