ANONACE^E. VIII. UNONA. 



95 



Linnaea. 1. p. 495.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth; 

 peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; petals lanceolate, inner ones 

 glandular at the base. ^ . S. Native of Java. 

 Twiggy Unona. Shrub. 



20 U. ODORATA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 108.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth, rounded and oblique at the base ; 

 peduncles lateral, leafy, 1-flowered; petals linear-lanceolate; 

 carpels stipitate, egg-shaped, umbilicated at the top. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java and China. Uvaria undulata, Lam. diet. 1. p. 

 595. ill. t. 495. f. 1. Rumph. amb. 2. p. 195. t. 65. A tall 

 tree, with cinereous smooth branches. Flowers sweet-scented ; 

 petals yellowish. Carpels pulpy, about 9. Seeds imbedded in 

 the sweet pulp. 



Sweet-scented-flowered Unona. Fl. ? Clt. 1 804. Tree 40 feet. 



21 U. LONGIFO'LIA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 597.) leaves oblong- 

 linear, acuminated, smooth, waved on the margin ; peduncles 

 lateral, crowded, somewhat umbellate ; petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute; carpels stipitate, egg-shaped, fj . S. Native of Bengal, 

 Java, Coromandel, and Pondicherry, where it is cultivated in 

 private avenues. Sonn. voy. ined. 4. t. 131. A tall erect tree, 

 with yellow flowers. 



Long-leaved Unona. Fl. ? Clt. 1820. Tree 60 feet. 



22 U. NITIDI'SSIMA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 109. t. 23.) leaves 

 oblong-elliptical, acuminated at both ends, smooth, shining ; 

 peduncles axillary, very short, 1-flowered; petals linear, blun- 

 tish. Tj . S. Native of New Caledonia. Uvaria lucida, Vent, 

 in herb. Deless. U. fulgens. Labill. nov. caled. t. 56. Fruit un- 

 known. 



yery-nitid-leaved Unona. Fl. ? Tree. 



23 U. LIGULA'RIS (Dun. mon. p. 110.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; peduncles lateral, many-flowered ; petals long, linear ; 

 carpels stipitate, somewhat globose. P? . S. Native of Amboyna. 

 Uvaria ligularis, Lam. diet. 1. p. 597. Rumph. amb. 2. p. 

 298. t. 66. f. 2. A tree very like U. odorata. Seeds sweet- 

 scented. 



ZgM/ar-petalled Unona. Tree 20 feet. 



24 U. ELLI'PTICA (Blum, bijdr. fl. ned. ind. ex Schlecht. 

 Linnaea. 1. p. 495.) leaves almost sessile, somewhat cordate at 

 the base, oval-oblong, acute, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 1- 

 flowered, furnished with bracteas ; petals linear-lanceolate, blunt- 

 ish. Tj . S. Native of Java. 



Elliptical-leaved Unona. Shrub. 



25 U. LITTORALIS (Blum. 1. c.) branches a little climbing ; 

 leaves ovate, bluntly acuminated, rounded at the base, coriace- 

 ous, smooth ; peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the petiole ; 

 fruit oval, contracted in the middle, on short stipes, somewhat 

 baccate. Tj . w . S. Native of Java. 



Sea-side Unona. Shrub cl. 



26 U. MACROPHY'LLA (Blum. 1. c.) leaves oblong, acuminated, 

 coriaceous, rounded at the base, smooth ; peduncles 1-flowered, 

 almost axillary ; fruit oval, 2-seeded, somewhat baccate, on short 

 stipes. \i . S, Native of Java. 



Large-leaved Unona. Shrub. 



27 U. SUBCORDA'TA (Blum, bijdr. fl. ind. ex Schlecht. Lin- 

 naea. 1. p. 495.) leaves almost sessile, somewhat cordate-oblong, 

 acuminated, pubescent beneath at the ribs ; peduncles solitary, 

 axillary 1-flowered; carpels globose, stipitate, 2-seeded. Tj . S. 

 Native of Java. 



Subcordate-lea\ed Unona. Shrub. 



SECT. II. DE'SMOS (^eo-ftoc, desmos, a chain ; fruit articulated 

 like the links of a chain.) D. C. syst. 1. p. 493. prod. 1. p. 91. 

 Petals lanceolate, oblong, or linear, sometimes nearly closed. 

 Carpels baccate, torulose, somewhat articulated, many-celled? 

 more or less moniliform. 



28 U. DISCRK'TA (Lin. fil. suppl. 270.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 



late, narrow, under surface silky ; carpels moniliform, on long 

 stipes. Jj . S. Native of Surinam. Dun. mon. anon. p. 110. 

 Uvaria monilifera, Gaert. fruct. 2. p. 156. t. 114. Lam. ill. t. 

 495. f. 4. A tree with twiggy flexile pubescent branches. 

 Leaves narrow, like those of a species of Salix. Flowers like 

 those of Anona. Berries purple, aromatic, and of a very good 

 taste, 1-3-celled; cells 1 -seeded. 

 Separated Unona. Tree 20 feet. 



29 U. UNDULA'TA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 111.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, smooth; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; petals oblong- 

 linear, long, outer ones waved ; carpels oblong, somewhat 

 moniliform. T; S. Native of the kingdom of Waree in 

 Guinea. Xylopia undulata, Beauv. fl. owar. et ben. 1. p. 27. 

 t. 16. Flowers scarlet, with the outer petals very long, 

 and elegantly waved. Fruit like that of Unona JEthiopica, 

 aromatic, and is used as a condiment at Waree in Guinea. Joints 

 of fruit 1 -2-seeded. 



lVaved-peta\\ed Unona. Shrub 8 feet. 



30 U. DI'SCOLOR (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 63. t. 36.) leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acuminated, smooth, under surface glaucous ; peduncles 

 lateral, 1-flowered, elongated ; carpels moniliform, on short 

 stipes. Jj . S. Native of the East Indies. Dun. mon. anon, 

 p. 1 1 1 . A tree with white flowers, with a volatile oil exuding 

 from them. 



Two-coloured-\ea.ved Unona. Fl. ? June. Tree 20 feet. 



31 U. CHINE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 495.) leaves ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, smooth ; flowers solitary, spreading, on long peduncles ; 

 carpels torulose, moniliform, nearly sessile. V} . G. Native 

 of China near Canton. A shrub about 5 feet high. Flowers 

 white ? Desmos Chinensis, Lour. 



Chinese Unona. Shrub 5 feet. 



32 U. COCHINCHINE'NSIS (D. C. syst. 1. p. 495.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate, tomentose ; flowers solitary, closed, on long peduncles ; 

 carpels nearly sessile, torulosely-moniliform. Tj . G. Native 

 of Cochin-China in bushy places. Desmos Cochinchinensis, Lour, 

 coch. ed. Willd. 1. p. 431. Unona Desmos, Dun. mon. p. 112. 

 A shrub about 5 feet high, with an erect stem and weak reclinate 

 branches. Flowers terminal, yellowish-green, pendulous. Ber- 

 ries reddish-green. 



Cochin-China Unona. Shrub 5 feet. 



33 U. AROMA'TICA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 112.) leaves oblong, 

 acuminated, smooth ; peduncles axillary, 1-2-flowered ; carpels 

 oblong, terete, torulose, nearly sessile. ^ S. Native of 

 Guiana in woods, particularly at a place called Timoutou. Waria 

 Zeylanica, Aubl. guian. 2. p. 605. t. 243. Uvaria aromdtica. Lam. 

 diet. 1. p. 596. Unona concolor, Willd. spec. 2. p. 1271. Every 

 part of the tree is aromatic. The three outer petals are ciner- 

 eous on the outside, inside smooth, violaceous ; inner ones smaller, 

 violaceous. The fruit is acrid and aromatic, and is used as a 

 condiment instead of pepper by the negroes in Guiana. 



^roraate-fruited Unona. Fl.? Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



34 U. yEiHio'picA (Dun. mon. anon. p. 113.) leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, smooth, under surface glaucous ; carpels terete, 

 torulose, nearly sessile. Tj . S. Native of Ethiopia and Sierra 

 Leone. Piper .Sthiopicum, Math. comm. 1 . p. 434. icon. Lob. 

 icon. 2. p. 205. Tabern. 917. icon. The seeds have an aroma- 

 tic, pungent taste ; they were formerly sold in the shops, but 

 now more rarely under the names of Ethiopian pepper, Guinea 

 pepper, Negro pepper, or Piper jEthiopicum, fyc. 



Ethiopian or Negro Pepper. Fl.? Clt. 1822. Shrub. 



35 U. OXYPE'TALA (D. C. syst. 1. p. 496.) leaves oval-oblong, 

 acuminated, upper surface smooth, under surface somewhat 

 glaucous ; peduncles axillary, very short, 1-flowered ; petals 

 linear, pointed. ^ . S. Native of Sierra Leone. Perhaps this 

 species should have been placed in the following section. Petals 

 pubescent on the outside. 



