, aise 
stalked . ‘ . . ‘ - ‘ ° " : 
Leaves on the nerves pubescent ; sepals densely pubescent; carpels 
elongate, oblong, sessil. : 
Orophea. | ANONACER, 49 
berries ovoid or almost globular, velvety, about 14 in. thick, on a 
stalk nearly an in. long. 
Has.—Forests of Chittagong ; also Andamans. 
2. A. lutea, H.f. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 89; Bedd. Sylv. Madr.10.— 
A large tree, the leaf-buds tawny tomentose; leaves oval-oblong, 
rounded at base, on a short, thick petiole, bluntish acuminate, coria- 
ceous, glabrous, while young puberulous along the midrib, glossy 
above, pale-coloured beneath ; flowers about an in. in diameter, on 
Has.—Ava. 
OROPHEA, BI. 
Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in 2 series, the inner ones 
clawed and cohering with their tips into a mitre-shaped cap. 
Stamens 6-12, ovoid, fleshy; the anther-cells dorsal, large, conti- 
guous. Ovaries 3-15, with 4 ovules in each ; style short or none. 
Berries 1- or few-seeded.—Trees or shrubs, with usually smal 
illary flowers, solitary, fascicled, or cymose. 
* Flowers hardly 2-3 lin. in diameter. 
Leaves glabrous ; sepals minutely hispid, ciliate ; carpels globular, 
k - O. polycarpa. 
- O. hexandra, 
> e . . . . . . 
% Flowers about an in, in diameter; leaves pubescen’ 
beneath. eres . oe «- «|. O. Brandisii. 
DC.; H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 91.—A large shrub or 
1. 0. poly 
small tree, the shoots more or less pubescent ; leaves obovate or 
oblong, 3—4 in. long, very shortly petioled, obtuse at base, blunt- 
ish acuminate, chartaceous or almost coriaceous, glabrous, glossy 
; stamens 6; berries the size and 
shape of a pea, on a slender stalk 2 lin. long, glabrous, 1 d. 
Has.—Rather frequent in the tropical forests of the Andamans; also Marta- 
ban and Tenasserim.—Fl. March; Fr. June.—s.—SS. = Metam., SiS. 
2. QO, hexandra, Bl. (O. acuminata, DC. ; H.f. Ind. FI. i. 91.) — 
A shrub or small tree, the branches and young parts tawny 
pubescent ; leaves oblong- or ovate-laneeolate, obtuse at base, on a 
very short puberulous petiole, acuminate or cuspidate, 4-6 in. long, _ a 
Mo. Bot. Garden, 2 : 
