86 iv. ANONACE2E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Xylopia. 



concave ; inner narrower, 3-gonous. Stamens many, inner imperfect ; anther-cells sep- 

 tate ; tip of connective rounded. Ovary sunk in the torus, pilose ; style short ; ovules 

 many. 



14. X. elliptica, Maingaymss. ; branches glabrous, leaves small elliptic 

 obtuse membranous glabrous, tip rounded, nerves faint reticulate, flowers 

 small solitary erect pubescent, sepals subacute united to the middle, ovaries 

 1-3. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A lofty tree ; trunk thick ; branches glabrous, almost black ; branchlets pubescent. 

 Leaves 1^-2 by 1 -l in., base obtuse or acute, pale on both surfaces, browner beneath ; 

 petiole 5 in., puberulous. Flowers 4~f in., slender; peduncle half as long or shorter, 

 and calyx rusty-pubescent ; bratcs median, minute. Petals pale brown-tomentose ; 

 outer linear subulate, from a rather broad base, concave ; inner trigonous, base exca- 

 vated. Stamens minute. Ovaries sunk in the deeply urceolate torus, hidden amongst 

 long white hairs ; ovules 4-6. 



19. BZZZ.ZUSA, Leschenault. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers 1-2-sexual. green or red, axillary or extra- 

 axillary, solitary fascicled or cymose. /y /*//* 3, small, valvate. Petal* (>, 

 valvate in 2 series; outer smaller, like the sepals; inner cohering when 

 young by the margins, at length free. Toms elongated, cylindric. titnun /in- 

 definite or indefinite; anthers subdidymous; cells contiguous, ovoid, ex- 

 trorse ; connective hardly upiculate. Ovaries indefinite, linear-oblong ; 

 style oblong or very short ; ovules 1-2. rarely 3-4. Ripe, car/xl* globose or 

 oblong, 1- many-seeded. DISTRIB. Species 7 ; all Indian. 



1. M. macrocarpa, //. /. & T. Fl. Jnd. 150; leaves lanceolate or 

 narrow-oblong long-acuminate glabrous shining above, flowers bisexual ? 

 solitary or in leafy cymes, sepals and outer petals large ovate 3 in., carpels 

 glabrous long-stalked. 



SlKKlM-HlMALAYA J KlIASIA HILLS, SimOUS. 



A small tree ; branches glabrous. Leaves 4-9 by lJ-2^ in., thin, coriaceous, pale 

 beneath; petiole ^-^ in. ^foioerffrabtonun^orkaf-op^baea; peduncle 2 3 in.,clavate 

 upwards. Outer petals ovate, glabrous, granulate outside, edges and inside appressed- 

 pubescent ; inner $ in., lengthening much after expansion, glabrous, ciliate. Ovaries 

 oblong, silky ; style oblong, glabrous ; ovules 12. <'arjl* 1 in., dark-purple, fleshy ; 

 stalk as long, 1 -seeded, or 2-seeded and twice as broad. Differs from its congeners in 

 the large sepals and outer petals ; inner petals very small in bud. 



2. DC. indica, Lesch. in A. DC. Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 36 ; leaves ovate or 

 ovate-cordate obtuse or lanceolate and acute or acuminate glabrous or pubes- 

 cent beneath, flowers 2-sexual axillary solitary, inner petals oblong subacute, 

 carpels pisiform subsessile. W. & A. Prodr. 10 ; Wall. Cat. 0433 ; //. /. & 

 T. Fl Ind. 148 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 85. M. montana, Gardner ex 

 Fl. Ind. I.e. ; Thwaites Enum. 4; Beddome I.e. t. 84. 



MALABAR, MAISOR, and CEYLON, in the Central Province, Gardner. 



A much branched very variable shrub ; branches strigose, tomentose or glabrate. 

 Leaves 1-2^ by |-1| in., base generally oblique, coriaceous ; petiole obsolete. Flowers 

 greenish, purple near the base ; pedicel ^-| in., ' slender ; bracteoles several, basal. 

 Outer petals equalling or 2-3 times exceeding the oblong subacute inner. Ovaries 

 1-2-ovuled. 



VAR. 1. tomentosa; branchlets and leaves beneath tomentose, carpels pubescent. 



VAR. 2. strigose; branchlets and leaves beneath strigose, carpels glabrous. 



YAK. 3. montana; branchlets and much smaller leaves glabrous. 



