68 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyaltlm. 



GuATTEEiA MEMBKAHAOEA, A. DC. Mem. AnoTi. 41 ; -ff./. <6 T. PI. Ind 142 of 

 which there are no specimens in the Wallichian Herbannm, is no doubt a rolyaltkia, 

 differing from P. nitida apparently only in the slightly pubescent leaves. 



11. AXAXAGOREA, St. Hilaire. 



Trees or strabs. Flowers small, greenish, leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, vacate, 

 connate at the base. Petals 6, subequal, 2-seriate, valvate, thin, flat. J orus 

 convex. Stamens indefinite ; anther-cells extrorse or sublateral; connective 

 with a terminal process. Ovaries few or many ; style variable ; oviiles 2, 

 subbasal, collateral, ascending. Ripe carpels folhcularj stalk clayate. 

 Seeds 1-2 exarillate, testa shining.— DisxEiB. Tropical Asia and America ; 

 species about 6. 



1. A. luzonensls, A. Gray, Bot. U. S. Expl. E^ed. 27; glabrous, 

 leavesmembranous oblong abruptlyobtuselyacuminate,ffowers solitary leaf- 

 opposed, bracts 1-2 amplexicaul. A zeylanica, E. f. ae T. Fl. Ivd. 144 ; 

 Thwaites Enwm. 10 ; Beddmnelc. PI. Ind. Or. t. 46. 



Tropical forests of Pegu, Eakgoou, the Ahdamans, Malacca, and Ceylon.— 

 DiSTKiB. Philippines. 



A shrub. Leaves 3-6 by lJ-2 in., base acute, light green, paler beneath; nerves, 

 distant, oblique ; petiole J in. Fhwers 1 in. diam.; peduncle J in. Sepals ovatej 

 obtuse. PetaU ovate or oblong. Stamens all similar and fertile. Ovaries 2-4, ovoid- 

 oblong. Carpels IJ in., spalhulate, obtuse, obliquely mncronate, glabrous, rather 

 rugose. — Allied closely to A. javanka, Blume, which has 8-10 carpels and elongated 

 inner stamens. 



12. FOFOVTIA, End). 



Trees. Flowers small, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, ovate, 

 valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer like the sepals, spreading ; inner 

 thick, concave, conniveut, acute or tip usually inflexed. Stamens indefinite 

 or subdeiinite, short, cuneate ; antlier-cells dor.-*al, remote. Gaipels about 

 6, ovoid ; style large, oblong or subclavate, straight or recurved ; ovules 1-2 

 on the ventral suture, rarely 1 basal erect. Ripe carpels berried, globose or 

 ovoid, stalked.— DiSTKiB. About 8 species, Asiatic, African, and Aus- 

 tralian. 



1. P. Beddomeana, H. /. <fc T. ; leaves membranous lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate long acuminate lower ovate acute smooth above granulate 

 and tomentose on. the veins beneath, flowers extra-axillary, outer petals 

 larger than the inner. P. ramosissima, Beddome la. PI. Irtd. Or. t. 75 (fxd. 



Mountains of Teavancob, Beddome. 



A much branched tree ; young parts densely brown-tomeutose. Leaves 2-3 by 

 14-2^ in., lower 2 by 1 in., base acute, smootli above; petiole very short. Flower- 

 bids J in. diam., globose, villous ; peduncles j^-i in., tomentose ; bract median. Sepals 

 acute, connate below. PetaU thick, glabi-ous iiiBide, densely tomentose outside ; outer 

 very broad ovate ; inner convex, tip not inflexed ; claw broad, short. Stamens inde- 

 finite. Ovaries 4-5 ; ovules 1-2. 



2. P. ramosissima, If./. & T. Fl. Ind. 105 ; leaves ovate or oblong 

 acute glabrous above tomentose on the midrib and veins beneath, flowers 

 leaf-opposed, outer petals smaller than the inner. Guatteria ramosissima, 

 Waa. Oat. 7294, 8006. 



