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ly. ANONACE.E 



[Unona 



Fig. 5. — Unona discolor, Valil. Leaf, fl., Ir. l. 



2. U. discolor, Vahl; Bedd. Ic.Pl. Ind. Or. t. 51.; Ann. iv. t. 74.— vSyn. 

 U. tcndulata, Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 265. 



An evergreen, often climbing shrub, youngest shoots pubescent. Leaves 



membranous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 3-7 in. PL 

 solitary, on slender extra- 

 axillar}^ often leaf-op- 

 posed peduncles, 1-2 in. 

 long. Petals greenish - 

 yellow, narrowly lanceo- 

 late, 1-3 in. long. Ripe 

 carpels numerous, purple, 

 stalked, | to liin. long, 

 joints 2-5, the constric- 

 tions between the joints 

 often slender and pubes- 

 cent. 



Base of eastHrn Himalaya, 

 Assam, (liittagong, Upppr 

 and Lo^\ er Burma, \Vestern 

 Peninsula. FL May-July. 

 8. 0. paainosa, Dalz. •, Bedd. 

 le. PL Ind. Or. t. 52 ; Ann. 

 iv. t. 72. A hnial] tree oi 

 the Western Gliat.s from 

 the Konkan soutliwards. Leaves nienihranous, 2-3 in. FL straw-coloured, petals 

 1| in., densely clothed with brown silky liairs. Carpels sebsile, ovoid, 1-3 seeded. 

 4. U. viridiftora, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 158; Ann. iv. t. 75. A gigantic climber. 

 Travancore Ghats. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Petals laneeolatt', silky, 

 l-2i in. long. 5. U, dumosa, Eoxh. ; Ann. iv. t. 76. Silliet, Assam, Malay Pen- 

 insula. Branohlets and underside of leaves softly tomentose. 6. TJ. Lawii, Hook. 

 fil. & Thorns. ; Bedd. l.c. t. 73 ; Ann. iv. 77a. An erect or climbing slirub on the 

 Western G-hats from the Konkan southwards. Leaves 2-4 in., petals linear, 1-2 in , 

 carpels of 1-2 ovoid joints. 7. IT. latifolia, Hook. fil. & Thorns. *, Ann. iv. t. 78. (U. Bran- 

 cUsana, Pierre PL For. Oooh. t. 19). A large deciduous tree on the Salween river south 

 of the Karenni country. Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula. Branchlets and underside 

 of leaves grey-tomentose. Leaves ovate or orbicular. FL scented, jjetals veined, 2 in. 

 long. 



B. Petals 3j sometimes 2 only, those of the inner row wanting. 



8. U. Dasymaschala, Bliime ; Ann. t. iv. 81. 



An evergreen scrambling shriibj shoots softly pubescent. Leaves thinly 



coriaceous, oblong-lanceolatCj 4|~8| in. long. M. solitary, nodding, 1^-3 in. 



long, on peduncles li~lf in. Petals fleshy, lanceolate, 3 in. long, " Ripe 



carpels numerous, on short stalks, joints 3-7, oblong. 



Lower Burma, Andamans. FL June. Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. U. 0. longi- 

 flora, Eoxb. ; Ann. iv. t. 80. Grlabrous evergreen shrub of Assam, the Khasi hills 

 and Chittagong, also Perak. FL crimson, petals 5 in. long. 



Canangium odoratum, Baillon; Ann. iv. t. 67. — Syn. Cananga ocUrafa^ Hook. f. h Thorns. ; 

 FL Brit. Ind. i. 56. Yern. Kadatnyan^ Burm., is an evergreen tree, B0~60 ft. Leaves 

 4-8 in., often oblique, FL pale yellow, fragrant, drooping, on long pedicels in 2-6 fid., 

 shortly pedunculate racemes. Petals 6, lanceolate, equal, 8 in. long, connective px'o- 

 duced beyond anthers into a short lanceolate process. Eipe carpels 10-12, stalked, | in. 

 long, nearly black wLen ripe, with 6-12 flat seeds. Indigenous in IMartaban and Tenas- 

 serim, the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 5 elsewhere cultivated. 



7. UVARIA, Linn. ; M. Brit. Ind. i. 47. 



Climbing or scrambling shrubs, generally with stellate pubescence. FL 

 yellow, purple or brown, usually large and showy. Sepals, B often connate 

 at base. Petals 6, imbricate, nearly equal, spreading. Stamens indefinite, 



