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ovaries many. Style ovoid or oblong, ovules 2 to 8 in i row. 
Carpels many, long and constrict between seeds. Seeds 2 to 6. 
Species 20, tropical Asia. 
i. Eudesmos. Petals 6 in 2 rows. 
Flower axillary; leaves glabrous . . . (1) D. Dunalii 
Flower opposite leaf; leaves glabrous. 
Pedicel 4 to 6 in. long; leaves hardly glaucous 
beneath . . . . . . (2) D. Cochinchinensis 
Pedicel 1 to 2 in. long. 
Leaves quite glaucous beneath . . . (3) D. chinensis 
Leaves hairy, tomentose . . . . (4) D. dumosa 
ii. Dasymaschalon. Petals 3 or 2, long and often connate. 
Flowers broad 3 in. long; carpels many-seeded; 
pedicels short . (5) D. dasymaschala 
Flowers narrow, 6 in. long; pedicels very long; 
carpels 1-seeded . (6) D. fllipes 
(1) D. Dunalii Safford, Bull. Tory. Club, xxxix. 506. Unona 
Dunalii Wall. Cat. 6425; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 58; King, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. lxi. {2), 43; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 54, pi. 71. 
A climber 60 to 100 ft. long. Leaves thickly membranous 
elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, base rounded 
above, glabrous beneath and slightly glaucous, with occasionally a few 
hairs on the midrib; nerves 10 to 12 pairs ; 3 to 4 in. long, 1-2 to 1-75 
in. wide; petioles -2 in long. Flowers axillary solitary, 1-25 to 1-4 in. 
long on pedicels -35 to *5 in. long, slender pubescent, a minute 
bract in the middle. Sepals broadly ovate acute puberulous, -25 
to -3 in. long. Petals narrowly oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute pube¬ 
rulous or glabrous yellow, 1 to 1*25 in. long, inner ones smaller. 
Carpels numerous, glabrous, 1-25 to 175 in. long, constricted 
between the 3 to 5 ovoid joints, yellow turning black, on stalks 
1 in. long. Hab. Dense jungle and tops of limestone hills. Malacca 
(Griffith). Penang (Wallich and Curtis), Muka Head. Perak, 
Trong; Goping and Kol, 500 to 1800 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
Distrib. Chittagong. 
(2) D. Cochinchinensis Loureiro, FI. Cochinchine, i. 352. 
Unona Desmos Dunal. Anonacece 112, Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 59; King, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 44; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 55, pi. 73. 
A slender climber 20 to 30 ft. long, or an erect shrub. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous oblong-acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous 
beneath pale; nerves 12 to 14 pairs; 4-8 to 8-8 in. long, 1-65 to 
3*25 in. wide ; petioles -35 in. long. Flowers solitary extra-axillary 
1*35 to 175 in. long, green to dark yellow on a slender peduncle 
■4 to -6 in. long. Sepals ovate acuminate pubescent, *3 in. long. 
Petals ovate-lanceolate pubescent; the outer ones 2 in. long, -85 in. 
wide, inner ones smaller. Carpels numerous, -5 to 75 in. long, 
glabrous constrict between 2 to 5 oval joints, stalked. Hab. Open 
places and thickets. Malacca, Brisu (Derry). Pahang, Kwala 
