Kads/ira.] magnoliace^. 9 



filaments, with short adiiate anthers, either entire at the top or bearing one or 

 two short branches or antherless filaments. Eemale flowers globular, about 6 

 lines diameter. Fruit globular, about 1 ^ to 2 in. diameter. — K.Japouica, Bcnth. 

 in Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 258, not of Don. 



Rare, in a ravine below Victoria Peak, Champion, also Hance. South China, Milletl- 

 Not known from elsewhere. 



Order IV. ANONACEiE. 



Sepals 3, valvate in the bud, occasionally united at the base. Petals 6, iu 

 2 series, or rarely 3 only, those of each series valvate or slightly imbricate in 

 the bud. Stamens hypogynous, indefinite, often closely packed. Filaments 

 very short. Anthers adnate, the connective often produced above the anther- 

 cells. Carpels usually indefinite, free or cohering to each other. Ovules so- 

 litary or several in each carpel, erect or horizontal, anatropous. Ripe carpels 

 free or united into a many-celled fruit, indehiscent or rarely follicular. Em- 

 bryo minute, in a copious ruminate albumen. — Trees, shrubs, or climbers, 

 often aromatic. Leaves alternate, entire, without stipules. Flowers terminal, 

 axillary or lateral, solitary or clustered. 



A large Order, almost confined to the tropics both in the New and the Old World, a very 

 few species being found in North America ; and in Asia, Hongkong is, as far as yet known, the 

 northern limit of the Order. 



Petals of each series imbricate in the bud 1. Uvaria. 



Petals of each series valvate in the bud. 



Petals enclosing the stamens and pistils in their concave base. Pedun- 

 cles recurved, forming woody hooks 2. Artabotrys. 



Petals nearly Hat, usually long and narrow. No books 3. Unona. 



1. UVARIA, Linn. 



Petals 6, round, oval or oblong, those of each series slightly imbricate in 

 the bud. Stamens numerous, closely packed, oblong or linear. Carpels in- 

 definite, linear, with several ovules in each. Styles sliori. Eipe carpels suc- 

 culent, indehiscent, sessile or stalked, with several seeds in each, rarely re- 

 duced to one by abortion. — Shrubs, with w^eak, usually climbing branches. 

 Peduncles leaf-opposed or rarely axillary. 



A considerable genus, confined to the Old World, from Western Africa to the Indian Ar- 

 chipelago. 



Petals oval-oblong, about 1 inch. Berries oblong-cyhndrical ... 1. U. ji'urjmrea. 

 Petals nearly orbicular, about ^ inch. Berries nearly globular . . . 2. Z7. microcarpa. 



1. U. purpurea, ^/2»«^; Hooh. and Thorns. M. hid. \.^^. A shrub, with 

 long, w^eak, climbing branches, the young parts and leaves covered with rusty 

 brown hairs or down. Leaves broadly oblong, 6 to 8 in. or even more in 

 length, narrower below, cordate at the base, when old nearly glabrous on the 

 upper side. Peduncles 1-flowered, about 1 in., with two large round bracts 

 which enclose the bud, but soon fall oft". Petals oval-oblong, at least an inch 

 long. Berries on long stalks, oblong-cylindrical, 2 -ribbed on the back. — U. 

 platypetala, Champ, in Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 257. U. rhodantha, liance in 

 Walp. Ann. ii. 19. 



