Oxymitra,] iv. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Ttoms.) ?1 



peduncle \ in. short, curved ; bracts large, orbicular, veined. Sepals \ in., orbibular- 

 ovate, acute, veined, tomentose, twice as broad and half as long a? the ovate-lanceolate 

 triquetroue_ acute outer petals, which are excavated at the base, pubescent outside, 

 glabrous within. Inner petals glabrous, rather shorter than the outer, connate into an 

 acute cone, claw short. Ovaries 1-ovuled. Carpels J in., acute ; stalk short.— Near 

 0. Madellandii. 



4. O. stenopetala, H. f. & T. ; leaves lanceolate acute at both ends, 

 glabrous above glaucous beneath, petals all long and narrow. 



Maktaban, FaXwner. 



Awoody climber- young branches and flowers appressed-pubesoent. Leaflet 9-12 by 

 2-3 in. i'Zotoers supra^axillary. Sepob 14 in., ovate, acute. Pete?» tapering from an 

 ovate base to a long fine point, outer 2 by J in., inner \ shorter, connivent. — Habit of 

 the genus, but differs in the long inner petals. • 



6. O. unoneefoUa, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves oblong abruptly 

 caudate-acuminate glabrous and shining above very glaucous beneath, 

 carpels oblong stalked glabrous. Guatteria unonsefolia, A. DC. Mem. 41 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 6435. 



Tenasserim, at Tavoy, WaUich. 



A woody glabrous climber ; buds with appressed golden pubescence. Leaves 5-7 by 

 2-3 in., base rounded or subacute ; petiole J-^ in. Peduncles extra-axillary ; flowers 

 imperfect. Sepals persistent, broad-ovate, brown-pubescent. Carpels 5-6, apioulate, 

 dark-brown ; stalk J in. — Eeferred here from its similarity in foliage, &c., to Oxy- 

 mitra. 



6. O. g'lauca, II. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves oblong obtuse or acute at 

 both ends glabrous very glaucous beneath, outer petals very long and 

 narrow, carpels stalked small obtuse at both ends. 



Penano, Phillips; Malacca, Maingay. 



A slender glabrous (climbing ?) shrub ; buds slightly pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 1 J-2 4 

 in., base usually rounded. Sepals miuule, acute, deciduous. FruUing peduncles 1 in., 

 almost leaf-opposed Outer petah 1 in., narrow-linear, triquetrous ; -inner very small, 

 triquetrous. Anther-cells ovoid, top of connective large, trapezoid. Ovaries hirsute ; 

 ovule 1 erect ; style curved, clavate. Carpels many, ^ in. diam., subglobose, dark-brown, 

 smooth ; stalk as long. 



7. O, fomlcata, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 146 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acute or acuminate glabrous above glaucous and hoary-pubescent 

 beneath, carpels narrow-oblong mucronate short-stalked. Uvaria fornicata, 

 Roxb. FL Ind. ii 662. U. Koxburghiana, Wall. Cat. 6423 A {not B). 



Forests of Assam, Silhet, Mebodi, and Penans ? 



A climbing shrub, young branches leaves pedicels and carpels brown- tomentose. 

 Leaves 4-6 by 1-2 in., base rounded; petiole ^ in. Flowers pale yellow, supra-axil- 

 lary; peduncles J-| in. ; bract median, oblong, deciduous. Sepals J-f in., ovate-lanceo- 

 late, membranous, veined, appressed-pubesoent. Outer petah 2 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 thin, tomentose, about 5-nerved ; inner J in., ovale, acute, connivent. Carpels |-| in., 

 stalk very short, stout. 



8. O. fiUpes, H.f. & T. ; branchlets slender and leaves beneath hir- 

 sute, leaves oblong or oblong-laneeolate acuminate, peduncles very long 

 filiiform, flowers very slender.' 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A climbing shrub ; branches brown, clothed with soft spreading hairs. Leaves 4-6 

 by lJ-2 in., thin, base cordate, opaque above with slender puberulous veins, hardly 

 glaacous beneath ; petiole^ j in. Flowers 2-2 J in. long ; pedanoles 3-4 in., supra-axil- 



