ANONACE^. 217 



more rarely sliortl}' cupuliforrn summit of the receptacle ; ovules 2 

 subbasilar ascending, or co ventral 2-seriate {Parartabotrp) ; style 

 ovate or linear oblonof. Berries 1- cx:-seede(i. — Climbiui' or sar- 

 mentose shrubs; leaves shining; flowers solitary or cyniose; pe- 

 duncles often hard fascicled bent into a hook {Asia, tropical and 

 subtropical Africa). See p. 224. 



IS. Cyathocalyx Champ. — Calyx cup-shaped 3-dentate valvate. 

 Petals 6 valvate connivent into a globose hood over the sexual 

 organs ; dorsal processes broad petaloid. Stamens oo on a convex 

 receptacle ; connective conical truncate above anther-cells. Cai-pel i 

 on concave summit of receptacle. Ovules oc in 2 rows, apex of style 

 peltate. Berries 1 -oj -seeded — A tree ; leaves glabrous, flowers 

 solitary or in small cymes, terminal or leaf-opposed [Tropical Asia). 

 See p. 226. 



19. Hexalobus A. DC. — Calyx S-sepalous valvate or subre- 

 duplicate. Petals G (of Cyathocahjx), 2-seriate valvate corrugated 

 into folds in the bud, dorsal laminae membranous reflexed and rather 

 acute at apex. Stamens oc {of the Uvariea;). Carpels subdefinite 

 (usually 3, 6) on the convex or flattened summit of the receptacle ; 

 ovules cc in 2 rows. Berries oblong snbentire oc -seeded. — Trees 

 or shrubs, flowers solitary axillary sessile or pedunculate, bracts 2, 

 lateral valvate involucrant [Tropical Africa, Madagascar ?). See p. 226. 



% V. OXYMITRE^E. 



20. Oxym.itra Bl. — Sepals 3 free or cohering at base valvate. 

 Petals G, 2-seriate valvate, the outer flat, ovate or elongated, the 

 inner smaller, at base more or less narrowed and unguiculate, at apex 

 connivent and coherent into a mitire above the sexual organs. Sta- 

 mens and carpels oo ; ovules 1, 2 (more rarely 3-5) inserted at a 

 variable height. Berries 1- more rarely 2- oo-seeded. Seeds globose 

 glabrous or bristly ; more rarely triquetrous- winged. — Trees or shrubs 

 often climbing ; leaves obliquely penniveined ; flowers axillary or 

 extra-axillary usually solitary {Asia, Africa, tropical Oceania). See 

 p. 228. 



21 ? Atrutregia Bedd. — " Sepals 4, small. Petals G, 2-seriate. 



