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Michelia, L- 

 1. M. Champaca, L. sp. pi. 756 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 656 ; Bl. Fl. 

 Jav. Magn. 9, t. 1 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 715 ; Hf, Ind. Fl. I, 42. {Miclielia 

 aurmitiaca, Wall. PI. as. rar. II. t. 147). 



Hab. Rather rare in the tropical forests of Martaban and Tenasserim 

 also Pegu, above Rangoon (on laterite) j Ava, Bhamo ; Prome hills (Wall). 

 Fl. Fr. R. S. 



ANONACB^. 

 Conspectus of genera. 

 I. UVAEIJE^. Petals in 2 rows, one or both rows imbricate in the bud. 

 Stamens many, closely packed. 



1. BocAaEA. Sepals small, imbricated in the bud. Torus flat. Carpels 3 to 6. 



2. UvAEiA, Sepals valvate. Flowers bisexual ; ovules 1 or 2 or many ; torus 

 almost flat. Climbers. 



II. UNONIEM. Petals valvate in the bud, more or less spreading, somewhat 

 unequal, or those of the inner row small or wanting, not or little narrowed at base. 



* Petals spreading from the base. 



X Ovules many, ventral. 



3. Alphonsea. Petals nearly equal. Stamens 6 or more, loosely* imbricated, 

 with dorsal anthers. 



4. Cananq-a. Petals open, elongate. Stamens indefinite, closely packed, ovate- 

 acute at the top. Ovules in 2 rows. 



5. Ctathostemma. Petals broad-ovate. Stamens indefinite, the connective 

 obliquely incurved. Ovules many, in 2 rows. 



6. Unona. Petals open, usually elongated. Stamens indefinite closely packed, 

 capitate or trimcate at the top. Ovules in a single row. Ripe carpels usually monili- 

 form. 



Ys X Ovules 1 or 2, erect. 



7. POLYALTHIA. Petals opened, rather thick. Berries indehiscent. 



8. Anaxa&oeea. Petals opened, rather thick. Carpels follicle-like, dehiscent. 



* * Petals enclosing the sexual organs with a concave or connivent base, free 

 towards the summit. 



9. Cyathocalyx. Calyx 3-toothed. Petals connivent at base. Carpels solitary. 

 Ovules many. 



III. XYLOPIE^. Petals valvate, connivent or hardly open, those of the outer 

 row usually thick, not narrowed at base, and enclosing the 3 inner, smaller or minute 

 ones, or the latter wanting. 



* Ovules solitary. 



10. Anona. Outer petals concave, often broad. Berries united into a many-celled 

 syncarp. 



* * Ovules 2 or more. 



11. Xylopia. Petals triquetrous, connivent, narrowed. Anthers truncate. 

 Torus hoUow. Stigmas elongate. 



12. Aetabotrys. Petals terete, triquetrous or flat, concave at the base and 

 enclosing the sexual organs, the tips spreading. Anthers truncate. Torus hollow. 

 Peduncles usually hooked. 



