90 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Alphmsea. 



By streams in Maisok and the Caenatic, jBeddome. i- i i ■ 



An umbrageous tree. Leaves 34 by H in., much reticulated beneath ; Petioles| m 

 glabrous or puberulous.j Flowers 1-6, bright yellow; peduncles ^ery short; pedicels 

 1-4 in, puberulous ; braoteole infrfumedian. SepaU small, ovate Petok f m., puberu- 

 fous outside. Stamens 12, 2-seriate. Ovaries 3-4 ; style subglobose, slightly curved } 

 ovules about 8 ; 2-seriate. Carpels yellow-tomentose. 



6. A. Iffaing'ajri, H.f.& T. ; leaves elliptic-oblong or lanceolate ob- 

 tusely or subaoutely acuminate shining above reticulate and pubescent 

 beneath, flowers solitary or in loose supra-axillary racemes, ripe carpels 

 very short-stalked tomentose. 



Malacca, Maingay. , - . _ 



A middle sized or lofty tree ; branches black, young rusty-tomentose. Leave B-7 

 by 1 4-24 in., base acute or rounded, hard, coriaceous, pale yellow-brown rusty beneath, 

 petiole j-i in., rusty. Flowers % in. diam. ; peduncles -r'i-H ™- and veiy short pe- 

 dicels rusty-tomentose ; bracts small. Sepals A i°- Outer petals ovate, recurved, 

 pubescent outside; inner similar but ratljer smaller. Toms 6-augled. Fdaments 

 broad short fleshy ; anther cells small, diverging below. Stigma sessile ; ovules about 

 20. Carpels 2 by 1 in., obtuse, smooth. Seeds many, smooth. 



7. A. elliptlca, R.f. & T.; leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate acuminate 

 shining above glabrous reticulate, nerves very slender, flowers solitary or in 

 2-3-flowered racemes, peduncle short multibracteate. 



Malacca, Maingay. . 



A tree?; branches rugose, quite glabrous. Leaves 3-5 by li-l| m., tip acute or 

 obtuse, base acute, thin, coriaceous, nearly concolorous, nerves _ about 5 on a side, 

 venules reticulate on both surfaces ; petiole J-J in. Flowers % in. diam. ; peduncles 

 very short, bracts many short orbicular persistent ; pedicels {-^ in., slender, curved, 

 bracteoles minute, me'dian. Petals appressed-pubescent ; outer broad-ovate, revolute ; 

 inner rather smaller. Stamens imbricate in several series, apiculate; anther-cells 

 oblong. Ovaries linear-oblong, silky ; stigma subsessile ; ovules many, 2-Beriate. 



22. OROFHEA, Blume. ' 



Trees 'or shrubs. Flowers usually small, axillary solitary, fascicled or 

 cymose. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 series ; outer ovate ; inner 

 clawed, cohering by their margins into a mitriform cap. Stamens definite, 

 6-12, ovoid, fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, large, contiguous. Ovaries 3-15; 

 style short or ; ovules 4. Ripe carpels 1- or more-seeded (very long in 

 0. enterocarpa). — Disteeb. Species about 16 ; all Eastern Asiatic. — Interme- 

 diate between Mitrephora and Bocagea, having the perianth of the former 

 and stamens of the latter. 



1. O. uniflora, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. Ill; leaves elliptic-oblong or lan- 

 ceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles solitary axillary, stamens 12 

 2-seriate, carpels globose glabrous short-stalked. Beddome Ic. Fl. Ind. Or. 

 t. 69. 



Forests of Teavancok at Courtalam, Wight. 



A shrub or small tree ; branches glabrous ; buds pubescent. Leaves 14-2i by j-1 in., 

 thin, coriaceous, base acute, pale beneath ; petiole ^^ in. Flowers solitaiy ; pedicels 

 J-4 in., slender ; bracteoles several, minute, basal, and 1 median. . Sepals minute; orbi- 

 cular, ciliate. Outer petals J in,, ovate or orbicular, membranous, glabrate ; inner 4 in., 

 trapezoid, tapering into the narrow claw. Ovaries 6 ; ovules 2. Carpels 4 in. diam., 

 brown-black, 



2. O. zeylanica, H. f, & T. Fl. Ind. Ill ; leaves ovate or oblong 

 shortly and obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles solitary or fascicled 



