Orophea.] TV. ANONACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 91 



axillary, stamens 6, carpels globose glabrous short-stalked. Thwaites Enum. 

 8; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 70. 



Forests of CANARA and COORG, Stocks, &c. ; and CEYLON in the Central Province, 

 Thwaites, 



A small tree or shrub ; branchlets yellow-pubescent. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-lf in., thin, 

 coriaceous, base suboblique rounded or retuse, youngpuberulous beneath ; petiole ^VrV i n - 

 Flowers greenish-brown, in. diam. ; peduncles 1-2 in., 1-4-flowered, slender, pubes- 

 cent ; peduncle with a basal bract. Sepals and outer petals orbicular, acute, veined, 

 downy ; inner petals larger, trapezoid, glabrous, margins pubescent. Carpels ^ in.diam. 



3. O. Thomson!, Beddome in^Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. ; Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. 

 t. 67 ; leaves ovate-oblong obtusely taper-pointed glabrous, peduncle axillary 

 3-flowered strigose, stamens 10-12 2-seriate, carpels pisiform. 



Anamally forests, TRAVANCOR, alt. 1500-2000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree. Leaves 1-1 4 -2 by 1-1 \ in., midrib beneath pubescent ; petiole 

 YTS % in. Peduncle and pedicels very short ; bracteoles minute basal. Sepals and outer 

 petals strigose ; inner pubescent, especially inside. Ovaries 5-6, hairy ; ovules 2. 



4. O. erythrocarpa, Beddome in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 5 ', Ic. PL Ind. 



Or. t. 68 ; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous above pubescent be- 

 neath, peduncles axillary or supra-axillary 3-4-flowered tomentose, stamens 

 12, 6 outer rather imperfect, carpels oblong. 



Anamally forests in TRAVANCOR, alt. 1500-2500 ft., Beddome. 



A middle sized tree ; branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves 2-3^ by 1-2 in., thin, 

 coriaceous, most pubescent on the midrib beneath ; petiole T V~ in., pubescent. Flowers 

 very small ; peduncle 1 in., tomentose ; bracts many, minute, imbricate below the fruit 

 or flower ; pedicels with a linear basal and a supra-median bracteole. Sepals orbicular. 

 Outer petals ovate, acute, margins and outer surface pubescent ; inner \ in., claw gla- 

 brous, limb trapezoid hairy. Ovaries 6, densely strigose ; ovules 2. Carpels red. Seed 

 solitary, scrobiculate. 



5. O. polycarpa, A. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves ovate-oblong 

 or lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles axillary or supra- 

 axillary slender 1-3-flowered sparsely hairy, stamens 6, carpels pisiform 

 glabrous long-stalked. H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. Ill ; Wall. Cat. 6431 ; Griffith 

 Ic. PL Ind. Or. iv. t. 654. 



MARTABAN, Wallich; ANDAMANS, Kurz. 



A tree ? ; branchlets slender, pubescent. Leaves 4-5 by 1-1 1 in., thin, coriaceous, 

 points long, shining above ; petiole T V in. Peduncles 1-2 in., slender; bracts several, 

 small, remote, linear. Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Outer petals orbicular, ciliate ; 

 inner twice as large, tip and margins downy. Carpels 9-12 ; stalk nearly as long. 

 Our specimens have bud and fruit only. 



6. O. acuminata, A. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate long and finely acuminate glabrous above softly pubescent on the 

 midrib and veins beneath, peduncle 1-3-flowered axillary or supra-axillary 

 slender, stamens 6. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 112 Wall. Cat. 6432. 



TENASSERIM, Wallich. 



A tree ; branches slender, young densely pubescent. Leaves 4-6 by 1-lf in., thin, 

 conspicuously reticulate beneath ; petiole r V- in., pubescent. Peduncles 1 in., pubes- 

 cent; bracts several, subulate, hairy. Sepals minute, ovate-lanceolate, densely hairy. 

 Outer petals small, ovate, thin, hairy- inner as in 0. zeylanica. Ovaries 6, densely 

 strigose ; ovules 2. 



7. O. Brandisii, H. f. & T. ; leaves obovate-lanceolate tapering to a 

 very slender point glabrous above hairy beneath, peduncles 2-3-flowered 

 supra-axillary slender, stamens 12, 3 fertile and 9 imperfect. 



