IV. ANONACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 71 



peduncle in. short, curved; bracts large, orbicular, veined. Sepals | in., orbibular- 

 ovate, acute, veined, tomentose, twice as broad and half as long as the ovate-lanceolate 

 triquetrous acute outer petals, which are excavated at the base, pubescent outside, 

 glabrous within. Inner petals glabrous, rather shorter than the outer, connate into an 

 acute cone, claw short. Ovaries 1-ovuled. Carpels A in., acute; stalk short. Near 

 O. Maclellandii. 



4. O. stcnopetala, H. f. & T. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends, 

 glabrous above glaucous beneath, petals all long and narrow. 



MARTABAN, Falconer. 



A woody climber ; young branches and flowers appressed-pubescent. Leaves 9-12 by 

 2-3 in. Flowers supra-axillary. Sepals 14 in., ovate, acute. Petals tapering from an 

 ovate base to a long fine point, outer 2 by in., inner \ shorter, connivent. Habit of 

 the genus, but differs in the long inner petals. 



5. O. unonaefolia, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves oblong abruptly 

 caudate-acuminate glabrous and shining above very glaucous beneath, 

 carpels oblong stalked glabrous. Guatteria unonsefolia, A. DC. Mem. 41 ; 

 Wall Cat. 6435. 



TENASSBRIM, at Tavoy, WalUch. 



A woody glabrous climber; buds with appressed golden pubescence. Leaves 5-7 by 

 2-3 in., base rounded or subacnte; petiole -3 in. Peduncles extra-axillary; flowers 

 imperfect. Sepals persistent, broad-ovate, brown-pubescent. Carpels 5-6, apiculate, 

 dark-brown ; stalk in. Keferred here from its similarity in foliage, &c., to Oxy- 

 mitra. 



6. O. g'lauca, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves oblong obtuse or acute at 

 both ends glabrous very glaucous beneath, outer petals very long and 

 narrow, carpels stalked small obtuse at both ends. 



PENANG, Phillips ; MALACCA, Maingay. 



A slender glabrous (climbing ?) shrub ; buds slightly pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 

 in., base usually rounded. Sepals minute, acute, deciduous. Fruiting peduncles 1 in., 

 almost leaf-opposed Outer petals 1 in., narrow-linear, triquetrous; inner very small, 

 triquetrous. Anther-cells ovoid, top of connective large, trapezoid. Ovaries hirsute ; 

 ovule 1 erect ; style curved, clavate. Carpels many, ^ in. diam., subglobose, dark-brown, 

 smooth ; stalk as long. 



7. O. fornicata, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate glabrous above glaucous and hoary-pubescent 

 beneath, carpels narrow-oblong mucronate short-stalked. Uvaria fornicata, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 662. U. Roxburghiana, Wall. Cat. 6423 A (not B). 



Forests of ASSAM, SILHET, MERGUI, and PENANG? 



A climbing shrub, young branches leaves pedicels and carpels brown-tomentose. 

 Leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in., base rounded ; petiole ^ in. Flowers pale yellow, supra-axil- 

 lary ; peduncles J-| in. ; bract median, oblong, deciduous. Sepals ^-| in., ovate-lanceo- 

 late, membranous, veined, appressed-pubescent. Outer petals 2 in., oblong lanceolate, 

 thin, tomentose, about 5-nerved ; inner ^ in., ovate, acute,, connivent. Carpels f-f in., 

 stalk very short, stout. 



8. O. filipes, H.f. & T. ; branchlets slender and leaves beneath hir- 

 sute, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, peduncles very long 

 filiform, flowers very slender. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A climbing shrub ; branches brown, clothed with soft spreading hairs. Leaves 4-6 

 by 1| -2 in., thin, base cordate, opaque above with slender puberulous veins, hardly 

 glaucous beneath ; petiole \ in. Flowers 2-2 J in. long ; peduncles 3-4 in., supra-axil- 



