62 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Unona. 



5-9 by 2-4 in., usually broadest above the middle, red-brown beneath; petiole ^ in. 

 JTowers pendulous; peduncles 1-2 in., slender, top subclavate ; bracts 1 or more, mi- 

 nute, basal. I'etaU appressed-pubescent, young silky, keeled internally. Ovules 6-7. 

 Camels moniliform, joints oblong. 



Vak. 1. Blumei ;' braaches glabrous, leaves pale below glabrous or nearly so. — U, . 

 Alphonsii, Wall. Oat. 6426! 



VAK. 2. WalUckii; branches brown-tomentose, leaves glaucous and purple-tinged 

 below.— TToH. Cat. 6241. 



10. POIiVAXiTKIA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs; habit of Uriona. Sepals 3, valvate or subimbricate. 

 Petals 6, 2-seriate, ovate or elongated, flat or the inher vaulted. Torus con- 

 vex. Stamens cuneate ; anther-cells extrorse, remote. Ovaries indefinite ; 

 style usually oblong ; ovules 1-2, basal and erect, or subbasal and ascending. 

 liipe carpels 1-seeded, berried. — Disteib. Tropical Asia and (1 sp.) Aus- 

 tralia ; species about 30. — Reduced to Unona by BaiUon (Hist, des Plantes, 

 212) probably vpith good reason. 



Sect. I. ZMConoon, Miguel. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals flat. Ovtde 

 solitary, basal, erect. 



a Flowers axillary or in the old leaf-axils or on woody tubercles. 



* Petals linear. 



1. P. long'ifolia, Benih. & H. f. Gen. PI. i. 25 ; branches glabrous, 

 leaves narrow lanceolate glabrous taper-pointed undulate, flowers sub- 

 umbelled, petals |-1 in. long. Guatteria longif olia. Wall. Cat. 6442 ; W.&A. 

 Prodr. IQ; Wight Ic. t. 1 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 139; Thwaites Enum. 10. 

 Uvaria longif olia, Lam.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii 664. 



Tahjobb, Wight; drier parts of Ceylon. — Oultivated throughout the hotter parts of 

 India. 



A lofty tree ; branches slender. Leaves 5-8 by 1-2 in., membranous, base acute 

 rarely rounded, shining above, pellucid-dotted ; petiole J-^ in. Flowers numerous, dense, 

 yellow-green ; peduncles 4 in. or less, hoary ; pedicels 1-2 in., densely racemose, slender ; 

 bracts minute, linear, basal. Petals narrow-linear. Carpels | in., ovoid, obtuse at both 

 ends; stalk 4 in., stout, glabrous. 



2. P. bifaria, Benih. dk H. f. I.e. ; young branches softly pubescent, 

 leaves lanceolate acuminate glabrous above downy beneath, flowers solitary. 

 Guatteria bifaria, A. BO. Mem. 41 ; Wall. Oat. 6447 ; H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 139, 



Pesu, Wallich. 



A tree. Leaves 5 by I4 in., base acute, pellucid-dotted ; petiole J in. Petals linear- 

 lanceolate. Carpels ovoid, long-stalked. — Wallich's solitary specimen is in Herb. Linn.' 

 Soc. and is flowerless. A. De Candolle describes it as differing from P. cerasoides only 

 in the linear petals. We suspect it to be a mixture of the flower of P. simiarum with 

 the foliage of P. cerasoides. 



3. P. coffeoides, Benth. &E.f. I.e. ; branches glabrous, leaves lanceo- 

 late or oblong-lanceolate taper-pointed undulate glabrous, flowers solitary, 

 petals 1-liin. Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 53. Guatteria cofi'eoides, 

 Thwaites Enum. 10; E.f.&T. Fl. Ind. 141. 



Forests of the Wvsaad, Beddome ; and Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branches spreading. Leaves 4r-7 by I-24 in., membranous, pellucid-dotted ; 

 petiole |in. Flowers greemsh-yellow, rarely on woody tubercles of thelrunk; peduncles 

 4-I4 in., downy, articulate at the base. Sepals suborbicular. Petals broadly linear- 



