iv. ANONACE.E. (Hook. f. & Thorns,) 93 



ovaries 3-5, stigma entire. Guatteria laurifolia, Graham Cat. Bombay PI. 4. 

 Sagersea laurina, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 207 ; Bombay Ftor. 2 ; 

 H. f. & T. Fl Ind. 93. S. Dalzelli, Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 42. 



Forests of the CONCAN, Graham ; and TRAVANCOR, Beddome. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 5-9 by 1^-2 in., thick, coriaceous, base acute or 

 rounded; petiole ^ in. Flowers crowded, white; pedicels |- in. ; bracteoles several, 

 scaly, basal. Sepals orbicular. Petals 4 in., broad-ovate. Outer stamens sometimes 

 without anthers. Ripe carpels 1 in. diam., globose, glabrous, subsessile. 



4. B. coriacea, H.f. & T. ; leaves ovate-lanceolate acute or subacute, 

 flowers 1-3 2-sexual, stamens 9, ovaries 1-2. Orophea coriacea, Thwaites 

 Enum. 8 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 71. 



CEYLON, Central Province, alt. 3000 ft., Thwaites. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 3-6 by 1^-2^ in., thick, coriaceous, base rounded, dark 

 green above, pale beneath ; petiole ^-^ in. Flowers ^ in. diam., terminal in cauline 

 pedicels \ in., bracteoles basal, strigose. Sepals minute, deltoid, ciliate. Petals orbi- 

 cular, outer purple outside, orange- brown inside; inner connivent, dark purple. 

 Ovaries 2-ovuled. Carpels \ in. diam., obliquely subglobose, glabrous, subsessile. 

 We remove this and the following from Orophea to Bocagea on account of the habit 

 and apparently imbricate outer petals ; the inner petals have no claws. 



5. B. obliqua, H. f. & T. ; leaves oblong or lanceolate acute or acumi- 

 nate, flowers 1-3 together 2-sexual terminal or cauline, pedicels very short, 

 stamens 6 in 2 series, ovaries 3. Orophea? obliqua, H. f. & T. FL Ind. 112 ; 

 Thwaites Enum. 8 ; Beddome Ic. PL 'Ind. Or. t. 72. 



CEYLON, in the Galle and Ratnapoora districts, Gardner, &c. 



A middle-sized tree. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-2 in., coriaceous, base oblique, pale beneath ; 

 petiole y 1 ^ in. Flowers minute, purple. Sepals ciliate. Petals orbicular, outer 

 spreading, inner connivent (imbricate or subvalvate, Thw.} Ovaries 2-ovuled, stigmas 

 depressed. Carpels % in. diam., red-brown. 



24. K.INGSTONXA, II. f. & T. 



A tree. Flowers fascicled on cauline tubercles, 2-sexual. Sepals 3, bases 

 connate ovate, acute persistent. Petals 6 ; outer ovate, valvate ; inner 

 smaller, oblong, imbricate. Stamens about 12, filaments half the length of 

 the extrorse anther-cells ; connective obliquely truncate. Ovary 1 ; stigma 

 sessile peltate, crenate ; ovules few. Ripe carpel globose. Seeds several, 

 2-seriate. 



1. XL. nervosa, H. f. & T. ; leaves elliptic or linear-oblong acuminate 

 glabrous or puberulous on the nerves beneath. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches woody, young rusty-pubescent. Leaves 4-8 by 2-3 in., base rounded, thin, 

 coriaceous, opaque; nerves many oblique strong; petiole \ in., pubescent. Flowers 

 \ in. long, in fascicles of 8-10; peduncles ^~4 in., slender, rusty-pubescent; bracts 

 small orbicular, basal, imbricate. Sepals ^ in., ferruginous. Petals ashy-pubescent, 

 subacute ; inner one-third smaller. Carpels 1 in. diam., on stout woody peduncles, 

 densely rusty-tomentose : walls very thick. Differs from Bocagea in the valvate not 

 orbicular outer petals, smaller inner, solitary carpel, and pubescent branches. 



25. XiONCHOMERA, II. f. & T. 



A tree. Leaves shining. Flowers small, in axillary fascicles. Sepals 3, 

 broad-ovate, acute. Petals 6, in 2 series ; outer lanceolate, flat, spreading, 



