Unona.] iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 61 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branchlets rather stout, pubescence pale yellow-brown. Leaven 6-9 by 2^-3J in., 

 firm, coriaceous, pale-brown on both surfaces, base obtuse or rounded, beneath pale with 

 prominent lax arching veins ; petiole in., pubescent. Flowers |-f in. diam., tubercles 

 1-14 i n - diam. 1 peduncles ^ in., and sepals brown pubescent ; bracts 0. Sepals fa in., 

 acute. Petals 4~| in., hoary silky outside, glabrate inside, base not dilated, flat; inner 

 rather narrower, base concave. Torus columnar, flat-topped, glabrous. Ovules 2, super- 



15. IT. crinita, H.f. & T. ; branches densely tomentose, leaves oblong 

 elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong acuminate glabrous, midrib and 

 nerves pubescent beneath, sepals ovate lanceolate, petals 6 in. subequal 

 narrow strap-shaped, carpels globose velvety. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches slender; pubescence long, soft, spreading, rufous. Leaves 4-9 by l|-2^ 

 in., membranous, pale, base 2-lobed, nerves very indistinct, ptiberulous chiefly on the pro 

 minent nerves beneath ; petiole T \j- in., tomentose. Flowers in dense masses, crinite 

 from the numerous pendulous petals ; peduncles -J in., and sepals rusty toinentose ; 

 tubercle 1-2 in. diam. ; bract 0, or linear and infra-median. Sepals in., spreading, 

 subulate from a broad ovate base. Petals | in. broad at the dilated base, flat and again 

 dilated and as broad about the middle, finely pubescent, 1-nerved, acuminate; inner a 

 little shorter and narrower. Torus c lumnar, truncate. Ovaries strigose ; ovules 3-5, 

 1-seriate ; stigma punctiform. Carpels in. diam., rufous; stalk very short. 



16. IT. desmantha, H. f. & T. ; branchlets softly pubescent, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate or oblanceolate acutely or obtusely acuminate 

 puberulous beneath, sepals ovate, petals 1-1^ in. subequal linear obtuse, 

 carpels globose. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A small tree ; pubescence soft, pale yellow-brown. Leaves 3-7 by 1^-2 in., base 

 subacute, coriaceous, opaque above, nerves obscure, beneath paler, nerves distinct 

 oblique; petiole ^ in. tomentose. Flowers 24 in. diam., pale red, densely crowded; 

 tubercles 1-2 in. diam. ; peduncles f in., puberulous, bract 0. Sepals T V in., acute. 

 Petals sparsely hoary, tapering to the tip, base not dilated; inner rather narrower. 

 Stamens, torus and ovaries nearly as in U.pycnantha, but ovules 3-5, superposed. 

 Carpels 4 in. diam., dark, glabrous : stalk 1-1^ in. 



SECT. II. Dasyxnaschalon. Petals 3 ; inner series wanting. 



17. U. longiflora, jRoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 668 ; shrubby, leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-oblong acute or acuminate glabrous glaucous beneath, petiole slender, 

 peduncles axillary 1-flowered, sepals small, petals 6 in. long cohering by 

 their margins. Wall. Cat. 6419 ; H.f. & T. FL Ind. 134. 



Forests of ASSAM, the KHASIA HILLS below 3000 ft., and CHITTAGONO. 



A slender sparingly branched glabrous shrub or tree ; buds golden-silky. Leaves 

 6-15 by 2-4 in., pellucid dotted, base rounded or acute ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers elon- 

 gated, bilky when young, soon glabrous; peduncles 1-10 in.; bracts subbasal, linear, 

 minute, pubescent. Sepals rounded, mucronate. Petals 3, narrow-linear, ^ in. broad 

 at base, taper-pointed. Ovules 2-4. Carpels stalked, moniliform ; joints 1-4, ovoid or 

 oblong. 



18. U. Dasymaschala, Elume Fl. Jav. Anon. 55, t. 27; shrubby, 

 leaves oblong acute or acuminate rarely obtuse glabrous above glaucous 

 beneath, petiole very short, peduncle axillary 1-flowered, sepals small silky, 

 petals 2-3 by ^ in. linear from a broad base. Alph. DC. Mem. Anon. 28; 



Wall. Cat. 6421 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 135. 



From AVA to SINGAPORE, WallicJi, &c. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java. 



An erect or sarmentose shrub ; bark dark ; branches glabrous or pubescent. Leaves 



