114 FLORA INDICA. [AnonacBiS. 



species dubia, Jloribus vix notis. 



3. M.? excelsa (H.f. et T.) ; foliis rigide coriaceis obovato-oblongis 

 abrupte acuminatis basi cordatis subtus dense fiilvo-furfuvaceis, eymis 

 abbreviatis axiUaribus 2-3-floris, braoteoKs rotundatis imbricatis, floii- 

 bus parvvilis. — Uvaria excelsa, IVall. Cat. 6477 ! 



Hab. In penius. Malayana ad Penang, Wall.! — {v. s.) 



Arbor (ex scheda "Wallicliiaua) excelsa. Hamuli rngulosi, coHice atro-fusco, ju- 

 nioi'es puberali ; partes novellee stellato-tomentosEe. Folia supra aitida, sub leute 

 minute squamulosa, subtus oblique nervosa, 6-8 poll, longa, 2-3|- lata, petiole i- 

 poll. Cyma vix i poU. long£e, tomentosse. . Flores albi. Alahastri globosi, vix i- 

 poUicares. Sejiala orbicularia, extus dense fulvo-villosa, basi subcobaerentia. Petala 

 (quantum ex alabastro juniore judicare licet) exteriora crasse coriacea, rotnudata, 

 acutiuscula, iutus subcariuata, utrinque adpresse tomentosa ; interiora £est. valvata, 

 ovata, crassissime coriacea. 



The specimens of this plant distributed by Wallich are very imperfect, nor arc 

 tbose in the Linnean Society's Herbarium sufficiently good to enable its genus to be 

 determined with certainty. It would perhaps have been better to have left it for the 

 present in Uvaria^ where it was placed by Wallich ; but the arborescent habit is not 

 consistent with that genus, and the petals appear to be decidedly valvate. 



Tribus III. AnonejB. 



Petala sestivatione valvata, hand unguiculata. Stamina indefinita. 

 Carpella in fruotum multilocularem ooalita. 



The cohesion of the ovaries and carpels at once distinguishes this tribe from all 

 the others. In floral characters it approaches Melodorum and Artabotri/s, some 

 species of Rollinia in especial bearing much resemblance to those of the latter genus. 

 All the species are uniovulate, and the whole tribe is American, except a few species 

 which have been naturalized in the Old World. Lobocarpus, W. et A. (Prod. i. 7), 

 which , from the characters assigned, would belong to this tribe, is founded on imper- 

 fect specimens of an Euphorbiaceous plant closely allied to Bradleia, in which the 

 very immature fruit is terminated by a thick, erect style, slightly lobed at the apex. 



9. ANONA, L. 



Sepala 3, minuta, basi coalita. Fetala 6, sest. biseriatim valvata ; 

 exteriora carnosa, triquetra, basi excavata, vel tota concava. Stamina 

 indefinita ; connectivo ultra antlierarum loculos lineares extrovsos con- 

 tiguos in processum ovalem producto. Torus hemisphaericus. Ovaria 

 unmerosa, subcoalita, stylo oblongo terminata. Ovula solitaria, erecta. 

 Carpella numerosa, in fruotuna multilocularem carnosum ovalem vel 

 rotundatum ooalita. Semina in locuUs solitaria, erecta, testa Icevi ni- 

 tida, — Arbores vel frutices Americani, pedunculis terminalibus vel oppo- 

 aitifoliis. 



This is a very extensive genus, which contains the well-known tropical fruits, the 

 Custard Apple, Soursop, BuUock's-heart, etc. All the species are natives of South 

 America or the West Indies ; but as two are extensively cultivated in India, and are 

 often found in a more or less naturalized state, it is desirable to include them in our 

 Flora. As it is not necessary to study an American genus for the sake of two natu- 

 ralized plants, our diagnoses are taken from Von Martius's elaborate monograph. 

 Both species belong to his section Atta.* 



* Sect. Atta. — Petala interiora minima, aquamfeformia, interdum plane deficientia. 



