18 IV. ANONACE.E [Uvaria 



hills, Ganjam district. Leaves coriaceous, secondary nerves 10-12 pair, slender "but 

 prominent beneath, numerous shorter intermediate nerves. Fl. on short pedicels, ripe 

 carpels 1-1J in. long, torulose, stalks 4-6 in. 



c. Leaves hairy along nerves beneath, 4—8 in. long ; branchlets hairy. 



10. V. ptyehocalyx, Miq. ; Ann. iv. t. 28. Lower Burma, Sumatra, Borneo. Leaves 

 broad, shortly acuminate. Secondary nerves prominent beneath, 14-18 pair, pubescent 

 as well as midrib on the upper side. Carpels globose, J in. diam., tubercled and hairy, 

 stalk 1 in. long. 11. U. braeteata, Boxb. ; Ann. iv. t. 7. Silhet, Tenasserim. Calyx 

 pubescent, ripe carpels ovoid or cylindric, 2 in. long. 



9. ALPHONSEA, H. f. & Th. ; Fl. B. Ind. i. 88. 



Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves generally glabrous, secondary nerves as 

 a rule not more prominent than the reticulate veins between them. Fl. buds 

 generally conical, sepals 3, small, petals 6, erect or spreading, often saccate at 

 base, larger than sepals. Torus cylindric or hemispheric. Stamens cc. 

 Ovaries 1-12, ovules 4-10 in 2 rows. Ripe carpels 1-6, few seeded. Species 13, 

 of tropical and sub-tropical Asia. 



1. A. lutea, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Or. t. 91 ; Ann. iv. t. 209.— 

 Syn. Uvaria lutea, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 36. Yern. Ntca-la-byiit, Upper Burma. 



A large tree, shoots minutely rufous-strigose. Leaves glabrous above, 

 strigose along nerves beneath, 3-6 in. long. El. \ in. diam., fasciculate, on 

 short woody bracteolate peduncles. Pedicels 1 in., with 2 small bracteoles in 

 the middle. Ripe carpels 4-6, broadly ovoid, pointed, l^-l-i in. long, on short 

 thick stalks. Seeds 3^-6. 



Silhet, Orissa, Burma, Ceylon. PL H.S. 



2. A. ventricosa, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. t. 210. Assam, Chittagong, Andamans. 

 A taU tree. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, shining, 6-9 in., secondary nerves slender, 

 12-18 pair. Fl. clustered in short racemes. Ripe carpels 4-6, 1 J in. long. 3. A. madras- 

 patana, Bedd. Ic. PI. Or. t. 92, Fl. Sylv. t. 76 ; Ann. iv. t. 214a. Common along streams 

 in the Cuddapah and North Arcot hills. A shady tree, glabrous except fl. and fruit. 

 Leaves elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate 3^ in. long, obtuse at the apex. Fl. bright yellow, 

 ovaries 3-4. 4. A. zeylanica, Hook, f . & Thorns. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 90 ; Ann. iv. t. 

 214b. Travancore and Tinnevelli hills. Ceylon. A tree, young shoots pubescent, 

 otherwise glabrous. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 2—4 in. 



10. OROPHEA, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 90. 



Trees or shrubs, fl. small, sometimes unisexual, axillary. Sepals 3, valvate, 

 petals 6, valvate, outer ovate, inner clawed, generally longer and cohering by 

 their margins, forming a mitriform cap. Stamens 6-12, ovoid, fleshy ; anther 

 cells dorsal, contiguous. Ovaries 3-15, ovules 4." Species 25, Eastern Asia. 



A. Stamens 6. 



1. O. polycarpa, A. DC. ; Ann. iv. p. 101, t. 151a. Andamans, Martaban, Tenasserim. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 3-4 in. long. Fl. several on slender flexuose branch- 

 ing peduncles with bracts at the bends. Inner petals spreading, oblong, narrowed into 

 a short claw. Carpels globose, J in. diam. This species is anomalous : all the following 

 have the inner petals cohering by their tips or margins. 2. 0. hexandra, Blume ; 

 Ann. iv. t. 147b. Tenasserim, Andamans. Leaves 4-6 in. Carpels oblong, 1J in., seed 

 generally solitary, narrowly cylindric. 3. O. Brandisii, Hook. f. & Th. ; Ann. iv. t. 147a. 

 Martaban, Tenasserim. A small tree. Leaves 6-10 in., peduncles 1-2 fld., inner petals 

 £ in. long, blade trapeziform, shorter than claw. Bipe carpels sessile, oblong, 1 in. long. 

 4. O. zeylanica, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. 146b. North Kanara, Ceylon. Leaves 

 l-A in., carpels globose, J in. diam. 



B. Stamens 12. 



5. 0. uniflora, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 69 ; Ann. iv. t. 144a. 

 "Western Ghats, from Coorg to Travancore. A middle-sized tree, wood hard, very 

 tough. Leaves 2—4 in., fl. solitary, drooping, cream coloured. Ripe carpels globose, \ in. 

 diam. 6. 0. Thomsoni, Bedd. I.e. t. 67 ; Ann. iv. t. 144b. Leaves 2-3 in., peduncles short, 



