92 iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Orophea. 



MARTABAN and PEGU, Brandts; PEGU, Kurz. 



Branches softly brown-tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in., thin, point very slender, 

 base narrow rounded or subcordate ; petiole ^ in., hairy. Flowers f in. diam. ; pe- 

 duncles 1-1^ in., pubescent; bract solitary basal. Scpah ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, softly hairy. Outer petals ^ in., ovate, tomentose, veined on both si; 

 inner | in., claw long narrow, limb subclavate thickened, slightly hairy, o>n,j 

 grooved in front. Anther-cells large, obtusely apiculate. Ovaries (}, oblong, softly 

 villous -with white hairs ; style oblong, glabrous ; ovule 1 on the ventral suture. 



8. O. enterocarpa, Jfainf/ny mss. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or 

 oblong lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous, peduncles filiform supra- 

 axillary, carpels very slender subtorulose. 



MALACCA, very rare, Mcnngay. 



A tree ; branchlets slender, Mack. Leaves 2-44 by 1-1 in., base acute or rounded, 

 very thin, nerves slender; petiole ,\. in. l-'lun rx ,\ in. diam., nodding; peduncle 

 |-1 in., 1-flowered; bracteole minute. Sepals minute. Outer />< tut* ovate, acute, 

 pubescent; inner as long, silky, claws equalling the conical cap. Xtmin it* t>, wi; 

 minodes. Ovaries about C>, cvlindric, 2-4-ovuled, hirsute. < 6, 3-5 by ^-^in., 



red. Seeds 2-4, linear-oblong, 1 -seriate. A very curious fruit. 



23. BOCAOEA, St. Hilaire. 



Trees. Leaves shining, and branches glabrous. Flowers small, terminal 

 axillary or fascicled >n woody tubercles, l-2-si-xual. tir/m/a orbicular or 

 ovate, imbricate. Petal* f;, imbricate in -2 scries, nearly equal, usually orbi- 

 cular, concave. ,sV'////r//.< (;-:>], imbricate in - or more scries, broadly oldon^ 

 thick, fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, oblong; connective produced. Urn-ir* 

 3-6 ; style short, stigma obtuse or capitate- ovules 1 or 2-8 on the ventral 

 suture. /,'//" m/yW.s globose, stalked. DISTRIB. Species about 12, tropical 

 Asiatic and American. 



1. B. elliptica, //. f. <( T. ; leaves narrow-oblong obtuse or acute, 

 flowers monoecious, sepals' ciliato, stamens 1^-18, ovaries 3. Uvaria ellip- 

 tica, A. DC. inM'iH. Soc.Gcnev. \. -27; Wall. (''. <i47', 7 \-2 \ 

 elliptica, //./. <(' T. /'/. I ml. <>;j. Diospyms* frondosa, J^///. <'l. 4Ji'.".. 



TBNASSEBIM to PBVAJTO, Wallich; ,AIAI.\(C\, JA////^///. 



A tree; young branches angular. leaves 8-12 by 24-4 in., thick, coriaceous, base 

 acute obtuse rounded or cordate, nerves spreading; petiole i~i in. Flowers axillary 

 and solitary or fascicled on cauline tubercles, small, ivd, " moim-cious,'' Mciinjuij : ]n;di- 

 eels \ in., bracteoles several, basal, and 1 orbicular median, tiejtals glabrous. 

 \ in. long, ovoid, ciliate. Connective subqnadrate. anthers extrorae, Maingay, ( h-ario--. 

 glabrous, ovules about 8. Cartels 1 in. diara., globose, smooth, several seeded ; stalk 

 very short. 



2. B. Thwaitesii, 77. /. & T. ; leaves narrow-oblong obtuse, flowers 

 fascicled on the large branches 2-sexual, sepals glabrous, stamens about 21, 

 ovaries 3, stigma 2-lobed. Sageraea Thwaitesii, 77. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 94 ; 

 Thw(.titrx Enum. 6; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 41. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, Thwaites. 



A tree. Leaves 8-12 by 3-44 in., thick, coriaceous, base rounded, pale beneath ; 

 petiole -^ in. Flowers pale orange ; pedicels 2-4 in. ; bracteoles minute, basal. >'<y//>; 

 short, very obtuse. Petals ^ in., orbicular, glabrous, outer larger. Stamen* reddish. 

 Carpels 1 in. diam., subsessile. 



3. B. Dalzellii, H. /. & T.; leaves narrow -oblong acute or obtuse, 

 flowers 2-sexual in i'ascicles of 1-15 on woody tubercles, stamens 12-18 > 



