[. Dcsmos. 
46 VI. ANONACEAJ. 
Semantan. Selangor. Perak, Lamt (Kunstler). Penang (Wallich); 
Telok Bahang (Curtis). Jalor (Gwynne Vaughan). Kedah, Alor 
Sta. Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette). Distrib . Assam, 
Assam, Cochin-China. Native names: Akar Sugi-Sugi; Larak Salai. 
Use : A decoction of roots for fever. 
(3) D. chinensis Loureiro, FI. Cochinchine, i. 352. Unona 
discolor Vahl, Symb. ii. 63, t. 36; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 59; King, 
Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 44; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. Lc, 56, 
pi. 74. 
A shrub or climber 40 to 80 ft. long. Leaves membranous 
oblong to oblanceolate acute, base rounded, above glabrous, beneath 
glaucous glabrous or pubescent; nerves 8 to 10 pairs; 3 to 7-5 in. 
long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers solitary extra- 
axillary, 2 to 2-5 in. long, at first green becoming yellow; peduncle 
1 to 2 in. long, slender pubescent. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, nearly 
glabrous, -4 to *6 in. long. Petals narrow lanceolate, glabrous or 
silky. Pistils oblong, hairy. Carpels numerous, *75 to 15 in. long, 
glabrous or pubescent, constricted between the 2 to 5 oval joints ; 
stalks -25 in. long. Hab. Open country and borders of woods and 
thickets. Common up to 1800 ft. altitude. Singapore, Reservoir 
woods; Garden Jungle. Malacca, Bukit China Road (Maingay); 
Ayer Panas (Goodenough). Pahang, Kwantan (Foxworthy). Perak, 
Waterloo (Curtis); Kwala Dipang (Curtis) ; Batang Padang (Kunst- 
ler). Kedah. Lankawi, Tasek Enak (Haniff). Jalor, Biserat 
(Gwynne Vaughan). Distrib. East Himalaya, Burma, Malay 
isles, China, Native names: Kenanga hut an ; Akar Darah; A. 
Mariam; A. Singa; Poko Sikenchong. Use : A decoction used for 
dysentery. 
(4) D. dumosa S afford l.c. 506. Unona dumosa Roxb. FI. Ind. 
ii. 670; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 131. 
A large climber; young branches tomentose. Leaves mem¬ 
branous broadly-ovate to oblong-ovate or oblanceolate-oblong 
blunt or sub-acute, base rounded, when young purplish tomentose on 
both sides, when adult glabrescent, except midrib; nerves 10 to 12 
pairs; 2 to 5-25 in. long, 1*25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *15 to 3 in. 
long. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, 2 to 2*5 in. 
long, greenish yellow, on pedicels *5 to 75 in. long, tomentose. Bracts 
near the base ovate. Sepals cordate or ovate acute tomentose 
•4 in. long. Petals obovate-spathulate to broadly ovate-lanceolate 
acuminate at both ends, densely pubescent at first. Carpels numer¬ 
ous glabrous, 75 to 14 in. long, constricted between the 2 to 3 
ovoid joints, yellow turning dark purple. Hab. Not rare in open 
country and thickets. Singapore in Tanglin. Malacca; Perak at 
Thaiping and Relau Tujor (Wray); Goping (Kunstler) ; Dindings, 
Lumut; Kelantan, Chaning Woods. Distrib. Assam. Native names: 
Akar Pisang-Pisang Padi; Akar Kinching Juhu. 
(5) D. dasymaschala Safiord l.c. 507. Unona dasymaschala 
