ANONACE^. 279 



oblong grooved internally ; ovules solitary, erect. — A tree ; leaves 

 membranous; flowers solitary shortly pedunculate extra-axillary 

 {West of tropical Africa). See p. 234. 



II. MILIUSE^. 



26. Miliusa Lesch. — Flowers hermaphrodite or polygamous by 

 abortion of gynaiceum. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, 2- 

 seriate valvate, the outer minute sepaloid ; the inner much larger 

 erect connivent often slightly coherent or very sacciform at base, 

 more rarely cymbiform. Stamens oc, anthers ovate (of the MiliusecB), 

 extrorse ; connective more or less apiculate above the cells. Car- 

 pels oc ; ovules 1, 2 or go, ventral. Berries globose or oblong l-oo- 

 seeded. — Trees usually low ; leaves usually deciduous ; flowers 

 solitary or cymose, axillary or lateral, often arising with the young 

 leaves {Asia, Indian Archipelago, N. Australia?) See p. 235. 



27. Phseanthus Hook. & Thoms. — Flowers (of Miliusa) herma- 

 phrodite. Petals 6, 2-seriate valvate, the outer minute subsepaloid ; 

 the inner much larger thick coriaceous flat, or scarcely concave 

 just at the base, erect, connivent around the sexual organs. Stamens 



oo (of the Uvariea). Carpels oo, on flat summit of a convex recep- 

 tacle; ovules 1, 2, inserted at a variable height or oc, ventral; 

 styles dilated at apex, cohering into an obscurely lobed capitate mass. 

 Berries 1-oo-seeded. — Leaves with well marked veins or coriaceous. 

 Flowers lateral or axillary, solitary or cymose {Asia, Africa, tropical 

 America). See p. 237. 



III. MONODOREiE. 



28. Monodora Dun. — Flowers hermaphrodite. Sepals 3, free 

 or coherent at base, valvate, finally reflexed. Petals (5, valvate, 

 coherent at base only or else for some way into a campanulate 

 corolla ; equal or dissimilar, the outer spreading more or less undu- 

 late, the inner shorter, contracted at base, erect, connivent. Sta- 

 mens oo (of the Ucariece), on a subglobose receptacle. Ovary 

 superior 1 -celled; placentas oo parietal oc -ovulate ; style erect, 

 scarcely dilated into a peltate radiating subentire or crenate often 

 marginate stigma. Fruit globose woody oc-seeded ; seeds (of Unona) 



