58 iv. ANONACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [ Unona. 



9. UNONA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing. Flowers often solitary, axillary 

 terminal or leaf-opposed. Sejmls 3, valvate. Petal* f>, valvate or open 

 fn aestivation, 2-seriate ; 3 inner sometimes absent. Torn* tlat or slightly 

 concave. Stamens cuneate ; anther-cells linear, extrorse, top of connective 

 subglobose or truncate. Ovaries numerous ; style ovoid or oblong, recurved, 

 grooved ; ovules 2-8, 1 -seriate (rarely sub-2-seriate). Ripe cri'l* many, 

 usually elongate and constricted between the seeds. Seeds few or many. 

 DISTRIB. Tropical Asia and Africa ; species about 25. 



SECT. I. Desmos, //./. <fc T. Petals 6. 

 * Flowers axillary. 



1. U. eleg-ans, Tkwaites Enum. 308 ; erect, leaves narrow oblong-lanceo- 

 late long-acuminate glabrous, glaucous beneath, petals glabrous (when 

 mature), carpels deeply constricted between the seeds. Beddome A-. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 50. 



Forests of Hinidoon, Pattoo, CEYLON, Thuxiites. 



A much branched shrub or tree; branch. -s rugose, slender; young golden silky. 

 Leaves 3-54 by 4~^i }l} - '> P et ' () l e I i n - Peduncle $-^ in., slender. bracts 1 -_', minute. 

 tSepals ^ in., ovate, acute, glabrous. Outer />*7a/x 1 |-l in., oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, pubescent when very young only; inner narrower, shorter. 



2. IT. zeylanica, //./. <( T. Fl. I ml. 132 ; erect, leaves narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or obtusely taper-pointed coriaceous glabrous, p ( 

 glabrous, carpels constricted between the seeds. 7'/ .num. 9 : 

 JSeddome Jc. /'/. /W. Or. t. 74 



Central province of Ci 000ft., H V/-> r, &c. 



A small glabrous shrub, 3-6 ft., bark grey, ruined ; ymni^ buds pubescent. Leaves 

 5-8 by 1] '-' in., base acute; petiole A in. /'/"/'< rx yellower- en, base red inside; 

 peduncles 1-3, 4 in., bracts minute, deciduous, basal. &po?4 small, oblong-lanceolate, 

 puberulous. l*,'i<il* 1 \ by \ in., coriaceous, lanceolate, inner shorter and narrower. 

 Carpels stalked; joints 1-4, ovoid. 



3. IT. Dunalii, WJI. C<tt. 0425 ; climbing, leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous shining above glaucous beneath, petals glabrous, 

 carpels constricted between the seeds. //. /. < T. /'/. Ind. 131 (exd. tkr 

 Concern jJnnt). 



Forests of CHITTAOONO at Sitakund, H.f. & T.; PKNANO, Wnllich. ^ 

 A large glabrous climber, bark spotted white. Leaves 3-4 by ^-2 in., with scattered 

 hairs on the midrib beneath, base rounded cordate or acute ; petiole .', in. Flowers pale 

 yellow ; peduncle 2-flowered, pubescent ; bracts 2-3, basal, scaly. Sepali ovate, acute. 

 Petals li in., lanceolate; inner shorter, narrower. Ovules 4-6. Carpels of 1-3 ovoid 

 joints. The Concan specimens referred here in Fl. Ind. are referable to U. discolor 

 var. Itevigata, having leaf-opposed peduncles. 



4. U. pannosa, ])<th. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 207 ; erect, leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate glabrous above pubescent beneath, petals tomentose, 

 carpels ovoid not constricted between the seeds. //. /'. & T. Fl. Ind. 135 ; 

 Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 52. Uvaria mollis, Wall. Cat. 6475. 



Forests of CONCAN, Dalzell ; and TKAVAXOOR, Wight, &c. 



A tree; young parts puberulous. Leaves 2^-4 by f-lj in., thin, pellucid-dotted, 

 base rounded or acute. Flowers brown-tomentose ; peduncles very short; bracts 1 or 

 more, scaly. Sepals ovate, acute. Petal* 1^-2 in., lanceolate, inner narrower and 

 shorter. Ovules 2-4. Carpels in., subsessile, obtuse at both ends, pubescent. Seed* 

 1-3, large, shining. 



