80 iv. ANONACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Mdodorum. 



A Inrge woody climber; branches black, glabrous ; buds pubprulmis. Leaves 5-9 by 

 2^-4 irC, much smaller at the base of the branches, thickly coriaceous, base rounded, 

 puberulous on the midrib beneath ; petiole 4~ in- Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel 

 4 in. ; bracteoles small, linear, subbasal. Calyx a slightly 3-lobed cup. Outer petal* 

 2 in. tapering from a common base to a long triquetrous point, rusty-pubescent outside, 

 hoary inside; inner *-4 in., ovate, acute, glabrate,' concave except the triquetrous tip. 

 " Ovaries 4-6, strigose, 4- or more-ovuled," Maingay. Carpels -14 in. long ; stalk 



14. M. fills-ens, H. /. <k T. Fl. Ind. 120; leaves 3-4 in. oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate glabrous except the midrib above pale and appressed pubes- 

 cent beneath, outer petals \ in. ovate concave, carpels subglobose silky 

 shining. Uvaria f ulgens and Myristica Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6482 and 

 6793. 



MALACCA and SINGAPORE. DISTRIB. Borneo, Philippi: 



A large woody climber (small tree, Alaingay] ; branches glabrous, young silky. 

 Leaves 2-4 by 1-14 in., base rounded or subacute ; petiole J-J in., silky. Fl 

 tawny-orange, solitary or in subraceinos6 terminal panicle N ^through the fall of the 

 floral leaves); pedicels J~4 ^ n -> golden-tomontoM- ; bra> teoK-s 'J-.'J. linear, upper sub- 

 orbicular. Sepals orbicular, acute. Outer petals 4 i-, ovate, golden silky outside, 

 hoary within, with a large concave glabrous basal area; inner oblong, acute, glal 

 Anthers purple, appendage long. Ovaries strigose. liipc carpels 1 4 in. " Seeds 

 flattened not scrobiculate." Muingay. 



SECT. II. Kentia. Flowers axillary, solitary. Outer petal* orbicular, 

 with broad much thickened margins. Ovaries glabrous, pellucid-glandular ; 

 ovules definite or indefinite. Seeds pitted. 



15. M. eleg-ans, //. /. <{ T. FL Ind. 122; leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous above paler and puberulous beneath, carpels oblong or subglobose. 

 Uvaria elogans, \\'<ill. (Jut. (M7-1 .1. 



PEXA\<!, U'ullick ; MALACCA, Man/gay. 



Acliniher; branches slender, trlahrous, black; buds brown-pubescent. Learr* 3-4 

 by 1-1^ in.; coriaceous, bast.- rounded or acute ; petiole \ in. trhibrous. Pcil" 

 slender; bracteoles 2-3, minute, basal. Sepalx small, ovate, aeut.-. ])eisist;nt. Outer 

 petals ^ in., ovate, subacnte, brown silky outside, h-.ary in-ide ; inner much smaller, 

 ovate, thick, hack keeled, fringed round the liasal hollow, triquetrous and hoary almve 

 the middle. O caries 8-10-ovuled. Carpel* 4 in., stalk as loni:. Very like J/. Kc/ttii, 

 H. f. & T., of Java (Polyalthia, Bluine), but that plant is 2-ovuled. 



IT. M. pisocarpum, //./. & T. FL In<L 123; leaves broad-ovate or 

 -oblong emai'ginate glabrous above reticulate and puberulous beneath, car- 

 pels pisiform granulate glabrate. Uvaria mabiforuiis, d'rijf. Aot/tl. iv. 7<>f>. 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



A shrub, probably climbing; branches glabrous; buds golden-silky. Leaves lf-3 

 by l-lif in., coriaceous, base rounded or subacute; petiole ^ in. Peduncles -4 in., 

 slender, hardly downy ; bracteoles 2, minute, scale-like, basal; buds subglobose, ob- 

 tusely triquetrous. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Outer petals \ in. broad, ovate, sub- 

 orbicular, golden-sjlky outside, hoary inside ; inner about half as long, narrow-oblong. 

 Ovaries 2-ovuled. Carpels \ in. diarn., globose ; stalk the same length. " Seeds 2, 

 scrobiculate, arilled." Maingay. 



18. XVLOPIA, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers axillary, solitary cymose or 

 fascicled ; buds triquetrous, conic, often slender. Sepals 3, valvate, connate. 

 Petals 6, elongate, valvate in 2 series ; outer flat or concave ; inner nearly 



