.] IV. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 87 



3. TX. zeylanlca, Gard. ex H. f. & T. Fl. 'ind. 149 ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate obtuse acute or acuminate young puberulous beneath, flowers 

 2-sexual axillary solitary, inner petals narrow oblong taper-pointed, carpels 

 pisiform subsessile. Thwaites Enum. 61 ; Beddorw Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 89. 



Ceylon ; southern parts of the Island, Walker, &c. 



A small tree ; branches rugose, young strigose or downy. Leaves 2-4 by 1-1 J in., 

 conaceoua, rigid, base somewhat oblique rounded or retuse, midrib downy above, when 

 old glabrous on both surfaces; petiole ^VJ in., strigose. Mowers J-1 in. long; 

 peduncle short, downy ; bracteoles several, basal. Sepals and outer petals oblong, 

 hardly acute, softly ciliate ; inner petals narrow-oblong, greenish-yellow, base purple. — 

 Closely allied to M. indica; but leaves longer and petals narrower. 



4. nx. IVig'litlana, ff. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 149 ; leaves narrow-oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous, shining above, flowers poly- 

 gamous axillary, inner petals oblong subacute, carpels pisiform or oblong 

 glabrous granulate. Beddorne Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 86. 



Hill forests of Tinivellt and Tkavahcor, Wight, &o. 



A small tree, bart rough ; branches glabrous. Leaves 2-4 by §-1 in., thin, coria- 

 ceous, pale beneath ; petiole -}^ in. Flowers like those of M. indica; peduncles 

 1-2 in., slender ; bracteoles 1-2, minute, basal. Ovaries l-2-o?uled. Carpeh 1-2- 

 seeded ; stalks as long or longer. 



5. nx. Roxburgrblana, ff. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 150 ; leaves oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate abruptly acuminate shining above glabrous or tomentose 

 beneath, flowers 1-3 together dicEcious axillary, inner petals ovate obtuse, 

 carpels ovoid or pisiform and glabrous. M. Wallichiana, H. f. & T. I.e. 149. 

 Uvaria dioica, Poa^. Fl. Ind. ii. 659. Guatteria globosa,' A. DO. Mem. Soc. 

 Genev. v. 43 ; Wall. Cat. 6448. Hyalostemma Roxburghiana, Wall. Gat. 

 6434; Grif. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. iv. t. 653. 



SiKKiM, Assam, and the Khasia hills to Tenassekim. 



A small tree ; branches softly pubescent ; leaves beneath pedicels and calyx glabrous 

 or densely pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 1-2 in., thin, coriaceous, lower on the branch 

 smaller, subobtuse ; petiole obsolete. JPedieels 4-14 in., sometimes on a short peduncle, 

 slender ; bracts several, linear. Sepals lanceolate. Iimer petals 1 in., ovate, obtuse, 

 blood-red, veins dark. CijM^jete 1- rarely 2-8eeded; stalk |. in. 



6. ItZ. velutina, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 151 ; leaves ovate or oblong acute 

 or acuminate tomentose on both surfaces, flowers 2-sexual subracemose, inner 

 petals ovate, carpels ovoid downy short-stalked. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 87. Uvaria velutina, Dunal Anon. 91. U. viUosa, Rosoh. Fl. Ind. ii. 664. 

 Guatteria velutina, A. DG. Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 42 ; Wall. Gat. 6441. 



Gaewhal, Behae, Malwah, Oeissa, Malabak, and Pegu. 



A large tree ; young branches densely tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by 2-4 in., lower on 

 the branches smaller and often, obtuse, base obliquely cordate ; petiole -^V in- Flowers^ 

 3-6, in leaf-opposed cymes or in short few-leaved branches ; pedicels 2-4 in., slender, 

 tomentose ; bracts minute, basal deciduous. Sepals and outer petals small, ovate ; 

 inner petals J in., ovate, dark brown, glabrous inside. Carpels size of a cherry. 



7: IMC. nilag^irica, Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 88 ; leaves lanceolate 

 linear-lanceolate or elliptic taper- pointed glabrous, peduncles axillary gla- 

 brous,5 inner petals broadly ovate-lanceolate, stamens 8 l-seriate, carpels' 

 pisiform glabrous. 



Northern slopes of the Niloiris, alt. 5000 ft., Beddome. 



A large shrub^j branches glabrous. Leaves 2-4. by S-lf in., narrowed and obtusely 

 pointed at both ends, coriaceous; petiole \-^ in. Flowers I m. long; peduncles 



