14 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Artabotrys. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; mature petals yellow, thinly adpressed- silky ; 



fruit orange 1. odoratissimus. 



Leaves oval-oblong ; mature petals tomentose 2. zeylanicus. 



1. ARTABOTRYS ODORATISSIMUS, K. Br. ; F. B. I. i. 54 ; W. & A. 10 ; 

 King Ann. Calc. iv. 44, t. 55. 



Cultivated in gardens, especially on the W. Coast, the 

 flowers very fragrant. King considers it truly wild in 

 S. India. 



2. ARTABOTRYS ZEYLANICUS, Hook. f. & Thorns.; F. B. I. i. 54; 

 Bedd. Ic. t. 48 ; King Ann. Calc. iv. 43, t. 53. 



Evergreen forests of the W. Coast and W. Ghats, S. Canara 

 to Travancore. 



5. Unona, Linn. 



Trees or shrubs, erect or climbing. Flowers often solitary, 

 axillary, terminal or leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, 

 valvate or open in aestivation, 2- seriate ; 3 inner sometimes 

 absent. Torus flat or slightly concave. Stamens cuneate ; 

 anther-cells linear, extrorse ; top of connective subglobose or 

 truncate, concealing the anthers. Ovaries numerous ; style ovoid 

 or oblong, recurved, grooved ; ovules 2-8, 1-seriate (rarely sub- 

 2- seriate). Fruit a ring of many carpels, elongate or constricted 

 between the seeds or baccate. Seeds few or many. 



A small tree. Flowers subsessile ; petals oblong-lanceolate, densely 

 tomentose, glabrescent ; carpels sessile or subsessile ; leaves lanceolate, 

 dark green, nerves sunk above, raised beneath : 



Carpels soft, velvety, globose 1. pannosa. 



Carpels solid, glabrescent, slightly torulose 2. Ramarowii. 



Flowers on slender peduncles ; petals linear or narrowly lanceolate, 

 slightly silky ; carpels glabrous, stalked : 



A large climber. Young shoots rufons; petals narrow-lanceolate; 



sepals over *75 in. long; peduncle with a cordate bract... 3. viridiftora. 



A large shrub. Young shoots glabrous ; petals narrow-linear ; sepals 



less than *5 in. long 4. Laivii. 



1. UNONA PANNOSA, Dalz. ; F. B. I. i. 58; Bedd. Ic. t. 52; King 

 Ann. Calc. iv. 55, t. 72. 



Forests of the W. Ghats in Malabar, Anamalais, Travan- 

 core and Tinnevelly, at 2,000 to 4,500 ft. 

 A small tree reaching 30 ft. in height, common in 

 Travancore. 



