i'ohiahUa.] IV. ANONAOEii!;. 23 



flattened at the top, concealing the cells. Torus slightly raised. Carpels several, 

 with a short, oblong, or capitate style, and 1 or 2 erect ovules. Berries stalked, 

 globular or ovoid. — Trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or clustered, axillary or 

 leaf-opposed. 



A considerable genus, chiefly Asiatic, with one African species, one of the Queensland species 

 extending to New Caledonia. Benth. 



Carpel shortly stalked 1. P. nitidudma. 



Carpels sessile or nearly so 2. P. Armitiana. 



1. Pi nitidissima (very bright), Benth. Fl. Austr. i. 51. A tree of 15 to 50 

 or 60ft., glabrous in all its parts. Leaves elliptical, or the upper ones almost 

 lanceolate, obtuse or obtusely acuminate, 2 to 3in. long, narrowed into a petiole 

 varying from 2 to 5 lines, smooth and shining, the veins fine and reticulate, but 

 not numerous. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 3 to 6 lines long, or more when in 

 fruit, with 2 or 8 small bracts near the base. Sepals short and broad. Petals 

 linear, rather thick, 5 or 6 lines long when fully out, but spreading very early. 

 Stamens very short, and closely packed. Carpels 10 to 20 in the flower, much 

 fewer in the fruit, and then globular or shortly ovoid, 1-seeded, shortly stalked. 

 — Unona nitidissima, Dun. Anon. 109, t. 23 ; TJnona fulrjens, Labill. Sert. Austr. 

 Caled. 57, t. 56 ; IJnoym nitens, F. v. M. Fragm. iii. 2. 



Hab. ; Scrubs on islands in Moreton Bay, and northward. Also found in New Caledonia. 



In some specimens the torus, after flowering, becomes thick and woody, enclosing several 

 cavities, probably a deformity occasioned by the puncture of some insect. Labillardifere describes 

 and figures the carpels as having several ovules, but this is a, mistake. His own specimens, 

 quite similar to the Australian ones, have but one erect ovule in each. — Benth. 



Wood of. a dark grey colour, close-grained, nicely marked, and with a strong spice-like 

 fragrance when fresh cut. Bail. Cat. Ql. Woods, No. 3. 



2. p. Armitiana (after W. E. Armit), F. r. M. in Austr. Joiirn. of Pliarm. 

 Jan. 1887, ind Syst Cens. Austr. PI. 5. 



I can find no description of this plant in the Journal of Pharmacy above quoted. After the 

 description of Mitrephora Froggattii Baron Mueller says : — " Mr. Armit's collection from tribu- 

 taries of the Gilbert River contains an Anonaceous plant possibly conspeoifio with the one just 

 described ; but the lateral nerves of the leaves are thinner, more approximated, and less curved, 

 while the fruits are not unlike those of Polyalthia Holtzeana, but seem not provided with con- 

 spicuous stipes ; the flowers of Armit's plant are unknown. It has meanwhile been specifically 

 designated under the discoverer's name." 



6. MITREPHORA, Blume. 

 (Mitre-bearing.) 



Sepals 8, orbicular or ovate. Petals 6, 2-s6riate, valvate ; outer ovate, thin, 

 veined; inner clawed, vaulted and cohering. Stamens oblong-cuneate ; above 

 anther-cells dorsal, remote. Carpels oblong ; style oblong or clavate, ventrally 

 furrowed ; ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate. Eipe carpels globose or ovoid, stalked 

 or subsessile. — Trees. Leaves coriaceous, strongly ribbed, plaited in vernation. 

 Flowers usually terminal or leaf-opposed, sometimes 1-sexual. — Hook. Flora 

 British India i. 76. 



1. IVI. Proggattii (after Froggatt), F. c. M. Austr. Joiirn. of Pharm. 

 ii. 8. So far as known, a tree of about 20ft. ; the branchlets 

 soon glabrous. Leaves on very short petioles, as much as Sin. long 

 and 3in.' broad, chartaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, nearly or quite 

 blunt at the base, glabrous on both sides, slightly dotted, of a , rather 

 dark green and shining on both sides, particularly beneath ; distantly costate- 

 nerved, prominent on the under side of Ifeaf; veins thin, reticulate. Peduncles 

 obliterated ; pedicels axillary or lateral, solitary or 2 together, about twice as long 

 as the petals, thin-downy, minutely Sealy-bracteate at the base. All flowers seen 



