48 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [ 



From PBon, WaUich, to Singapore, Lobh, and Pehanb, PAj7Kp«— Distkib. Eastward 

 to tlie Philippines. 



Shrubby, sarmentoee ; young parts stellately pubescent. Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., 

 tapering downwards from above the middle, young pubescent above, soon glabrous and 

 shining ; nerves many, parallel, close-set near the petiole, which is .\-^ in. Fktwert 

 3-3 in. diam., rareljf geminate, terminal or leaf-opposed, purple, odorous ; bracts, orbi- 

 cular, dedduous ; peduncle I-14 in. Sefoik ovate, acute. Carpels many, stalked, sub- 

 torulose; stalk 1-1 4 in. 



2. V. Kamiltonl, E.f. & T. Fl. lyid. 96,; leaves oblong-obovate long 

 acuminate pubescent above tomeiitose beneath, buds tomentose, peduncle 

 l-bracteolate, carpels subglobose or broad ovoid tomentose not keeled. 

 WaU. Gat. 6486, M, 



Forests of the Sj^kim Term, Behab near Monghir, and. Assam, Hamiltori. 



Shrubby, sarmentose or soandent ; branches rough, tomentose. Leaves 5-8 by 2-85 in., 

 tapering to the rounded or cordate base ; petiole J- J in. Flewen 2 in. diam., solitary 

 or geminate, leaf-opposed ; pedicel 1 in., tomentose. Sepals connate below, short, broad, 

 obtusS, mucronate. Petals broad-oval, densely tomentose on jboth surfaces. Carpels 

 many, f-1 in., transversely grooved when dry ; stalk 1 in. 



3. U. dulcls, Dunal Anon. 90, t. 13; leaves oval or oblong subacute 

 puberulous above woolly beneath, buds globose tomentose, peduncle with 

 several bracteoles about the middle short 1-4-flowered. DC. Prodr. i. 88 ; 

 a.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 98. U. Javana, Dunal I.e. 91 ; Blume Fl. Jav. Arum. t. 3. 



Malacca, Griffith, Muingay ; Tenasserim, Brandis, 



A large woody climber; young branches densely tomentose. Leaves Z-Shj l^l^m., 

 base rounded or suboordate, sligTitly repand ; petiole J-4 in. Flowers 2 in. diam. , sub, 

 umbellate, greenish, odorous ; peduncle i-i in., leaf-npposed, short, woody ; bractg 

 several; pemoels braoteolate about the middle. Petals oploiig, subacute, tomentose on 

 both sides. — Allied to U. macrophyUa. 



4. IT. sphenocarpa, ff.f. & T.Fl. Ind. 99; leaves narrow-obovate or 

 cuneate-obiong, shining above stellate-tomentose beneath, peduncle 1- 

 flowered, bracts orbicular scaly imbricate, carpels obovate-cuneate "sessUa 

 warted. Thwaites Enwn. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 80. 



Forests of Ceylon, ascending to 15,000 ft. Walker, &c. 



A large shrub, olimjjing ? Leaves 3-5 by 1 J-2i in , shortly petinled, long-acuminate, 

 base obtuse or retuee, above sparsely hairy, midrib tomentose. Flowers J-J in. diam. 

 greenish-brown; 'peduncles ^ in., leaf-opposed. Petals broadly oblong, tomentose! 

 Carpels 1 in. diam., obovate-cuneate. 



iS. Leaves buds and carpels viith loose spreading hairs. 



5. XT. liiTsuta., Jack Mai. Misc. ex Hook. Bat. Misc. ii. 87 ; leaves oljlong 

 yrith scattered hairs above and stellate hairs beneath, peduncle 1- rarely 

 2-flowered, bracts large deciduous basal, carpels long-stalked warted hairy 

 —Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 5; Wall. Cat. 6458 {excl. C); R.f.&T Fl Ind 

 99. U. trichomalla, Blume I.e. 42 t. 18 ; Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 665. 



Pknako, Jack; Singapore, io66.— Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 



A woody sarmentose shrub ; young branches softly hairy. Leaves 5-6 by li-2i in 

 base rouuded or cordate ; petiole J in. Flowers H in. diam., red ; buds globose, hairy! 

 peduncles 1 m., termmal or lateral softly hairy, articulate near the base; brait A in 

 Sepalsl^Tge, orbicular, connate. Petals oblong, downy. Can>els 1-li in., oblong op 

 ovate-oblong, beak obscurely keeled— " deep orange, rugose, densely stellate pilose" 

 Mamgay mss. • j r > 



