70 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Popomk. 



7. P. tomentosa, Maingay mss. ; branchlets and leaves beneatli softly 

 hirsute, leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate puberulous 

 above, base cordate, flowers smaU extra-axillary softly vUlous, outer petals 

 larger than the inner. 



Malacca, Maingay. ... 



A tree ; branches black, mgose. leaves 3-5 by 14-2i in., rather thin, opaque, dirty 

 OTeen above, pale and greenish beneath under the soft brown hairs; petiole J m. 

 Flowers J in. diam., subsessile Sepals broad-ovate, connate, hardly larger than the 

 sepals. Outer petals suborbicular, very thick, glabrous within ; inner smaller, veiy 

 concave, obovate, oonnivent. Torm flat. Stamens about 25. Ovaries 7-9, glabrous ; 

 style equalling the ovary ; ovules 2 superposed. Bipe? carpels J-f iu. diam., globose, 

 hairy, at length glabrous, smooth, blood-red, 2-aeeded; stalk iin., stout. 



13. OXViniTXtA, Blume. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves parallel-nerved, nervules transverse, not form- 

 ing intra-marginal loops. Flowers leaf-opposed or extra-axillary. Sepals 3, 

 valvate, connate below. Fetals 6, valvate in 2 rows, outer large, long, flat 

 or triquetrous and narrow, leathery, more or less spreading or connivent ; 

 inner much smaller, ovate-lanceolate or oblong (long and narrow in 0. steno- 

 petala and glauca), conniving over the stamens and ovaries. Stamens many, 

 linear-oblong or cuneate, truncate ; anther-cells dorsal, remote (small and 

 ovoid in 0. glaiun). Ovaries oblong, strigose ; style oblong or clavate, re- 

 curved ; ovules 1-2, subbasal, ascending. Sipe carpels 1-seeded, stalked. — 

 DiSTRiB. About 18 species, Asiatic and African. 



1. O. latifolia, ff. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 145 ; leaves ovate or obovate obtuse, 

 base cordate glabrous above, softly pubescent beneath, peduncles 1 brac- 

 teate in the middle, carpels long-stalked pubescent. 



Penano, PMUips; Malacca, Maingay. 



A large woody climber, branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves 6-12 by 4-7 in., coriaceous, 

 shining above, tomentose on the nerves and midrib beneath ; petiole J in. Flowers 

 supra-axillary ; pedicel J— 4 in., rusty-tomentose ; bracts ovate or oblong. Sepals orbi- 

 cular, connate into a 3-lobed cup. OvXer petala I-I4 in., tomentose, ovate-lanceolate, 

 tips triquetrous ; inner 4 in., broad-ovate, shortly clawed. Carpels red-purple, golden- 

 pubescent. Ripe carpels red-purple. 



2. O. nXaolellandll, n. f. do T. ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute, base 

 rounded or subcordate, above glabrous except the midrib, beneath glaucous 

 and appressed pubescent, peduncle ebracteate. 



BAHaooN, MaAMand, ha. 



A large (climbing 1) shrub, young branches appressed tomentose, old glabrate. Leaves 

 8-10 by 24-3 in., covered above with microscopic scales, reddish beneath ; petiole ^ in. 

 Flowers supra-axiljary, solitary ; pediceh J in., appressedly brown-pubescent. SepaU 

 J in., ovate, acuminate. Outer petals l|j in., oblong, obtuse, coriaceous; inner 4-f in., 

 oblong, connivent, flat, with a slight oval basal concavity. Ovaries oblong, densely 

 strigose ; style oblong. 



3. O. affinis, H. /. & T. ; branchlets densely rusty-tomentose, leaves 

 oblong or obovate-oblong obtuse or subacute, base cordate, above opaque 

 and puberulous, beneath glaucous and rusty-pubescent, peduncle bracteate 

 in the middle, sepals foliaceous, carpels elliptic pubescent shortly-stalked. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Branches black. Leaves 5-9 by 2-3Jin., thin ; nerves rusty-pubescent above, beneath 

 distinct spreading; petiole J in. Flowers supra-axillary, nodding, solitary, I in, long; 



