VI. ANONACE^E. 
A riabotrys. J 
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hooked; pedicels -3 to *4 in. long, tomentose thick. Bracts 
ovate. Flowers 1-25 in. long, yellow. Sepals ovate-lanceolate 
blunt pubescent on both sides. Petals coriaceous oblong-lance¬ 
olate densely tomentose on both sides, outer three larger. Carpels 
8 sessile on a sub-globose torus on a very stout peduncle, ovoid 
or obovoid glabrous 1*25 to 1-65 in. long, 75 to 1*15 in. through. 
Seeds 2 oblong compressed *9 in. long and 6 in. wide. Hab. 
Not very rare in dense forest. Singapore, Bukit Tirnah. Malacca 
(Maingay). Perak, Thaiping (Kunstler). Distrib. Bunna. 
(7) A. oblongus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c . 33; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 42. 
A glabrous climber 50 to 70 ft. long, young branches and inflores¬ 
cence only pubescent. Leaves coriaceous oblong acuminate, base 
acute; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, inarching twice or thrice within the 
edge; 6*5 to 9 in. long, 2-5 to 3 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. 
Peduncles stout, pubescent with 3 or 4 pedicels, 1 in. long. Flowers 
1-35 in. long, light yellow\ Sepals triangular acute red-pilose on 
both sides, -25 in. long. Petals base saccate, blade lanceolate 
sub-acute, tomentose on both surfaces, claw partly glabrous, partly 
white-haired. Anther-appendages flattened, oblong. Ovaries few, 
glabrous. Hab. Lowland forest. Rare. Perak, Larut Hills at 
500 to 800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
(8) A. Lowianus King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 34; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. p. 43, pi. 54. 
A stout climber, glabrous except the flower. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base cuneate; 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs, inarching -2 in. within the margin; 3*5 to 
0 in. long, 1*25 to 175 in- wide; petioles *25 in. long. Peduncles 
extra-axillary, 2- to 3-flow r ered; pedicels -5 to 75 in. long, all 
glabrous. Sepals triangular acute glabrous, -25 in. long. Petals 
puberulous elliptic-lanceolate obtuse, 3 outers 175 in. long, 
inners smaller. Appendages of anthers rounded. Pistils many, 
glabrous. Carpels sessile, ovoid. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). Very 
rare. 
(9) A. oxycarpus King , Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 24; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 44, pi. 56. 
A stout climber 60 to 80 ft. long, glabrous except the flower. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate; nerves 6 to 8 pairs; -3 to 
*5 in. long, 1-25 to 1-5 in. wide. Peduncles 75 in. long, glabrous; 
pedicels 275 in. long. Flowers green, turning yellow 1-5 to 175 in. 
long. Sepals small broadly ovate acute, *2 in. long. Petals much 
longer lanceolate obtuse pubescent, inner 3 smaller. Torus small 
silky. Pistils glabrous. Carpels numerous sessile glabrous nar¬ 
rowly elliptic tapering to both ends, tip caudate, 1 to 1-2 in. long, 
•4 m. through. Seeds 2, plano-convex, -25 in. long. Hab. Not 
common in forests. Perak, Larut Hills, 500 to 1000 ft. altitude 
(Kunstler). Kelantan, Chaning Woods (Ridley). 
