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Or<rphedi\ iv. anonaceje. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 91 



axillary, stamens 6, carpels globose glabrous short-stalked. Thwaiies Enum. 

 8; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 70. 



Forests of Canaba and Cooeg, Stocks, &o. ; and Ceylon in tte Central Province^ 

 Tkwaites. 



A small tree or shrub ; branchlets yellow-pnbesoent. Leaves 2-34 ^7 ^-^ ™-> tli'iV 

 coriaceous, base suboblique rounded or retuse, youngpuberulous beneath ; petiole tt-A ^°- 

 Mowers greenish-brown, J in. diam. ; peduncles 1-2 in., 1-4-flowered, slender, pubes- 

 cent ; peduncle with a basal bract. Sepals and outer petals orbicular, acute, veined, 

 downy ; inner petals larger, trapezoid, glabrous, margins pubescent. Carpels J in.diam. 



3. O. Thomsoni, Beddome ir^Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. ; Ic. Plant. Ind. Or. 

 t. 67 ; leaves ovate-oblong obtusely taper-pointed glabrous, peduncle axiUary 

 3-flowered strigose, stamens 10-12 2-seriate, carpels pisiform. 



Anamally forests, Tbavancoe, alt. 1500-2000 ft., Beddome. 



A small tree. Leaves 1-1^ -2 by 1-lJ in., midrib beneath pubescent ; petiole 

 ■jj-J in. _ Peduncle and pedicels very short ; bracteoles minute basal. Sepals and outer 

 petals strigose ; inner pubescent, especially inside. Ovaries 5-6, hairy ; ovules 2. 



4 O. erythrocarpa, Beddome in Tram. Linn. Soc. xx. 5 ; Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 68 ; leaves oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous above pubescent be- 

 neath, peduncles axiUary or supra-axillary 3-4-flowered tomentose, stamens 

 12, 6 outer rather imperfect, carpels oblong. 



Anamally forests in Tbavabcob, alt. 1500-2500 ft., Beddome. 



A middle sized tree ; branchlets softly pubescent. Leaves 2-3J by 1-2 in., thin, 

 coriaceous, most pubescent on the midrib beneath ; petiole xy-J in., pubescent. Flowers 

 very small ; peduncle 1 in., tomentose ; bracts many, minute, imbricate below the fruit 

 or flower ; pedicels with a linear basal and a supra-median bracteole. Sepals orbicular. 

 Outer petcds ovate, acute, margins and outer surface pubescent ; inner ^ in. , claw gla- 

 brous, limb trapezoid hairy. Ovaries 6, densely strigose ; ovules 2. Carpels red. Seed 

 solitary, scrobiculate. 



5. O. polycarpa, A. DC. in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves ovate-oblong 

 or lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncles axillary or supra- 

 axillary slender 1-3-flowered sparsely hairy, stamens 6, carpels pisiform 

 glabrous long-stalked. B. f. & T. Fl. Ind. Ill ; Wall. Gat. 6431 ; Griffith 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. iv. t. 654. 



Maetaban, WaUich; Andamans, Kwz. 



A tree?; branchlets slender, pubescent. £effl»e« 4-5 by_l-l| in., thin, coriaceous, 

 points long, shining above ; petiole yV in. Peduncles 1-2 in., slender ; bracts several, 

 small, remote, linear. Sepals ovate, acute, ciliate. Outer petals orbicular, ciliate ; 

 inner twice as large, tip and margins downy. Carpels 9-12 ; stalk nearly as long. — 

 Our specimens have bud and fruit only. 



6. O. acuminata, A. DC- in Mem. Soc. Genev. v. 39 ; leaves oMong or 

 lanceolate long and finely acuminate glabrous above softly pubescent on the 

 midrib and veins beneath, peduncle 1-3-flowered axillary or supra-axillary 

 slender, stamens 6. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 112 ; Wall. Gat. 6432. 



Tenasseeim, Wallieh. 



A tree ; branches slender, young densely pubescent. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1| in., thin, 

 conspicuously reticulate beneath ; petiole r^^ in., pubescent. Peduncles 1 in., pubes- 

 cent ; braicts several, subulate, hairy. Sepals minute, ovate-lanceolate, densely hairy. 

 Outer petals small, ovate, thin, hairy; inner as in 0. zeylanica. Ovaaries 6, densely 

 strigose ; ovules 2. 



7. O. Brandlsil, H. f. & T. ; leaves oboyate-lanceolate tapering to a 

 very slender point glabrous above hairy beneath, peduncles 2-3-flowered 

 supraraxillary slender, stamens 12, 3 fertile and 9 imperfect. 



