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4. ANONACEJE. 



[Artabotr^s. 



Evergreen forests of the W. Peninsala ; also in Central and South- 

 ern Ceylon. North Kanara, towards the south, abundant in the forests 

 near the Gairsoppah falls. Fl. Nov. Fruit remains two years on stem. 



At once recognised by the flattened woody flowering peduncles, charac- 

 teristically hooked. A lofty climber. Stems 3 in. in diameter. Bark 

 dark-coloured, smooth ; inner bark reddish, very fibrous. Branchlets 

 circinate, thickened at the points of contact with other stems or branches. 



3. UNOM"A,L. 



Trees or shrubs^ often climbing. Flowers usually solitary, axillary 

 or terminal. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, nearly equal, or the inner 

 3 absent. Toras flat or slightly concave. Stamens numerous, closely 

 packed, 4-angled ; top of connective truncate or globose. Ovaries 

 numerous, style ovoid or obloDg, recurved and grooved ; ovules 2 or 

 more, 1-seriate. E-ipe carpels stalked, often moniliform, seeds few 

 or many. 



Carpels not constricted between the seeds, A small 



tree. Flowers subsessile, villous ... ... ... 1. U. pannosm. 



Carpels moniliform. An erect or spreading shrub* 



Petals i in. broad. Flowering peduncles \ in. 



long ... ... .. ... ... ... ... 2. U. discolor 9 



An erect or climbing shrub. Petals \ in, across, 



very long. Flowering peduncles '5 to 1 in. long.... 3. Z7. Laioiu 



1. CJ. pannosa, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. Bot. III. 307 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 58; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 52 ; JJ. farinosa, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 3. 



Western Ghat forests up to 3500 ft. Konkan, Parwar ghat and Tula- 

 wari. D. & G. yields a strong fibre and possesses a tough wood. 

 Bedd. Fl. Syl. 9. 



2. U. discolor, Vahl. Symb. II. 63. t. 86 ; Var. laevigata, Fl. Br. I. 

 1. 59 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 3. Bunalii, H. f . & T. Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb, Fl. 3. 



Konkan (Savantv^di). Closely allied to the next species. Dr. King 

 says : " Perhaps cultivated only in India, common in the Archipelago and 

 China." Annals Royal Bot. Gard. Calc. 4. p. 56. The Konkan is given 

 as a habitat on the anthority of the Bombay Flora of Dalzell. 



3. XT. Lawii, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 132 ; Fl. Br. I. 1 . 59 ; Bedd, Ic. PI. 

 Ind. Or. t. 73. 



W. Peninsula, N. Kanara and the Konkan, in evergreen forests, 

 common in the forests near Goond, Supa sub-division of N. Kinara. Fl. 

 Aug. -Jan. Fr. Jan.-Mar. 



4. POLYALTHIA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers solitary or fascicled, axillary or leaf- 

 opposed. Sepals 3, usually valvate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, flat or the 

 inner vaulted. Torus convex, Stameus euneate; anther-cells ex- 



