58 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Brepamnthms. 



6. DXlEPANAMTKTrS, Maingay mss. 



Trees. Leaves large, pubeacent beneath. Racemes short, fascicled on 

 woody truncal tubercles. Sepals 3, nearly free. - Petals 6, valvaite, 2-seriate, 

 subequal ; bases concave, connivent ; limb erect or spreading, broad or 

 narrow. Stamens many, cuneate, truncate ; anthers lined,r, Cells lateral ; 

 connective not produced Oilanes 4-12; stigma subsessile; ovules 4 or 

 more, 2-seriate. Carpels globose, several-seeded. 



1. D. prunlferus, Maingay mss.; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate 

 rusty-pubescent beneath, sepals nearly equalling the petals, liinb and base- 

 of petals nearly equal, both broad obtuse. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; branches stout, woody, pubescent. Leaves 8-12 by 4-5 in., base obliquely 

 rounded or cordate, very coriaceous, opaque above, veins many, strong'; petiole 4 in., 

 Very stout. FloiOers 1 in. diam., rusty tomentose peduncles 4-1 iu., stout, scarred, 

 pedicels | in., stout ; bract oblong, median. Sepals J in., broad-ovate, acute. PetaU 

 constricted in the middle. Ovaries 8-12, silky; ovules many. Carpels IJ in. diam., 

 sessile, pruinose. Sefds horizontal. 



% Jt, ramullflorusg Maingay mss.; leaves oblong obtuse pubescent 

 beneath, sepals much shorter than the petals, limb of petals slender linear 

 much longer than their brOad base. 



Malacca, Maivgay. 



A lofty treS. Leaves as in 0. pfruiiiferui, but tip mOre obtuse, base less cordate. 

 Flowers i in. long ; peduncles densely crowded, very short ; pedicels t\ in., equalling 

 the broad ovate acute sepals, both rusty pubescent. Petals wiih a pale silky base, and 

 incurved grey terete obtuse limb, grooved on the inner facej Ovaries 6-10, pilose, 

 4-6-ovuled. Carpels (ripe?) | in., sessile, obtuse, densely silky-tomentose ; walls 

 thick. 



7. CANANGA, Eumph. 



Tall trees. Leaves large. Flowers large, yellow, solitary or fascicled on 

 short axiUary peduncles. Sepals 3, ovate or triangular, valvate. Petals 6, 

 2-seriate, subequal or inner smaller, long, flat, valvate. Stamens linear, 

 anther-cells a,pproximate extrorse; connective produced into a lanceolate 

 acute process (truncate in 3 ? manosperma). Ovaries many ; style oblong 

 (of 1) ; Stigmas subcapitate ; ovules numerous, 2-seriate. Ripe carpek 

 many, berried, stalked or sessile. Seeds many, testa crustaceous, pitted, 

 sending spinous processes into the albumen. — Distrib. All Malayan. — 

 Eednced to pnona by Baillon (Hist. Pi. i. 209), but besides the marked 

 characters of flowers and stamens, ovules and seeds, the habit is very dif- 

 ferent. Baillon also retalins the name of (Jananga for the American plants 

 erroneously referred by Aublet to Rumph's Oananga, 



1. C. odorata, H.f. & T. Fl. tnd. 130 ; leaves ovate-oblong finely acu- 

 minate puberuloug beneath, petals 3 in. subequal narrow-linear, carpels 

 glabrous long-stalked. Uvaria odorata, Lamh. lU. t. 495, f. 1 ; .iSoatft. Fl Ind 

 ii. 661; Wall. (Jat. 6467: W. & A. Prodr. 8; Blum^ Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 9: 

 Griff. Notvl. IV. 712. U. farcta, Wall. Gat, 6460. U. axillaris, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 667. Unona odorata and U. kptopetala, Dunal Anon. 108 and 114 • J)G 

 Prodr. i. 90 and 91 ; Udess. Ic. Sel. t. 88. 



AvA and TenasseeiIi, WaUich.—DisTmB. Java, Philippines. Cultivated throughout 

 India and the tropics. 



