130 FLORA INDIOA. [Anottaceoi. 



sensim attenuata. Ovula numeroaa, biserialia. Stigmata subcapitata, 

 ope gelatinis inter se siibcoalita. — Arbor exceha,floribunda. 



In habit and general appearance this genus closely resembles Vnona, but the in- 

 definite ovules prevent its being referred to that genus. The peculiar stamens and 

 seeds are in themselves, we think, sufficient to justify us in distinguishing it. The 

 seeds are pitted like those of the section Kentia of Melodorum, and of some Oucurbi- 

 tacets ; and the inner surface of the brownish-yeUow, brittle testa is covered with 

 sharp tubercles, which penetrate into the albumen, taking the place of the flat plates 

 which are found in the rest of the Order. Cananga of Aublet is not distinguishable 

 from Guatteria, which is not to be regretted, as the name was incorrectly applied to 

 an American group. 



1. C. odorata (H.f. et T.) ; foliis ovato-oblongis longe attenuatis 

 plerumque obliqui.s margine undulatis, pedunculis axillaribus 2-4-floris. 

 — Uvaria odorata, Lam. III. t. 495./. 1; Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 661!; 

 TTall. Cat. 6457! ; W. et A. Prod. i. 8 ; Bl. Bijd. 14, M. Jav. Anon. 

 29. t. 9, 14 .B. Unona odorata. Bun. Anon. 108; DC. Syst. i. 492, 

 Prod. i. 90. Uvaria Cananga, Vahl. U. farcta, Wall. Cat. 6460 ! 

 U. axillaris, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 667. TJ. Gsertneri, Bunal, Anon. 89; 

 BC. Syst. i. 482, Prod. i. 88. Unona leptopetala, Bun. Anon. 114; 

 BC. Syst. i. 496, Prod. i. 91 ; Beless. Ic. Sel. t. 88. U. velutina, Bl. 

 Fl. Jav. Anon. 31. non Bunal, nee Roxb. — Oart. Fr. ii. t. 114./. 2. 



Hab. Ava, Wall.!; Tenasserim, Griff.! in tropicis utriusque orbis 

 frequentissime culta.' — {y. s.) 



DiSTElB. Java, Blume ! Ins. Philip., Cuming! 



Arbor excelsa. Hamuli validi, cortice fusco albido-punctato, glabri, juniores pube- 

 ruli; partes novellas cinerese. Folia basi rotundata, apice in acumen longum ple- 

 rumque obliquum attenuata, 5-8 poll, longa, 2-3 lata, petiole seraipollicari, tenuia, 

 nervosa, supra glabra, subtus prsesertim ad nervos tenuissime puberula, demum gla- 

 brata. Fedunculi axillares, vel saepius ad axiUas foliorum delapsorum, -J-pollicares, 

 interdum abbreviati, in axilla Sccpe plures. Pedicelli polhcares, cinerco-incani, ad 

 apices pedunculorum subnmbellati, bracteis minutis squamosis, vel una interdum 

 foliacea, bracteola 1 versus medium pedicellum oblouga. Sepala rotundata, acutius- 

 cula, cinereo-tomcutosa, decidua. Fetala in alabastro juniori dense scriceo-vUlosa, 

 demum elongata, fere tripoUicaria, basi \ poll. lata. Torus fructtis dilatatus, cylin- 

 dricus. Carpella numerosa, pulposa, pedicellis rdtrapollicaribus sufl^ulta, ovalia vel 

 obovata, glabra, nigra, f pollicem longa. Semina pulpo immersa, biserialia, nume- 

 rosa, plano-comprcssa, obovata, pallida, badia, irregulariter scrobiculata. 



This species, which is very generally cultivated throughout tropical India as an 

 ornamental tree, does not appear to be a native of Bengal or Madra.s, though it is 

 certainly indigenous to the eastward. 



16. UNONA, L. 



Sepala 3. Petala 6, biserialia, sestivatione valvata, tenuiter coriacea, 

 elongata, rarius 3, serie interiore suppressa. Stamina numerosa, tetra- 

 gono-oblonga, connectivo ultra antheras dorsales subdistantes oblongas 

 vel lineari-oblongas in prooessum subglobosum vel truncatum produota. 

 Torus parum elevatus, apice truncatus, planus vel aliquantulum exca- 

 vatus, inter stamina glaber, inter ovaria pilosus. Ovaria indefinita, 

 oblonga, strigoso-pilosa. Ovula in axi superposita, 2-7, adscendentia, 

 \iniserialia. Stylus ovalis vel oblongus, vecurvus, interne per totam 



