66 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [PolyaWhm. 



Penakg and Sincapoee, Wallich. 



A tree ; bark grey, rugged. Leaves 6-10 by 2-34 '"., tapering downwards from the 

 middle or above it, base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole J in. Peduncles \-\ in., extra- 

 axillary, brown -tomentose ; bracts scaly, basal. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Petals 

 thick, silky outside. Carpels 1 in. diam., globose, short-stalked, densely brown- 

 tomentose. 



17. P. nxoonii, Thwaites Enum. 9 ; young branches pubescent, leaves 

 subsessile lanceolate long acuminate glabrous above puberulous beneath, 

 peduncles solitary slender glabrous, petals small inner suborbicular. Bed- 

 dome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 83. 



At Caltura and Eegiam Corle in CETtoH, Thwaites. 



A shrub, 8-10 ft. ; branches slender. Leaves 2-6 by f-2 in., tajering to the ob- 

 liquely rounded base, thin, midrib pubescent beneath ; petiole not ^ in. Plowers red, 

 |in. diam. ; pedicels 1-1 j in. ^ often leaf-opposed, nearly glabrous; bracts 3, minute, 

 glabrous. Sepals small, ovate, acuminate. Outer petals acute; inner larger, sub- 

 orbicular, obtuse. Carpels pisiform or oblong, reddish, short-stalked, 1-2-Beeded. 



18. P. Tufescens, H. f. & T. ; young branches densely tomentose, 

 leaves subsessile narrow-oblong acute or acuminate, base obliquely cordate 

 glabrous except on the midrib beneath, peduncles solitary stout tomentose, 

 petals \ in. ovate-oblong. 



Cochin in Malabar, Wight. 



A tree. Leaves 3-7 by 1-1| in., shining above, pale below; petiole glabrous. 

 Flowers \-\ in. diam., brown- tomentose ; peduncles 4-1 in., often leaf-opposed, jointed 

 and minutely bracteate at the base. Sepals small, broadly ovate, acute. Petals oblong, 

 subacute, thick, outer twice? as big as the inner. Ovaries densely silky. 



19. P. persicaefolia, Benth. <fc H.f. I.e.; young branches pubescent,! 

 leaves subsessile lanceolate taper-pointed glabrous above pubeijulous beneath, 

 peduncles solitary or fascicled pubescent, petals ^-i in. long. Beddffm^ 

 Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 55. Guatteria persicssfolia, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 140. 



Ceyloh, near Galle, Champion. 



A shrub. Leaves 2-4 by %-\\ in., firm, coriaceous, base slightly oblique, pale be-' 

 neath; nerves inconspicuous; petiole hardly ^ in. Peduncle very short, woody, extra- 

 axillary, 2-3-flowered ; pedicels J-4 in. Sepals ovate, acute, substrigose. PMs sub- 

 orbicular, thickly coriaceous, appressed-pubescent, inner much the largest. Carpels 

 about 10, piriform, granulate, puberulous; stalk very short; torus small. 



20. P. macrophylla, H. f. & T. ; young branches tomentose, leaves 

 lanceolate taper-pointed rigid glabrous and shining above softly pubescent 

 beneath, flowers solitary subsessile. Guatteria macrophylla, Blume Bijd. 

 19 ; Fl. Jav. Anon. 96. G. brevipetala, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl. i. 381. 



MoDLMEiH, Falconer; Akdamahs, Kvrz. — Disteib, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



A tree. Leaves 6-9 by 2-3 in., thickly coriaceous, almost silvery beneath with sub- 

 stellate pubescenci?; nerves distant, prominent, arched, looping within the margin; 

 petiole i-J in., tomentose. Peduncles ^ in., generally 4 in. above the leaf axil ; bracts 

 Btrigose. Sepals ovate, acute, strigose. Petals i in., oblong, acute, strigose, glabrous 

 inside ; inner rather larger, very concave. Torus conical. Fruit unknown.— The two 

 flowers we have examined are male. Miquel describes his as bisexual ; Blume does 

 not say which ; so this character is possibly not constant. 



♦* Flowers axillary or in the axils of old leaves. 



21. P. cauliflora, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 138 ; branches glabrous, leaves 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous above, nerves and midrib beneath 

 downy, flowers 2-3-fascicIed in the old axils, peduncles slender downy, 

 petals 1 in. linear. Uvaria cauliflora, Wvtll. Gat. 6476. 



