midrib And 12 to 14 pairs of rather bold, oblique, curving oervea ; length 
6 to 9 in., breadth 225 to 3 in., petiole '25 in., pubescent. Flowers 
bisexual, from the axis of the fallen leaves, solitary, "4 in. in diam.; 
pedicels about "5 in. long, softly tomentose, minutely bracteolate at the 
base. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, concave, tomentose outside, glabrous 
inside. Outer petals much larger than the sepals, ovate-orbicular, sub- 
acute ; tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Inner petals longer but nar- 
rower than the outer : the limb trapezoid, densely tomentose, glabrous 
inside at the base ; the claw narrow, about as long as the limb, tomentose 
on both surfaces. Stamens in the male flower numerous, short, cuneate ; 
the apical process of the connective truncate, concealing the apices of 
the dorsal anthers. Pistifo 0. Female Jlmvers unknown. Ripe carpels 
sub-globose, rather truncate at base and apex, rugulose, minutely pub- 
escent, "65 in. in diam. Seeds about 5, piano-convex, the testa mem- 
branous, rugulose, 
Andaman Islands ; Pram, King's Collector. 
The inner petals of this species are undoubtedly longrr than the 
outer ; but they are much narrower. Technically they are the petals 
of Orophea rather than of Mitrephora ; but the numerous Uvarioid 
stamens and the unisexual habit are those of the latter, to which I 
accordingly refer it I have been able to examine only a few flowers of 
the species, and these are all tetramerous j but whether this arrange- 
ment is normal or only occasional I am unable to say until larger 
suites of specimens are obtained. 
1 7. Popowia, Endl. 
Trees. Flowers small, sab-globular, opening but slightly, usually 
hermaphrodite, sometimes polygamous, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed. 
Sepals 3, ovate, valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2-series, (the inner series 
imbricate in Knrzii), more or less orbicular ; outer like the sepals, spread- 
ing j inner thick, concave, oonuivont, acute, the tip sometimes inflcxed. 
Stamens indefinite or sub-definite, short, euneate ; anther-cells dorsal, 
remote. Carpels about 6, ovoid ; style large, oblong or sub-clavate, 
straight or recurved; ovules 1-2 on the ventral suture, rarely 1, basal, 
erect. Mipe carpels berried, globose or ovoid, stalked.— Distrib. About 
20 Asiatic species, 12 Australian and 1 African. (The Australian and 
African species may be generically separable). 
There has been considerable variety of opinion as to the place of the 
genus Popowia amongst the genera of Anonacem. The genus was 
founded by Endlicher (Genus No. 4710) to accommodate the species 
named Bocagea pisocarpa by Blume (Flora Javae (Anonaceae) 90, t. 45). 
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