I/nom.] IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 61 



Malacca, Maingay. 



^ranc^Jefs rattier stout, pubescence pale yellow-trnwn. i/ea»e»-6-9 by 24-3J in., 

 film, coriaceous, pale-brown on both surt'aces, base obtuse or rounded, beneath pale with 

 prominent lax arching veins ; petiole J in., pubescent. Flowers 4-J in. diam., tubercles 

 1-li in. diam. ; peduncles ^ in., and sepals brown pubescent ; bracts 0. Sepals J In., 

 acute. Petals 4-| iu., hoary silky outside, glabrate inside, base not dilated, flat ; inner 

 rather narrower, base concave. Torus columnar, flat-topped, glabrous. Ovules 2, super- 



15. IT. crlnita, H.f. & T. ; branches densely tomentose, leaves oblong 

 elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong acuminate glabrous, midrib and 

 nerves pubescent beneath, sepals ovate lanceolate, petals 6 in. subequal 

 narrow strap-shaped, carpels globose velvety. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



-Branches slender; pubescence long, soft, spreading, rufous. Leaves 4-9 by 1^-2^ 

 in., membranous, pale, base 2-lobed, nerves very indistinct, puberulous chiefly on the pro 

 minent nerves beneath ; petiole yV in , tomentose. Flowers in dense masses, crinite 

 from the numerous pendulous petals ; peduncles J-J in., and sepals rusty tomentose ; 

 tubercle 1-2 in. diam. ; bract 0, or linear and infra-median. 'Sepals % in., spreading, 

 subulate from a broad ovate base. Petals \ in. broad at the dilated ba.^e, flat and again 

 dilated and as broad about the middle, finely pubescent, 1 -nerved, acuminate ; inner a 

 little slKirter and narrower. 3brws clumnar, truncate. Ovaries strigose ; ovules 3-5, 

 1-seriate ; stigma punctiform. Carpels J in. diam., rufous; stalk very short. 



16. TT. desmantba, H. f. & T. ; branchlets softly pubescent, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong or -lanceolate or oblanceolate acutely or obtusely acuminate 

 puberulous beneath, sepals ovate, petals 1-1^ in. subequal linear obtuse, 

 carpels globose. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A small tree ; pubescence soft, pale yellow-brown. Leaves 3-7 by lJ-2 in., base 

 subacute, coriaceous, opaque above, nerves obscure, beneath paler, nerves distinct 

 oblique; petiole Jin. tomentose. Flowers 2^ in. diam., pale red, densely crowded; 

 tubercles 1-2 in. diam. ; peduncles f in., puberulous, bract 0. Sepals ^ in., acute. 

 Pelals sparsely hoary, tapering to the tip, base not dilated ; inner rather narrower. 

 Stamens, torus and ovaries nearly as in U.pycnantha, but ovules 3-5, superposed. 

 Carpels 4 in. diam., dark, glabrous: stalk l-lj in. 



Sect. II. Dasymasclialoii. Petals 3 ; inner series wanting. 



17. 11. lon^iflora, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 668 ; shrubby, leaves lanceolate or 

 linear-oblong acute or acuminate glabrous glaucous beneath, petiole slender, 

 peduncles axillary 1-flowered, sejials small, petals 6 in. long cohering by 

 their margins. Wall. Cat. 6419 ; H.f.,& T. Fl. Ind. 134. 



Forests of Assam, the Khasia hills below 3000 ft., and Ghittagonq. 



A slender sparingly branched glabrous shrub or tree ;_ buds golden-silky. Leaves 

 6-15 by 2-i in., pellucid dotted, base rounded or acute ; petiole J-| in. i'>wer-s elon- 

 gated, silky when young, soon glabrous; peduncles 1-10 in.; bracts subbasal, linear, 

 minute, pubescent. Sepah nmnded, mucronate. PetaXs 3, narrow-linear, \ in. broad 

 at base', taper-pointed. Ovules 2-4. Carpels stalked, moniliform ; joints 1-4, ovoid or 

 oblong. 



18. TI. Dasymascliala, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. 55, t. 27; shrubby, 

 leaves oblong acute or acuminate rarely obtuse glabrous above glaucous 

 beneath, petiole very short, peduncle axillary 1-fiowered, sejials small silky, 

 petals 2-3 by k in. linear from a broad ha,s6.—Alph. DG. Mem. Anon. 28; 

 IVall. Gat. 6421 iH.f.d: T. Fl. Ind. 135. 



From AvA to Sincapoke, Wallich, &c.— -Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 



An erector sarmentose shrub ; bark dark; branches glabrous or pubescent. Leave» 



