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4. ANONACE^. 



[Pol^allhia' 



Wood yellowish-white, light (31 lbs. to the cubic foot). Annual rings 

 distinct. Pores nnmerous, small. Medullary rays numerous, very fine. 

 The timber is not considered of any value as it decays on exposure. 

 I have not observed the ammoniacal smell which is said to come from the 

 freshly cut bark. This bark is made into a kind of rope by the Kuram- 

 bars in the Wynaad. 



P. suherosa, Benth, & Hook. ; Guatteria suherosa, DC, P. Korintif Benth. 

 & Hook. Guatteria Korinti^ Dunal, and Guatteria sempervirensy Danal 

 (an obscure species founded on Rheede's f gure, Hort. Mai. v. 1. 16, 18), 

 are mentioned in Graham's list as having been found in the Konkan, 

 but his observations have not been confirmed by subsequent authors. 



5. GONIOTHALAMUS, Blume. 



Small trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or fascicled, axillary. 

 Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, outer thick^ flat, inner smaller, shortly 

 clawed. Stamens many, connective produced into an oblong process. 

 Ovaries many; ovules solitary or 2 superposed in each; style elongate ; 

 stigmas 2-lobed. Berries 1-seeded. 



G. eardiopetalus, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 107; Fl. Br. I. 1. 75 ; Bedd. FL 

 Sjlv. 8. Folyalthia cardiopetala^ Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour, Bot. II, 39. 

 P. wynaadensis^ Bedd. Ms:^. in Herb. Madras [Atrategia, Bedd.). 



Southern India: in Kdnara and N. Wynaad up to 3000 ft., North 

 Kanara ghats in evergreen forests, common on the Ankola Ghdts. Fl, 

 March. Fr. R. & C. S. 



6. ANONA,L. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or fascicled. Sepals 3, valvate. 

 Petals 3 or 6, Stamens indefinite, on a hemispherical torus, top of 

 connective ovoid. Ovaries many, subconnate ; ovule 1^ erect. Carpels 

 united into a large fleshy fruit ; seeds numerous, imbedded in pulp. 



Fruit tubercled. Flowers solitary \. A. squamosa. 



Fruit smooth. Flowers 2-3 together 2. A. reticulata. 



Fruit very large, muricate A. muricata* 



1 . A. squamosa, Linn. Fl. Br. 1. 1. 78; Bedd. Fl. Sylr. 9; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 6. Sweet Sop. Custard Apple. Sita phul ^ H. Naturalized through- 

 out the presidency ; usually cultivated, Fl. June- July. 



2. A. reticulata, Linn. Fl. Br. I. 1. 78 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 9. BuUock's- 

 heart. UdmphuJ^ H. Cultivated thrjughout the presidency. 



3. A. muricata, DC. Syst. 467; Bedd. Fl. Sylvr. 9; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb, Fl, Suppl. 3. Sour Sop. Cultivated near Bombay. 



7. SACCOPETALTJM, Bennet. 



Trees. Flowers axillary , solitary or fascicled. Sepals 3^ small, 

 valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in 2 series^ outer small, like the sepals, 



