208 A FtORA Of MANILA 



* 3. A. SQUAMOSA L. Ates (Sp.-Fil.) ; Sugai; Apple> 



A small tree 3 to 5 m high. Leaves somewhat pubescent when young, 

 oblong, obtuse, acute, or' obsctlrely acuminate, 8 to 15 cm long; petioles 1 

 to 1.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary, about 2.5 cm long; pendulous, 

 pubescent, 8-angled, g:reenish-white or yellowish. Fruit somewhat heart- 

 shaped or ovoid, large, fleshy, pale or glaucous when mature, edible, 6 to 

 9 cm long, the outside roughened by the ends of the carpels. (Fl. Filip. 

 pi. 192.) 



Commonly cultivated, fl. most of the year; widely distributed in the 

 Philippines and subspontaneous. A native of tropical America, introduced 

 in the Philippines at an early date by the Spaniards; now found in most 

 tropical countries. 



4. CANANQIUM Baillon 



Trees with rather large leaves, somewhat drooping branches and large 

 axillary, fascicled flowers. Sepals 3, ovate, valvate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, 

 subequal, long, flat. Stamens linear, anther-cells approximate, extrorse; 

 connective produced into a lanceolate, acute process. Ovaries many; ovules 

 numerous, 2-seriate. Fruit fleshy, cylindric-oblong, stalked; seeds many, 

 the testa crustaceous, pitted. (From the Malay name of one species.) 



Two or three species confined to Malaya, a single one in the Philippines. 



1. C. odoratum (Lam.) Baill. (Cananga odorata Hk. f. & Th.). Ilang- 

 ilang (Tag.). 



A medium-sized to rather large tree, the branches somewhat - drooping. 

 Leaves oblong-ovate, apex acuminate, base usually rounded 12 to 20 cm 

 long, usually slightly pubescent beneath. Flowers very frag:rant, greenish, 

 soon turning yellowish, pendulous, their pedicels 1 to 2.5 cm long, elongated 

 in fruit. Sepals ovate, pubescent. Petals somewhat pubescent, lanceolate, 

 4 to 6 cm long, 0.5 to 1 cm wide. Fruit fleshy, oblong-cylindric, green or 

 olivaceous, 2 cm long. (Fl. • Filip. pi. 221, Cananga odorata.) 



Very commonly cultivated in Manila, fl. all the year, the flowers being 

 dLstilled in large quantities for the valuable perfume-oil known as ilang- 

 ilang; throughout the Philippines, cultivated and indigenous, ascending 

 to at least 700 m in forests. Ava, Tenasserim, and Java; planted in many 

 other tropical countries. 



5. UN ON A Linnaeus 



Erect or scandent shrubs or trees. Flowers usually solitary, axillary, 

 extra-axillary, or leaf-opposed. Sepals 3. Petals 6, 2-seriate. Stamens 

 cuneate; anther cells linear, extrorse, top of the connective subglobose or 

 truncate. Ovaries numerous; style ovoid or oblong, recurved, grooved; 

 ovules usually 5 or 6, 1-seriate. Ripe carpels many, elongated and con- 

 stricted between the seeds. (Altered f rom .AtiorMi, another genus of the 

 family.) 



Species about 50, tropical Asia and Africa, aToout 7 known from the 

 Philippines ; one introduced in our area. 



* 1. U. CHiNENSis (Lour.) DC. (17. discolor Vahl). 



An erect shrub or a small tree. Leaves 8 to 15 cm long, oblong to 

 oblong-ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded, nearly glabrous, the lower 

 surface, when dry, somewhat glaucous. Peduncles extra-axillary, about 



