76 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [GmiotAalamus. 



beneath, peduncles supra-axillary, sepals broad ovate acute deciduous, style 

 clavate 2-lobed, carpels oblong or globose rusty-pubescent. Beddome Ic, 

 PI. Ind. Or. t. 64. 



Cbyloh ; forests between Galle and Eatnapoora, Thwaites. 



A shrub, 6-8 ft. ; bark black, young branches etrigose. Leaves fi-lloy l-2| in., 

 membranous, reticulate; petiole | in., deeply grooved, almost winged. Flowers%m., 

 long, red- or yellow-brown; pedicels Jin., very slightly supra-axillary, deflexed- 0«an«8 

 densely red-strigose, style large. Carpels J in. long, acute, 1-2-seeded; stalk J m. 



16. 6. sallcinus, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 106 ; leaves narrow-lanceolate 

 acuminate glandular-dotted glabrous above sparsely strigose beneath, pe- 

 duncles shortly supra-axillary, sepals deciduous, style 2-lobed. TliwaUes 

 Unurn. 7; Beddmmlc. PI. Ind. Or. t. 65. 



Ceitlon ; in forests near Adam's Peak, alt. 2-3000 ft. 



A shrub 1 0-12 ft. ; branches dark, slender, leafy ; young parts, petioles, pedicels, and 

 sepals densely brown strigose. Leaves 3-4^ by j-l in. ; petiole J in. Flowers yellow- 

 brown or -red; peduncles \ in. Sepals J in., ovate, acuminate. Outer petals 4-| in., 

 oblong-lanceolate, tomentose ; cone of inner j in. high. 



17. G. Wig^htli, H. f. <k T. Fl. Ind. 106 : leaves lanceolate acute at 

 both ends glabrous on both surfaces pellucid-dotted, peduncles axiUary, 

 sepals persistent, outer petals ovate acute, style oblong tip dilated, carpels 

 oblong glabrous. Wall. Cat. 9089 ; Beddame Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 63. 



Forests of Tbavakcor, Wight, &o. 



Branches glabrous, leafy, buds subsilky. Leaves 3-5 by f-1^ in., thin,brightrgreen' 

 above, brownish beneath ; petiole ^i in. Flowers \ in. diam., peduncles ^-1 in., sub- 

 olavate. Sepals ^ in., broad-ovate, subacute, puberulons. Outer petals 1 in., appressed 

 brown-pubescent ; inner J in., cone short, brown silky inside. Carpels § in. ; stalk 

 Jin. 



16. nXXTREFHOZtA, Blume. 



Trees. Leaves coriaceous, strongly ribbed, plaited in vernation. Flowers 

 usually terminal or leaf-opposed,, sometimes 1-sexual. Sepal.^ 3, orbicular 

 or ovate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, valvate ; outer ovate, thin, veined ; inner 

 clawed, vaulted and cohering. Stamens obloug-cuneate ; above anther-cells 

 dorsal remote. Carpels oblong ; style oblong or clavate, ventrally furrowed ; 

 ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate, Mipe carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or sub- 

 sessile. — DiSTBiB. Species about 10 ; tropical Asiatic. 



1. nx. tomentosa, ff.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 113 ; leaves ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate, glabrous and shining above except the 

 hairy midrib, softly tomentose beneath, flowers cymose shortly pedicelled 

 bisexual leaf-opposed, carpels subglobose tomentose long-stalked. 



From Assam, Jenkins ; to Chittaoonq, B..f. & T. 



BrancMets tomentose. Leaves 3- 6 by 1 4-3 in., base rounded, finely reticulate be- 

 neath ; petiole J-J in Cymes few-flowered, densely tomentose, bracts basal, large,. 

 orbicuUr ; pedicels J-J in. ; bracteole submedian. Flowers 2 in. diam. Sepals bro'ad- 

 ovate, acilte. Outer petah 1 in., acute ; inner broad ovate. Carpels 1 in. diam. ; pe- 

 dicel I-I4 in. 



2. nZ. obtusa, Btume Fl. Jav. Anon. 32, t. 10 and 14 C ; branches 

 glabrescent, leaves ovate or oblong acute or mucronate glabrate beneath, 

 flowers long-pedicelled 2-sexual on terminal and leaf-opposed tomentose 

 peduncles, carpels as in M. tomentosa but smaller. H. /, & T. Fl, Ind. 113. 

 Uvaria obtusa, Blume Bijd. ,■ Wall. Cat. 6484. ■ 



