84 iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Xylopia. 



solitary racemed or fascicled, pedicel and subentire calyx rarely pubescent, 

 petals brown-silky, ovaries 4-5. 



MALACCA, Mam gay. 



A tree ; branches rather stout black, tips and very young leaves silky, shining. 

 Leaves 2-3 by f-1 in., base acute, opaque above, rather darker beneath, midrib 

 sometimes puberulous; petiole J in., stout. Flowers f in., pendent ; peduncle -1 in., 

 stout, curved; bracts few, minute ; pedicels short, stout, ebracteolate. Petal* shining ; 

 outer linear from a rather broader base, concave; inner rather shorter, narrower, :i- 

 gonous, base excavated. Top of connective oblong ; anther-cells not septate, lateral. 

 Ovaries cohering in a cone on the slightly concave torus, golden silky ; style short, 

 subulate; ovules 10-12, 2-seriate. 



6. X. mag-na, Mfiingay mss. ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse or 

 acute glabrous above softly pubescent beneath' coriaceous, flowers solitary or 

 racemes terminal, sepals united beyond the middle, carpels obliquely ovoid 

 or obovoid compressed puberulous. 



MALACCA, Maiiigay. 



A tree ; branches black, glabrous, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by l-2 in., 

 base obtuse or roundel, thick, above dull, beneath very opa'pi*-, brown, nerves faint ; 

 petiole ^-J in. Flowers 5 in. long, \vhite, slt-ndrr; prdiiiir!< -> y-ry short. 

 united into a broad acutely-lobed cup, ferruginous. 7* tul* hary, sulM-qual ; outer v.-ry 

 narrow, subulate, flat ; inner more slender, base concave. Torn* concave. Ant/it/-* 

 rose-coloured, slender, cells septate, tip orbicular. Ov<iri<* ivle sleml-T, 



stigma hairy; ovules 4. Corfu I* 1 .', in., walls thick; stalk very short; torn 

 diam. Seedi about 4, superposed, arillate, testa osseous. 



SECT. II. Euxylopia. Twits much hollowed, bearing the stamens 

 outside and enclosing the ovaries. 



7. X. parvifolia, //. /. d- T. Fl Ind. 125; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, pedicels fascicled clothed 



with bracteoles, sepals united to the middle, carpels obovoid or oblongsub- 

 sessile pubescent. Tlnr<t '<!-.* Enum. U ; Jhddonit Ic. PI. Ind. (Jr. t. 43. 1'u- 

 tonia parvifolia, Wi<jkt IK. 19. 



Southern parts of CEYLON. 



A tree ; young branches brown-pubescent. Leaves 2-3 by f-1^ in., coriaceous, base 

 acute ; petiole ^ in. Flowers % in. long, in axillary o ;> llowrivd subsessile fascicles, 

 pubescence brown ajiprcs-ed ; j c.li, ,-l s \.-ry *lmrt ; bractet)h\s oi'liicnlar, the, upper close 

 to the calyx. Sepals acute. Ovaries 5, 4-6-ovuled. Carpels 1-1% iu. Seecu oblong 

 smooth; imbedded in pulp (arillate?). (Patonia Walker i, Wight 111. I.e., is a species 

 of Diospyros.) 



8. fc. nigricans, //. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 125; leaves broad lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, peduncles 2-3 

 together axillary, bracteoles 2-3 deciduous, sepals free, carpels us in X. par- 

 vifolia. Thwaites Enum. 9, 398 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Jwl. Or. t. 44. 



CEYLON ; at Trincomalee, Glenie ; and in the Doombera district, Thwaites. 



A tree; branches glabrous ; young puberulous. Leaves 2-3 by 1-1 \ in., thin, coria- 

 ceous, base acute ; petiole \ in. Flowers ^ in. long, pubescence ochreous, appressed ; 

 pedicels - in., short, slender, downy. Ovaries 5, about 4-ovuled. 



9. X. Championii, II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 126 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate pellucid-dotted glabrous and shining above puberulous 

 beneath, peduncles solitary, sepals united almost to the tips, carpels oblong 

 5-ribbed short-stalked. Thwaites Enum. 9 ; Beddoine Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 45. 



