tMona.] IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 59 



** Mowers solitary/, extra-axillary, terminal, or leaf-opposed. 



5. tr. dumosa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 670; climbing, leaves oblong or 

 obovate obtuse or acute glabrous above tomentose beneath, peduncle 

 1-flowered, sepals cordate, petals large obovate-spathulate, carpels con- 

 stricted between the seeds. Wall. Gat. 6429 ; H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 131. 



Forests of Silhet, Boxburgh, &c. ; Malacca, Maingay. 



A woody climber ; branchlets brown- tomentose. Leaves 3-5 by 1 J-2J in., brown or 

 yellow beneath, thin, parallel-nerved, base rounded or cordate ; petiole J in. Flowers 

 large, pendulous, yellow-green; peduncles 1-1 4 in., terminal or leaf-opposed, slender, 

 tomentose; bract submedian, small, ovate, tomentose. Sepals \ in. broad, acute, 

 nerved. Petah 3 by 1-1^ in., broad-spathulate, nerved, inner rather smaller. Carpels 

 (according to Roxburgh) of 2-3 1-seeded joints. 



6. TT. Desmos, Dunal Anon. 112 ; shrubby, leaves oblong acute or 

 acuminate, glabrous above finely pubescent beneath, peduncle 1-flowered 

 slender, sepals ovate acuminate, petals 1 in. broad ovate-lanceolate, carpels 

 constricted between the seeds. H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 134; U. cochin- 

 chinensis, DC. Prodr. i. 91. U. pedunculosa, Alph. DC. Mem. 28 ; WaU. 

 Gat. 6422. U. fulva, Wall. Gat. 6427. 



From Assam to SiifCAPOKE, WaXlich. — Distrib. Cochin-China. 



A spreading shrub; branches slender, white-dotted, young golden-silky. Leaves 

 3-8 by 14-3 in., thickly coriaceous, midrib above slightly hairy, base rounded; petiole 

 \ in., pubescent. Flowers large, pale yellow, odorous, pendulous ; peduncle 2-8 in., 

 usually 4-4 in. above the axil; bracts submedian, linear-oblong, deciduous. Petals coria- 

 ceous, appreased, pubescent, nerved, outer 24 by 1 in., inner shorter and narrower. 

 Ovules 4-6. Carpels stalked ; joints 1-6, glabrous, subglobose. 



7. tr. discolor, VaU Symh. ii. 63, t. 36 ; shrubby, leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate acute glabrous above sometimes pubescent beneath, pe- 

 duncle 1-flowered slender, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals J in. broad lanceo- 

 late from a broad base, carpels moniliform. DC. Prodr. i. 90; Watt. Cat. 

 6420 (partly) ; RosA. Fl. Ind. ii. 669 ; W.& A. Prodr. d; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 i:j3; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 51. U. cordifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 602? 

 U. Dunalii, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 131 (the Concan plant); Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. 

 Bomb. 3 {not of Wallich). 



Tropical forests from Sikkim, Assam, and Silhet, to Aksacak and Malacca, 

 Obissa, and Concan.— Distkib. Malayan Archipelago (all the forms). 



A spreading or sarmentose shrub ; branches slender, leafy ; young pubescent, rough 

 with white tubercles. Leaves 2-8 by 1-24 ™i shining above, glaucous beneath, base 

 rounded or subcordate ; petiole J in. Flowers yellow, odorous ; peduncles 1-2 in., leaf- 

 opposed or nearly so; bract submedian, oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Petals 2 in. 

 or more, silky pubescent or glabrate. Ovules 5-6. Carpels stalked, joints 1-6, fleshy. ' 



Vae. 1. ^pubiflora; leaves 5-7 in., oblong acute base often cordate, flowers silky. 



Var. 2. Icevigata; leaves 3-4 in., oblong or lanceolate acute base rounded, iSowerB 

 almost glabrous. — U. ohinensis, DC. Prodr. i. 90. U. undulata, Wall. PI. As. Ear. iii. 

 t. 265. — Perhaps cultivated only in India, common in the Archipelago and China. 



Vak. 3. pubescens; leaves as in a, but densely pubescent beneath. 



Vae. 4. latifolia; leaves 3-5 by 2-24 i°-i broad-oval acute, flowers silky. 



8. TT. Ziawll, ff.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 132 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate thin glabrous above pale and downy beneath, peduncle 1- 

 flowered slender, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals not \ in. broad narrow 

 from a broad base, carpels moniliform. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 73. 



Malabar, Wight; Concan, Law. 



A woody climber ? ; branches slender, young softly pubescent. Leaves 2-44 ^y 

 f-lj in., puberulous above when young only, base rounded or slightly cordate ; petiole 

 i in., pubescent. Flowers solitary ; peduncle 1 in. leaf -opposed or nearly so, bract 



