ANONACEX OF BRITISH INDIA. 101 
ar i ; wet : ‘ 
€ too imperfect for description. There are also, but too incomplete for description 
and for figuring, specimens of a fine Species collected in Malacca by Mr. Derry (Herb. 
No. 100). et 
16. Orophea, B.une. 
Trees or shrubs. vowers usually small, axillary, solitary, fascicled or cymose. 
Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in two series; outer ovate; inner clawed, usually 
cohermg by their margins into a mitriform cap; sometimes oblong and slightly 
approximate below the middle, the apices divergent, not vaulted; rarely without claws, 
and in one species slightly imbricate. Stamens definite, 6—12, ovoid, fleshy; anther- 
cells dorsal, large, contiguous; the connective sometimes prolonged into a conical apical 
point, not truncate. Staminodes 0, or 3 to 6. Ovaries 83-15; style short or 0; ovules 
4. Ripe carpels 1- or more-seeded, globular or oblong (very long in several species). 
Distrib.—Species about 25,—all Eastern Asiatic. 
Intermediate between Mitrephora and Bocagea, having the perianth of the former 
and stamens of the latter. 
Inner petals distinctly vaulted, the limbs coherent by their thickened edges. 
Stamens 12. 
Carpels globose. 
Peduncles 1-flowered. 
HUCWHISMUTIBCX UR ee ye ke 8 1. O. setosa. 
Flowers hermaphrodite 2. O. uniflora, 
IPEdUNNIBs: ce LORORNOWEIONS hace ke we 8 3. O. Thomsoni. 
Wipelb ODIOD Peat cee so s+) se 8 et ek 4. O. erythrocarpa. 
Stamens 6. | 
Leaves glabrous at all ages (see also No. 10) . 5. O. Katschallica. 
Leaves more or less pubescent (except No. 10). 
Ripe carpels globose. 
Leaves 3°5 to 4°5 in. long and with 8 or 9 pairs of main 
merves . . 6. O. hirsuta. 
Leaves 2°5 to 3°25 in. long and with 5 or 6 pairs of 
POEVEN re Mipg e cw ea, ese + ete ye ee wees ota SAU NTCH, 
Rive carpels oblong. : 
Carpels under 2 in. in Jength. 
Flowers °8 in. long; nerves of leaves 11 to13 pairs . 8. O. Brandisii, 
Flowers *35 in. long; nerves of leaves 7 to 9 pairs . 9. O. herandra. 
Carpels 3 to 5 in. long. 
Leaves quite glabrous; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs . . 10. O. enterocarpa. 
Leaves puberulous beneath; main nerves 10 to 12 
Plies ecto mee Se Ae a a nue am in sb he 0 MCI E 
Inner petals slightly Watilted, MAPOAIGIG: wel SG od eye se = se TR. OD gracike. 
