92 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Oro^liea. 



Maetaban and Peou, Brandis; Peght, Kurz. 



Branches softly brown-tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in., thin, point ve^ slender, 

 base narrow rounded or subcordate ; petiole ^ in., hairy. Flowers %m. diam. ; pe- 

 duncles l-lj in., pubescent ; bract solitary basal. SepaU ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 pointed, softly hairy. Outer petals I'm., ovate, tomentose, veined on both surfaces; 

 inner | in., claw long narrow, limb subclavate thickened, slightly^ hairy, compressed, 

 grooved in front. , Anther-cdls large, obtusely apiculate. Ovaries 6, oblong, softly 

 villous with white hairs ; style oblong, glabrous ; ovule 1 on the ventral suture. 



8. O. enterocarpa, Maingay mss. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or 

 oblong lanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous, peduncles filiform supra- 

 axillary, carpels very slender subtorulose. 



Malacca, very rare, Maingay. 



A tree ; branchlets slender, black. Leaves 2-44 l>y 1-li in., base acute or rounded, 

 very thin, nerves slender; petiole -^ in. Flowers J in. diam., nodding; peduncle 

 i-l in., 1-flowered ; braoteole minute. Sepals minute. Ovter petals ovate, acute, 

 pubescent ; inner as long, silky, claws equalling the conical cap. Stamens 6, with 6 sta- 

 minodes. Ovaries about 6, cylindric, 2-4-ovuled, hirsute. Carpels 4-6, 3-5 by ^-i in., 

 red. Seeds 2-4, linear-oblong, 1-seiiate. — A very curious fruit. 



23. BOCAGBA, St. Hilaire. 



Trees. Leaves shining, and branches glabrous. Flowers small, terminal 

 axillary or fascicled on -woody tubercles, 1-2-sexual. Sepals orbicular or 

 ovate, imbricate. Petals 6, imbricate in 2-series, nearly equal, usually orbi- 

 cular, concave. Stamens 6-21, imbricate in 2 or more series, broadly oblong 

 thick, fleshy ; anther-cells dorsal, oblong ; connective produced. Ovuries 

 3-6 ; style short, stigma obtuse or capitate ovules 1 or 2-8 on the ventral 

 suture. Eipe carpels globose, stalked. — Distkib. Species about 12, tropical 

 Asiatic and American. 



1. B. elliptica, H. f. & T. ; leaves narrow-oblong obtuse or acute, 

 flowers monoecious, sepals cUiate, stamens 12-18, ovaries 3. Uvaria ellip- 

 tica, A. DC. in Mem. Soc. Qenev. v. 27 ; Wall. Cat. 6470, 7421. Sagersea 

 elliptica, H.f. S T. Fl. Ind. 93. Diospyros] frondosa, WaU. Gat. 4125. 



Tknasseeim to PEHAsa, Wallich ; Malacca, Maingay. • 



A tree; young branches angular. Leaves 8-12 by 2^-4 in., thick, coriaceous, base 

 acute obtuse rounded or cordate, nerves spreading ; petiole \-\ in. Flowers axillary 

 and solitary or fascicled on cauline tubercles, small, red, "monoecious," Maingay; pedi- 

 cels \ in., bracteoles several, basal, and 1 orbicular median. Sepals glabrous. I'etcds 

 J in. long, ovoid, ciliate. Connective subquadrate, anthers extrorse, Maingay. Ovarii 

 glabrous, ovules about 8. Carpels 1 in. diam,, globose, smooth, several seeded ; stalk 

 very short. 



2. B. Tbwaitesil, R.f. & T. ; leaves narrow-oblong obtuse, flowers 

 fascicled on the large branches 2-sexual, sepals glabrous, stamens about 21, 

 ovaries 3, stigma 2-lobed. Sagersea Thwaitesii, B. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 94 ; 

 Thwaites Enwm. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 41. 



Ceylon ; Ambagamowa and Saffragam districts, Tkwaites. 



A tree. Leaves i-li by 3-44 in., thick, coriaceous, base rounded, pale beneath; 

 petiole i-J in. Flowers pale orange ; pedicels 2-4 in. ; bracteoles minute, basal. SepaU 

 short, very obtuse. PrtoZsJin., orbicular, glabrous, outer larger. Stamens reddish. 

 Carpels 1 in. diam., subsessile. • 



3. B. Dalzellii, H. f. & T.; leaves narrow oblong acute or obtuse, 

 flowers 2-sexual in fascicles of 1-15 on woody tubercles, stamens 12-18» 



