84 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Xylopm. 



solitary racemed or fascicled, pedicel and subentire calyx rarely pubescent, 

 petals brown-silky, ovaries 4r-5. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; branches rather stout black, tips and very young leaves silky,, shining. 

 Leaves 2-3 by f-1 in., base acute, opaque above, rather darker beneath, midrib 

 sometimes puberulous ; petiole J in., stout. Flowers J in., pendent ; peduncle J-1 in., 

 stout, curved; bracts few, minute; pedicels short, stout, ebracteolate. Petals shining; 

 outer linear from a rather broader base, concave ; inner rather shorter, narrower, 3- 

 gonous, base excavated. Top of connective oblong ; anther-cells not septate, lateral. 

 Ovaries cohering in a cone on the slightly concave torus, golden silky ; style short, 

 subulate ; ovules 10-12, 2-seriate. 



6. X. mag^na, Maingay mss. ; leaves oblong or ovate-oblong obtuse or 

 acute glabrous above softly pubescent beneath, coriaceous, flowers solitary or 

 racemes terminal, sepals united beyond the middle, carpels obliquely ovoid 

 or obovoid compressed puberulous. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; branches black, glabrous, branchlets pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by lJ-24 in., 

 base obtuse or rounded, thick, above dull, beneath vgry opaque, brown, nerves faint ; 

 petiole -^'i in. Flowers 5 in. long, white, slender; peduncles very short. Sepals 

 united into a broad aoutely-lobed cup, ferruginous. PetaU hoary, subequal ; outer very 

 iiaiTow, subulate, flat ; inner more slender, base concave. Torus concave. Anthers 

 rose-coloured, slender, cells septate, tip orbicular. Ovaries strigose ; style slender, 

 stigma hairy; ovules 4. Carpels IJ in., walls thick; stalk very short; torus | in. 

 diam. Seeds about 4, euperposed, arillate, testa osseous. 



Sect. II. Euzylopia. Torus much hollowed, bearing the stamens 

 outside and enclosing the ovaries. 



7. X. parvifolia, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 125 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, pedicels fascicled clothed 

 with bracteoles, sepals united to the middle, carpels obovoid or oblong sub- 

 sessUe pubescent. Thwaites Enum. 9 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 43. Pa- 

 tonia parvifolia, Wight III. 19. 



Southern parts of Cetlon. 



A tree ; young branches brown-pubescent. Leaves 2-3 by |-1^ in., coriaceous, base 

 acute ; petiole ^ in. Flowers i in. long, in axillary 3-5-flowered subsessile fascicles, 

 pubescence brown appressed ; pedicels very short ; bracteoles orbicular, the upper close 

 to the calyx. Sepals acute. Ovaries 5, 4-6-ovuled. Carpels 1-lJ in. Seeds oblong, 

 smooth; imbedded in pulp (arillate ?).—(Pa(OBia Walkeri, Wight 111. l.o., is a species 

 of Diospyros.) 



8. X. nigricans, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 125 ; leaves broad lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous shining above pale beneath, peduncles 2-3 

 together axillary, bracteoles 2-3 deciduous, sepals free, carpels as in X. par- 

 vifolia. Thwaites Enum. 9, 398 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 44. 



Ceylon ; at Trincomalee, Glenie ; and in the Doombera district, Thwaites. 



A tree ; branches glabrous ; young puberulous. Leaves 2-3 by l-lj in., thin, coria- 

 ceous, base acute ; petiole \ in. Flowers I in. long, pubescence oohreous' appressed ; 

 pedicels J-^ in., short, slender, downy. Ovaries 5, about 4-ovnled. 



9. X. Championil, ^. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 126 ; leaves lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate pellucid-dotted glabrous and shining above puberulous 

 beneath, peduncles solitary, sepals united almost to the tips, carpels oblong 

 5-ribbed short-stalked. Thwaites Enum. 9 ; Beddmne Ic. PL Ind Or t 45 



