ANONACEAE 205 



ovules 2 or more. Fruit of several to many follicles, or berry-like, 

 arranged in a whorl or on an elongated cone. Seeds solitary or few, some- 

 times pendulous from a long funicle. 



Genera 9, species about 80, chieHy natives of the mountains of tropical 

 and temperate Asia arid of the eastern United States, a few in Malaya 

 and Australia, 5 genera and about 15 species in the Philippines. 



t. MICH ELI A Linnaeus 



Tress with alternate, simple, entire leaves, the stipules large, sheathing 

 the buds, deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary, yellow or white, very 

 fragrant. Sepals and petals similar, 9 to 15 or more, 3- or more^seriate, 

 deciduous. Stamens 'numerous, many-seriate; filaments flat; anthers 

 adnata. Carpels many, on an elongated axis; stigma decurrent; ovules 

 2 or more. Fruit a lax or dense elongated spike of coriaceous, dorsally 

 dehiscing carpels. Seeds pendulous from the carpels by a long cord. (In 

 honor of P. A. Micheli, an early Italian botanist.) 



Species about 15, India to China and Malaya, 2 introduced iind o&e or 

 two indigenous species in the Philippines. 



Flowers deep-yellow 1. M. champaca 



Flowers white 2. M. longifolia 



*1. M. CHAMPACA L. Sampaca or champaca (Sp.-Fil.). 



A small tree, the young branchlets appressed-piibescent. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, gradually narrowed upward to the long- 

 acuminat^ apex, 12 to 20 cm long 2.5 to 6 cm wide. Flowers yellowish- 

 brown, very fragrant, 4 to 5 cm long; perianth segments usually 1? to 

 20. Ovaries pubescent. (Fl. Filip. pi. 191.) 



Introduced from India or Malaya and only cultivated in the Philippines, 

 not spontaneous; occasional in Manila, fl. June-Dec., and probably in 

 other months. 



*2. M. LONGIFLORA Blume. Champacang-puti (Tag.). 



A small tree with elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong leaves, up to 20 cm 

 long and 9 cm wide. Flowers white. 



Introduced and occasionally cultivated in Manila, fl. Sept., and other 

 months; a native of Java. 



The fruits of IlUcium anisatum L., the ^tar-anise, locally known as 

 eanki, are imported from China in considerable quantities and are sold 

 in the local markets. The species however, does not grow in the Phil- 

 ippines. 



54. ANONACEAE (Custabd Apple or Lanutan Family) 



Trees or shrubs, sometimes scandent. Leaves alternate, exstipulate, 

 simple, entire. Flowers perfect. Sepals 3, free or connate, usually val- 

 vate. Petals 6, hypogynous, 2-seriate, or the inner absent. Stamens many, 

 .hypogynous, closely packed on the torus; filaments Short or none; anthers 

 adnate, the connective produced into an oblong or truncate head. Ovaries 

 one or more, free or united; stigmas distinct; style none or very short; 

 ovules 1 or more. Fruit of 1 or more, sessile or stalked, 1- to many- 

 seeded, fleshy, indehiscent carpels, rarely dry and dehiscent. 



Genera about 45, species 500, chiefly in the tropics of the Old World, 

 about 20 genera and 80 species known from the Philippines. 



