Xylapia.] IV. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 83 



as long, 3-gonous, concave at the base only. Torus flat, or hollow and en- 

 closing the carpels. Stamens oblong, truncate or connective produced; 

 anther-cells remote or contiguous, usually septate, with a large pollen-grain 

 in each cdlule. Ovaries 1 or more; style long, clavate; ovules 2-6 or 

 more, 1-2-seriate. Ripe carpels long or short, continuous or moniliform, 

 usually several-seeded, — Distkib. Tropics generally. ; species 30-40. — Closely 

 allied to Mdodorum, but very different in habit. 



Sect. I. Kabzelia, Alph. DC. {Gen). Torws flat or slightly concave. 

 Ripe carpeh cyhndric or obovoid. 



1. X. ferrug'lnea, H. /. & T. M. Ind. 123 (Habzelia) ; leaves narroyv- 

 oblong acute glabrous and shining above glaucous beneath and rusty- 

 pubescent on the veins, peduncles solitary or geminate, carpels cylindric 

 slender subtorulose. Artabotrys malayana, Griff. Notul. iv. 713. 



Malacca, Oriffith, Maingay. 



A flexupus ramose shrub; branchlets rusty-pubeeoent. Leaves 5-7 by 14-2 in., 

 base oblique rounded or subcordate, much reticulate ; petiole J-J in. Flowers pen- 

 dulous, jellow, fragrant; peduncles |-lj in., rusty-pubescent. SepOLs ovate, acute. 

 Outer pttah J in., taper-pointed, yellow-tomentose ; inner shorter, narrower, triquetrous 

 •above, base contracted. Anthers with a long narrow process, cells septate. Ovaries 

 many golden strigose. Carpels 4-4 in., blood-red. Seeds ovoid, aril 0. 



2. X. oxyantha, H. /. <b T. Fl. Ind. 124 (Habzelia) : leaves ovate or 

 oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous glaucous below, peduncles fascicled 

 axillary. Uvaria oxyantha, Wali. Cat. 6478. ' 



■ SmcApoKB, Wallah. 



A tree ; branches glabrous ; young parts puberulous. Leaves 7-8 by 24-34 in. ; 

 petiole \ in. Flowers more than 1 in. long, peduncles J-4 in., appressed downy. 

 Sepals broad-ovate. Onter petals IJ-li in., narrow-linear, pubescence -yellowish ap- 

 pressed, back slightly keeled. 



3. X. malayana, R.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 125; leaves oblong obtusely acu- 

 minate glabrous reticulate beneath, peduncles very short 3-5-flowered, sepals 

 united to the middle, carpels cyUndric-oblong obtuse pubescent. Pararta- 

 botrys suniatrana,.i/ig. Fl. Ned. Ind. iSuppl. i. 374. 



Malacca, Griffith. — Distbib. Sumatra. 



A tree ; branches slender, glabrous ; buds pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 14-2 in., coria- 

 ceous, base acute, pale-brown when dry beneath ; petiole i-J in. Flowers j-1 in. 

 long, 'triquetrous ; peduncles axillary, 1-braoteate ; pedicels short and brown-tumentose. 

 Sepals ovate, acute. Outer petals linear, inner shorter. Connective prolonged ; 

 anther-cells septate. Ovaries 5-7, strigose, 2-ovaled (6-ovuled, Maimgay). Carpels 

 4-1 in., many-seeded ; stalk short, thick. 



4. X. obtusifolia, H.f. & T. ; leaves oblong obtuse or retuse glabrous 

 and shining above brown-silky beneath, cymes subracemose, sepals acute 

 united to the middle. 



Malacca, Griffith. 



A tree ; branches glabrous ; buds rather silky. Leaves 2-3 by 1-14 '^^-t coriaceous, 

 base acute ; petiole J-J in. Flowers like those of X. malayana in shape and size, 

 brown-silky. Cymes 4-4 in. ; pedicels J in-i rather silky, with a median and basal 

 bracteole. Ovules 4-5. 



5. X. fusca, Maingay mss, ; branches glabrous, leaves small elliptic- or 

 liaear-obloBg obtuse coriaceous glabrous, nerves faint reticulate, flowers. 



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