miipeia.] iv. anonace^. (Sook. f. & Thorns.) 53 



petiole i in., thickened, glabrous. Flhwers | in. diam., silky-pubesoent, solitary, leaf- 

 opposed ; peduncle short, stout ; bracts basal. S6pid8 broad-ovate, obtuse. I'etals 

 spreading, imbricate (Malngay), outer obovate-oblong, obtuse; inner rather shorter, 

 oblong. lStamens_ in $ very many, in $ few. Ovaries many, curved, top rounded. 

 Vnripe carpels |. in., narrow-ovoid, curved, narrowed at either end, fleshy. 



4. CVATHOCAXiYX, Champion. 



Trees. Leaves glabrous. Flowers fascicled terminal or leaf-opposed; 

 Sepals free or united into a 3-lobed cup. Fetals 6, 2-seriate, valvate in bud, 

 subequal, bases concave conniving, blade flat spreading. Stamens indefinite, 

 long-cuneate, truncate ; anther-cells linear, dorsal. Ovaries solitary (or 2-3 

 in C. i Maingayi), on a concave torus ; stigma large, peltate ; ovules many. 

 Ripe carpels berried. — Disteib. Tropical India ; species 3. 



1. C. zejrlanicus, Champ.; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 127; leaves oblong-' 

 lanceolate acuminate, calyx truncate remotely ,3-toothed, carpel oblong ot 

 subglobose. Thwaites JEnum. 9 ; Beddome Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. t. 47. 



Central and southern provinces of Ceylon, Wcdher. 



A tree ; branches glabrous ; bark d&rk, buds golden-pubeBctot. Leaves 6-10 by 

 2-3 in., base acute; petiole 4 in. Flowers 1-3, fascicled on a short woody peduncle;, 

 pale green;' pedicels ^-1 in. Petals 2^ by 1^ in., brown-pubescent. Carpeli i\ in. 

 diam., berried. Seeds compressed, 1 in., sides tranversely rugose, testa, red-brown, 

 bony. — We have removed the Mergui plant of GriiEth (No. 1032) to the following. 



2. C. martabanlcus, H.f.&T. ; leaves ovate or oblong acuminate, 

 calyx acutely 3-lobed to the middle, carpel oval. 



Forests of Pegd, Tenasseeim and Maktabak. 



A tree ; branches smooth, glabrous, young pnberulous. Leaves 6-8 by 2-4 in. ; 

 petiole 4 ill- Flowers 1-3 together, leaf-opposed ; pedicels very short, pubescent. 

 Calyx pubescent. Peicds |-1 in., inner shortest and narrowest. Carpel 3 by IJ in. 



3. C> 1 ItXaing^ayi, H. f. & T. ; leaves glabrous broad-eUiptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, tip \ in. abruptly caudate linear obtuse, buds subglobose silky, 

 carpels very large thick subglobose sessile. 



Malacca., Maingay. 



A tree ; branchlets nearly glabrous. Leaves b-1 by 2-3 in., base obtuse or sub- 

 acute, membranous, beneath ooncolorous, nerves slender; petiole ^-J in. Flowers 2 in. 

 diam., several on a short pubescent axillary braoteate peduncle. Sepals almost free, 

 ovate, acute, densely pubescent. Outer petals obovate, rusty pubescent ; inner rather 

 smaller and narrower. Connective not prolonged. Ovaries 2-3 ; ovules 10, 2-seriate. 

 Carpels 2-34 by li-3 in., subverrucose, pubescent, at length glabrous. Seeds many, 

 broad, flattened, imbricate in 2 series ; testa bony. — Referred to near Artabotrys and 

 Cananga by Maingay ; a very doubtful member of this genus. Petals valvate below, 

 imbricate above. 



5. ARTABOTRVS, E. Brown. 



Sarmentose or scandent shrubs. Leaves shining. Flowers solitary or 

 fascicled, usually on woody usually booked recurved branches (peduncles). 

 Sepals 3, valvate. Petals Q, 2-seriate, bases concave connivent, limb spreadingi 

 flat subtesete or clavate. Stamens oblong or cuneate ; connective truncate or 

 produced ; anther-cells dorsal. Torus flat or convex. Ovaries few or many ; 

 style oblong or columnar; oviitesS, erect, collateral, Ripe carpeZs berried.— > 

 DiSTitiB. Tropical Africa and Eastern Asia. 



