76 iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Goniothalamus. 



beneath, peduncles supra-axillary, sepals broad ovate acute deciduous, style 

 clavate 2-lobed, carpels oblong or globose rusty -pubescent. Beddome Ic. 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 64. 



CEYLON ; forests between Galle and Ratnapoora, Thwaites. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft.; bark black, .young branches strigose. Leaves 6-11 by 1-2J in., 

 membranous, reticulate; petiole | in., deeply grooved, almost winged. Flow<r* % in., 

 long, red- or yellow-brown; pedicels in., very sligbtly supra axillary, deflexed Ovaries 

 densely red-strigose, style large. Carpels \ in. long, acute, 1-2-seeded ; stalk in. 



16. G-. salicinus, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 106 ; leaves narrow-lanceolate 

 acuminate glandular-dotted glabrous above sparsely strigose beneath, pe- 

 duncles shortly supra-axillary, sepals deciduous, style 2-lobed. Tkwaites 

 Mnum. 7; Beddome Ic. PL Ltd. Or. t. 65. 



CEYLON ; in forests near Adam's Peak, alt. 2-3000 ft. 



A shrub 10-12 ft. ; branches dark, slender, leafy ; young parts, petioles, pedicels, and 

 sepals densely brown strigose. Leaves 3-4 by ^-1 in.; petiole \ in. Finn-cm yellow- 

 brown or -red; peduncles | in. Sepals in., ovate, acuminate. Outer petals \-\ in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, tomentose ; cone of inner in. bigh. 



17. G. Wightii, //. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 106; leaves lanceolate acute at 

 both ends glabrous on both surfaces pellucid-dotted, peduncles axillary, 

 sepals persistent, outer petals ovate acute, style oblong tip dilated, carpels 

 oblong glabrous. Wall. Cat. 9089 ; Beddwne Ic. PI. hid. Or. t. 03. 



Forests of TRAVANCOR, Wight, &c. 



Branches glabrous, leafy, buds subsilky. Leaves 3-5 by J-lJ in., thin, bright-green 

 above, brownish beneath ; petiole fa--\ in. Flowerx 4 in diam., podum-Kis ^ 1 in., sub- 

 clavate. /Sepals in., broad-ovate, subacute, puberulous. Outer j>< tain 1 in., apjn 

 brown-pubescent; inner in., cone short, brown silky inside. Carpels | in. ; stalk 

 *in. 



16. XKXTREFHORA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, strongly ribbed, plaited in vernation. Flowers 

 usually terminal or leaf <>]>)H ..sea, sometimes 1-sexual. >SV/ *//.% ;>>, orbicular 

 QT ovate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, valvate ; outer ovate, thii), Aginc'd ; inner 

 clawed, vaulted and cohering. Stamens oblong-cuneate ; jiboyrftiither-cells 

 4ojcaaLxemot^TV//-yyr/.s (>bl()iig ; style oblong or clavate, ventnilly furrowed; 

 ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate. Kijte carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or sub- 

 sessile. DISTEIB, Species about 10 : tropical Asiatic. 



1. M. tomosajJT. fld- 113 5 leaves ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate, glabrous and shining above except the 

 hairy midrib, softPftomentose beneath, flowers cymose shortly pedicelled 

 bisexual leaf-opposed, carpels subgiobose tomentose long-stalked. 



From ASSAM, Jenkins ; to CUITTAOUNO, H.f. & T. 



Branchlets tomentose. Z?ayes3-6by 14-3 in., base rounded, finely reticulate be- 

 neath; petiole - in Cymes few- flowered, densely tomentose, bracts basal, large, 

 orbicular ; pedicels - in. ; bracteole submedian. Flowers 2 in. diam. /Sepals broad- 

 ovate, acute. Outer petals 1 in., acute ; inner broad ovate. Carpels 1 in. diam. ; pe- 

 dicel 1-1 i in. 



2. M. obtusa, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 32, t. 10 and 14 C ; branches 

 glabrescent, leaves ovate or oblong acute or mucronate glabrate beneath, 

 flowers long-pedicelled 2-sexual on terminal and leaf-opposed tomentose 

 peduncles, carpels as in M. tomentosa but smaller. II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 113. 

 Uvaria obtusa, Blume Bijd. ; Wall. Col. 6484. 



