Alplionsea.\ iv. ANONACEZE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 89 



series on the ventral suture. Carpels subsessile or stalked. DISTEIB. 

 Species 3, all Indian. Baillon Hist. 215, unites this genus with Bocayea. 



1. A. ventricosa, H. f. & T. FL Tnd. 152 ; leaves narrow-oblong long- 

 acuminate glabrous shining above, flowers in fascicled short racemes, pedi- 

 cels -|-1 in. bracteolate at the base and middle, carpels tomentose long- 

 stalked. IT varia ventricosa, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 658 ; Wall. Cat. 6453. 



ASSAM, CHITTAGONG, ANDAMANS, PENANG. 



A lofty tree ; branches glabrous, young brown-tomentose. Leaves 610 by 14~4 in., 

 base rounded or subacute, young pubescent on tbe midrib, pale and conspicuously 

 veined beneath ; petiole \ in., puberulous. t^lowers numerous, greenish-white, odorous ; 

 racemes tomentose ; pedicels 4-1 in., with an ovate median and basal bracteole. Sepals 

 small, broad ovate, connate below. Petals f in., ovate-oblong, brown-tomentose outside. 

 Ovaries about 10, villous ; style oblong. Carpels 1-14 in. diam. ; ovoid or subglobose ; 

 stalk nearly as long. 



2. A. lutea, H.f. & T. FL Ind. 153; leaves ovate-oblong glabrous ob- 

 tusely acuminate, flowers subcapitate, carpels tomentose subsessile. Thwaites 

 Enum. 399 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 91. Uvaria lutea, Roxb. Cor. PL i. 

 t. 36; FL Ind. ii. 666 (not of Wall, nor W. & A.). Uvaria Russellii, Wall. 

 Cat. 6464. 



From SILHET to PEGU, Beddome ; mountains of ORISSA ; CEYLON, Keigam Corle, 



Thwaites. 



A tree ; young branches brown-pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by l|-24 in., base rounded, 

 "e and conspicuously nerved beneath with puberulous costa and nerves ; petiole 

 \ in., and midrib at first pubescent. Flowers in dense leaf-opposed fascicles ; 

 duncle and very short pedicels densely brown-tomentose. Sepals orbicular. Petals 



\ in., ovate, densely tomentose. Ovaries about 10, densely villous; style oblong. 



Carpels 1-14 in., broad ovoid, obtuse at both ends; stalk very short. 



3. A. zeylanica, H. f. & T. FL Ind. 153 (incorrect as to fruit) ; leaves 

 lanceolate acute or long acuminate glabrous shining above, flowers few in 

 leaf-opposed or extra-axillary fascicles, carpels smooth, tomentose stalked. 

 Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 90. Uvaria lutea var. a, W. & A. Prodr. 8 

 (excl. syn.}. Guatteria acutifolia, Wall. Cat. 6438 D. 



TRAVANCOR, at Courtalam, Wight; CEYLON, Central Province, alt. 3-4000 ft., 

 Walker, &c. 



A tree ; young branches downy. Leaves 2^-4 by -1 in., tip rather obtuse, midrib 

 puberulous beneath when young; petiole - in., slender. Flowers yellow-green; 

 peduncle very short, tomentose ; pedicels |-| in., pubescent ; bracteole small, basal. 

 Petals ^-f in., downy outside, glabrous within. Ovaries 5 ; style depressed. Carpels 

 1-1 in. diam., subglobose; stalk 1-14 in., stout. 



4. A. sclerocarpa, Thwaites Enum. 11 ; leaves lanceolate obtuse gla- 

 brous, flowers fascicled on a very short extra-axillary peduncle, pedicels 

 short carpels bony warted subsessile tomentose. 



CEYLON, at Haragam, &c., Thwaites. 



A tree; branches glabrous ; buds brown-tomentose. Leaves 2-3^ by f-l in., base 

 acute, pale beneath; petiole ^-| in. Flowers numerous, ochreous-yellow; pedicels 

 \ in., brown-pilose, with a basal and median bracteole. /Sepals very small. Petals | in., 

 hairy outside. Slamens 15, 2-3-seriate. Ovaries 3-5; style depressed. Carpels 

 1-2 in., yellow, ovoid or subglobose ; stalk short. 



5. A. znadraspatana, Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 92 ; leaves lanceo 

 late elliptic-ovate or oblong obtuse, flowers fascicled on leaf-opposed 

 supra-axillary peduncles 3 carpels ovoid. 



