Unona.] iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 59 



** Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, terminal, or leaf-opposed. 



5. U. dumosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 670; climbing, leaves oblong or 

 obovate obtuse or acute glabrous above tomentose beneath, peduncle 

 1-flowered, sepals cordate, petals large obovate-spathulate, carpels con- 

 stricted between the seeds. Wall. Cat. 6429 ; //. /. & T. Fl Ind. 131. 



Forests of SILHET, Roxburgh, &c. ; MALACCA, Maingay. 



A woody climber ; branchlets brown- tomentose. Leaves 3-5 by 1|-2J in., brown or 

 yellow beneath, thin, parallel -nerved, Jxtse Bounded or cortjate ; petiole | in. Flowers 

 large, pendulous, yellow-green; peduncles 1-fi in., terminal or leaf-opposed, slender, 

 tomentose ; bract submedian, small, ovate, tomentose. /Sepals 4 in. broad, acute, 

 nerved. Petals 3 by 1-14 in., broad-spathulate, nerved, inner rather smaller. Carpels 

 (according to .Roxburgh) of 2-3 1 -seeded joints. 



6. IT. Desmos, Dimal Anon. 112; shrubby, leaves oblong acute or 

 acuminate, glabrous above finely pubescent beneath, peduncle 1-flowered 

 slender, sepals ovate acuminate, petals 1 in. broad ovate-lanceolate, carpels 

 constricted between the seeds. H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 134; U. cochin- 

 chinensis, DC. Prodr. i. 91. U. pedunculosa, Alph. DC. Mem. 28; Wall. 

 Cat. 6422. U. fulva, Wall Cat. 6427. 



From ASSAM to SINGAPORE, Wallich. DISTRIB. Cochin-China. 



A spreading shrub ; branches slender, white-dotted, young golden-silky. Leaves 

 3-8 by 1^-3 in., thickly coriaceous, midrib above slightly hairy, base rounded; petiole 

 \ in., pubescent. Flowers large, pale yellow, odorous, pendulous ; peduncle 2-8 in., 

 usually 4-4 in. above the axil; bracts submedian, linear-oblong, deciduous. Petals coria- 

 ceous, appressed, pubescent, nerved, outer 2 by 1 in., inner shorter and narrower. 

 Ovules 4-6. Carpels stalked ; joiuts 1-6, glabrous, subglobose. 



7. U. discolor, Vahl Symb. ii. 63, t. 36 ; shrubby, leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate acute glabrous above sometimes pubescent beneath, pe- 

 duncle 1-flowered slender, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals \ in. broad lanceo- 

 late from a broad base, carpels moniliform. DC. Prodr. i. 90; Wall. Cat. 

 6420 (partly) ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 669 ; W. & A. Prodr. 9 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 133; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 51. U. cordifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 602] 

 U. Dunalii, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 131 (the Concan plant); Dah. & Gibs. FL 

 Bomb. 3 (not of Wallich}. 



Tropical forests from SIKKIM, ASSAM, and SILHET, to ARRACAN and MALACCA, 

 ORISSA, and CONCAN. DISTRIB. Malayan Archipelago (all the forms). 



A spreading or sarmentose shrub ; branches slender, leafy ; young pubescent, rough 

 with white tubercles. Leaves 2-8 by 1-24 i n -> shining above, glaucous beneath, base 

 rounded or subcordate; petiole J in. Flowers yellow, odorous ; peduncles 1-2 in., leaf- 

 Opposed or nearly so ; bract submedian, oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Petals 2 in. 

 or more, silky pubescent or glabrate. Ovules 5-6. Carpels stalked, joints 1-6, fleshy. 



VAR. 1. pubiflora; leaves 5-7 in., oblong acute base often cordate, flowers silky. 



VAR. 2. Icevigata; leaves 3-4 iu., oblong or lanceolate acute base rounded, flowers 

 almost glabrous. U. chinensis, DC Prodr. i. 90. U. undulata, Wall. PI. As. Rar. iii. 

 t. 265. Perhaps cultivated only in India, common in the Archipelago and China. 



VAR. 3. pubescens ; leaves as in a, but densely pubescent beneath. 



VAR. 4. latifolia; leaves 3-5 by 2-24 i n -> broad-oval acute, flowers silky. 



8. TT. Xiawii, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 132 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate thin glabrous above pale and downy beneath, peduncle 1- 

 flowered slender, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals not ^ in. broad narrow 

 from a broad base, carpels moniliform. Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 73. 



MALABAR, Wight; CONCAN, Law. 



A woody climber ? ; branches slender, young softly pubescent. Leaves 2-44 by 

 f-l in., puberulous above when young only, base rounded or slightly cordate ; petiole 

 j- in., pubescent. Flowers solitary ; peduncle 1 in. leaf -opposed or nearly so, bract 



