54 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Artabotrys, 



* lAmh of petals broad lanceolate or elliptic oblong. 



1. A. odoratissimus, R. Br. in Bat. Reg. 423, not of Blume ; leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, petals glabrous when expanded, carpels gla- 

 brous. Wall. Gat. 6415; W. & A. Prodr. 10; H.f & T. Fl. Ind. 128. A, 

 hamatus, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 60, t. 29, 31 C. Unona hamata, DunalAnon. 

 106, t. 17 ; DC. Prodr. L 90. Uvaria odoratissima and hamata, Eoxb. Fl. 

 Ind. ii. 666. 



Southern parts of the Western PENnistiLA, and in Cetloit ; cultiVated throughout 

 India. — Distkib. Java, S. China. 



A glabrous shrub ; branches long. Leaves 2-8 by 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, solitary 

 or geminate. Petals 1-lf in., nearly equal, young pubescent, especially at the base. 

 Carpels obovate-oblong, yellow, odorous. 



2. A. Kurzli, H.f. & T.; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse or obtusely 

 mucronate or elliptic and acute at both ends, glabrous except the pilose 

 nerves and midrib, flowers on soUtary slender (not hooked) peduncles, petals 

 grey-pubespent, carpels glabrous. 



Forests of Peou, Kurz. 



Shrubby, sarmentose ; young parts brown-tomentose. Leaves 2^-6 by 1J-2| in., 

 shining above, pale below; petiole J in. Flowers extra-axillary; peduncle 4 in., 

 Btrigose. Sepals 4 in., triangular, acuminate. Petals about 1 4 in., limb oblong, sub- 

 acute or obtuse, grey-pubescent ; inner rather shorter. Carpels (unripe) many. — The 

 peduncles, which are not hooked in flower, may become so in fruit. 



3. A. zeylanicus, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 128 ; leaves oblong or lanceolate 

 acute or obtuselyacuminate glabrous, peduncle leaf-opposed, sepals as broad 

 as long, petals tomentose, carpels tomentose. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 48. 



Forests of Malabae, Canaha, Central and Southern Ceyloh. 



A woody climber; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 4-6 by 14-2 J in., petiole J in. 

 Flowers brown-tomentose; pedicels J in., pubescent. Sepals puberulous, ^ in. long. 

 Petals IJ-IJ in., inner shorter and narrower; limb flat, lanceolate. Carpels broad 

 obovoid, mucronate, 



4. A. crasslfolius, ff.f. <Ss T. ; leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse subacute 

 or obtusely mucronate, coriaceous glabrous or pilose beneath, petiole very 

 thick, peduncles reflexed woody, petals and carpels densely tomentose. 



Eastern Peninsola, from Martaban, Brandis, to Malacca, Griffith. 



A large woody climber; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 6 by 24-3 in., base acute or 

 obtuse, lucid above, pale and strongly nerved beneath ; petiole J in., glabrous. Pedkels 

 J in., browu-toiuentose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, and petals densely tomentose ; the 

 latter I4 by I4 in., inner shorter and half the width. Ovaries sparingly hairy ; style 

 cylindric. Carpels many, I4 in., obovoid, very thick, glabrous, granulate; stalk 

 hardly any. 



5. A. pleurocarpus, Maingay mss. ; leaves elliptic or oblong lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous glabrous, flowers fas- 

 cicled, peduncles falcate, petals subequal elliptic-oblong obtuse, ovaries gla- 

 brous, carpels pubescent broad elliptic. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A scandent shrub; branches slender, glabrous. ' Leaves 5-8 by l|-2 in., base acute, 

 pale, finely reticulate on both surfaces, nerves slender, spreading; petiole i-J in, 

 Peduncles 4 in., densely pubescent. Sigpals | in., broad-ovate, obtuse or subacute. 

 Petah flat, pubescent on both surfaces ; outer 1-1 J in., inner rather smaller. Oonneotive 

 apiculate. Ovaries many, slender. Carpels f in., mammillate, obscurely grooTed. 

 narrowed into the short stout stalk. Seeds 2, testa stony, j o -• 



