88 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Miliusa. 



J-l in.; bracteoles 2-3, basal. Sepah and outer petals subeqnal, ciliate; inner petals 

 glabrous except the thickened margin near the tip. Ovaries about 13, glabrous ; style 

 oblong or glabose ; ovules 1-2. Carpels pisiform ; stalks J-i in. 



20. SACCOFETAXirni, Bennett. 



Trees. Leaves deciduous. Flowers axillary, solitary or fascicled. Sepah 

 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer small, like the sepals ; 

 inner much larger, erect or conniving, base saccate. Stamens indefinite ; 

 anther-cells dorsal, contiguous ; connective produced into a conspicuous 

 appendage. Ovaries indefinite ; ovules 6 or more. Ripe carpels subglo- 

 bose. — DiSTEiB. Species 5, Eastern Asiatic, with one Australian. — Reduced 

 to Miliusa by Baillon (Hist, des Plantes, 244). 



1. S. lon^iflorum, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 151 ; leaves ovate-oblong or 

 oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above appressed pubescent beneath, 

 peduncles very short solitary in the old axils, inner petals oblong-lanceolate, 

 carpels glabrous. 



Eastees Benoal, near Pumeab, Hamilton. 



A tree ; brancblets puberulous. Leaves 8 by 3 in., thin, coriaceous, appressed-pijbes- 

 cent beneath ; petiole ^ in. Peduncles \ in. ; downy. Sepals and outer petals J in., 

 oblong; inner petals IJ in., tapering to an obtuse point, thin, downy, base eubsaccate. 

 Carpels 1-1^ in. diam., berried, black ; stalk | in. 



2. S. toxnentosum, E.f.dc T. Fl. Ind. 152; leaves ovate or ovate- 

 oblong acute glabrous above except the midrib pubescent or tomentose 

 beneath, flowers cymose, peduncles long, inner petals oblong obtuse. Bed- 

 dome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 49. Uvaria tomentosa, Eoxb. Cor. PI. L t. 35 ; 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 667 ; Wall. Cat. 6472 ; W. & A. Prod/r. 8. 



Terai of Nepal at Gorakpore, Oeissa, and Behae, from the Concan to 

 Teavancoe. 



A large tree ; brancblets tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by i\-Z in., sometimes glabrous 

 when old, base obliquely cordate, pale beneath ; petiole ^ in. Flowers few, in leaf- 

 opposed or Bubterminal cymes, appearing with the leares in short leafy branches; 

 peduncles 2-3 in., slender, downy. Sepals and outer petals J in. ; inner petals § in., 

 oblong, obtuse, downy. Carpels 1 in. diam., purple, 3-i-seeded; stalk Jin.— Inter- 

 mediate between Miliusa and Sacccpetdlum. 



3? S. sclerocarpum, E.f.&T.; leaves ovate or oblong obtuse or 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous.— Uvaria sclerocarpa, A. DC. in Mem. Genet). 

 V 27 ; Wall. Cat. 6461 ■,H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 103. 



Maktaban, Wallich. 



A tree, branches glabrous. Leaves 4-5 by 2-24 in., thin, coriaceous, base a little 

 ciliate. Unripe carpels i-% in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous; stalks rather longer.— A 

 very imperfectly known plant ; certainly not a Uvaria. 



21. AZ.PKONSEA, H. f. & T. 



Lofty trees. Leaves thick, coriaceous, glabrous shining. Flowers small 

 or middle-sized, m leaf-opposed rarely extra-axillary peduncled fascicles. 

 Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series, larger than the sepals, 

 equal or the inner rather smaller. Torus cylindric or hemispheric. Stamens 

 indefinite, loosely packed ; anther-cells dorsal, contiguous : connective api- 

 culate. Ovanes 1 or more ; style oblong or depressed ; ovules 4-8 in 2 



