82 IV. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Melodm-um. 



A large woody climber ; branclies black, glabrous ; buds puberalous. Leaves 5-9 by 

 24-4 in., much smaller at tbe base of the branches, thickly conaceous, base rounded, 

 puberalous onthe midrib beneath; petiole ^-f in. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel 

 i in. ; bracteoles small, linear, subbasal. Calyx a slightly 3-lobed cup. Ovterpetds 

 2 in. tapering from a common base to a long triquetrous point, rusty-pubescent outside, 

 hoary inside ; inner J-4 in., ovate, acute, glabrate, concave except the triquetrous tip. 

 " Ovaries 4r-6, strigose, 4- or more-ovuled," Maingay. Carpds J-I4 in. long ; stalk 

 J-li in. 



14. m. fulgrens, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 120; leaves 3-4 in. oblong-lanceo- 

 late acuminate glabrous except the midrib above pale and appressed pubes- 

 cent beneath, outer petals 5 in. ovate concave, carpels subglobose silky 

 shining.— IJvaria fulgens and Myristica Finlaysoniana, Wall. Cat. 6482 and 

 6793. 



Malacca and Sibcapoke. — Distkib. Borneo, Philippines. 



A large woody climber (small tree, Maingay) ; branches glabrous, young silky. 

 Leaves 2-4 by I-I4 in., base rounded or subacute ; petiole J-J in., silky. FUnoers 

 tawny-orange, solitary or in subracemose terminal panicles (through the fall of the 

 floral leaves) ; pedicels ^4 in., golden-tomentose ; bracteoles 2-3, linear, upper sub- 

 orbicular. SepaU orbicular, acute. Outer petals \ in., ovate, golden-silky outside, 

 hoary within, with a large concave glabrous basal area ; inner oblong, acute, glabrous. 

 Anthers purple, appendage long. Ovaries strigose. Mipe carpels I4 iu. "Seeds 

 flattened not scrobiculate. " Maingay. 



Sect. II. Kentla. Flowers axUlaiy, solitary. Outer petals orbicular, 

 ■with broad much thickened margins. Ovaries glabrous, pellucid-glandular ; 

 ovules definite or indefinite. Seeds pitted. 



15. m. ele^ans, S.f. <Ss T. Fl. Ind. 122; leaves lanceolate acuminate 

 glabrous above paler and puberulous beneath, carpels oblong or subglobose. 

 Uvaria elegans, WaU. Gat. 6474 A. 



Pehano, Wallich ; Malacca, Maingay. 



A climber ; branches slender, glabrous, black ; buds brown-pubescent. Leaves 3-4 

 by 1-lJ in., coriaceous, base rounded or acute ; petiole 4 iu. glabrous. Pedundes 

 slender ; bracteoles 2-3,'minute, basal. Sepals small, ovate, acute, persistent. Ovter 

 petals j in., ovate, subacute, brown silky outside, hoary inside ; inner much smaller, 

 ovate, thick, back keeled, fringed round the basal hollow, triquetrous and hoary above 

 the middle. Oiiaries 8-10-ovuled. Carpels 4 in., stalk as long. — Very like M. Kenlii, 

 H. f. & T., of Java {JPolyalthia, Blume), but that plant is 2-ovuled. 



16. Itt. pisocarpum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 123 ; leaves broad-ovate or 

 -oblong emarginate glabrous above reticulate and puberulous beneath, car- 

 pels pisiform granulate glabrate. Uvaria mabiformis, Gr^. Notvl. iv. 709. 



Malacca, Griffith. 



A shrub, probably climbing ; branches glabrous ; buds golden-silky. Leaves l|-3 

 l>y IJ-I4 in., coriaceous, base rounded or subacute; petiole 4 in. Peduncles J-4ii>., 

 slender, hardly downy ; bracteoles 2, minute, scale-like, basal ; buds subglobose, ob- 

 tusely triquetrous. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Outer petals \ in. broad, ovate, sub- 

 orbicular, golden-silky outside, hoary inside ; inner about half as long, narrow-oblong. 

 Ovaries 2-ovuled. Carpels \ in. diam., globose ; stalk the same length. " Seeds 2, 

 scrobiculate, arilled." Maingay. 



18. XVX.OPXA, T.JTiTi , 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriaceous. Flowers axillary, solitary cjmiose or 

 fascicled ; buds triquetrous, conic, often slender. Sepals 3, valvate, connate. 

 Fetals 6, elongate, valvate in 2 series ; outer flat or concave ; inner nearly 



