Desmos ] vi. anonace.33 . 47 
Bl. FI. Jav. Anonacea 55, t. 27 ; Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 61 ; King, Journ. 
As. Soc. Beng. lx. 47; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 59, pi. 81. 
A shrub or treelet, about 12 ft. tall, glabrous or pubescent. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong or elliptic-oblong acute or acumi¬ 
nate, base round or narrow, above glabrous dull green, beneath 
glaucous, midrib pubescent velvety; nerves, 10 to 12 pairs, 4*5 to 
6 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles *i in. long, pubescent or brown 
velvety. Flowers axillary solitary pendent ; pedicels -75 to 175 in. 
long. Sepals short broadly triangular, -15 in. long, pubescent. Petals 
3, light orange cream colour ovate acute to lanceolate-acuminate, 
often twisted and usually connate for the greater part of their 
length, usually glabrous, 3 in. long, -4 to -5 in. wide. Anthers 
oblong, tips cuneate, white tipped with pink. Pistils densely villous. 
Carpels numerous, moniliform, joipts 5 or 6 oval, *35 in. long, 
pubescent or glabrous. Hab. Woods and thickets; the commonest 
species, variable in amount of pubescence and size of flowers. 
Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah; Jurong. Malacca 
(Maingay). Selangor, Sungei Bululi (Foxworthy). Perak, Thaiping 
(Wray); Goping (Kunstler). Bindings, Pangkor (Curtis). Province 
Wellesley, Bukit Juru (Curtis). Penang, Pulau Adang. Kedah. 
Kelantan. 
var. Wallichii Hook. fil. Branches tomentose. Johor, Tanjong 
Bunga; Perak, Goping (Kunstler), B'landa Mabok (Wray); Province 
Wellesley, Bukit Juru (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Siam, Java, 
Sumatra. Native names: Jari Ayam; Kenanga Paya; Chenang 
hutan ; Larut Api; Chin Ching. 
( 6 ) D. filipes Ridl. Journ. Roy. ^5. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 6. 
Unona filipes Ridl. Journ. Linn. Soc. xli. 287. U. longiflora 
King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. pi. 80 (flowering spray only), not oj 
Roxburgh. 
A tree 10 to 20 ft. tall; bark black. Leaves elliptic acute, base 
round, thin coriaceous glaucous beneath, 9 to 10 in. long, 4 in. 
wide; nerves 15 pairs; petioles -5 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary 
brown or crimson on filiform pedicels 23 in. long. Sepals deltoid- 
ovate -i in. long. Petals elongate linear-acuminate base wider, tips 
twisted, 6 in. long *5 in. wide at base. Stamens triangular ovate. 
Pistils flask-shaped, densely hairy. Carpels numerous, about 20, 
not moniliform, ellipsoid i-seeded, -6 in. long, -4 in. through on 
stalks, *5 to 1*5 in. long. Hab. Forests; usually 2500 ft. to 3000 ft. 
altitude, but sometimes in the low country. Selangor, Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss). Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler, Wray). Kelantan, 
Kota Bharu. 
King confused this very distinct plant with the Indian U. longiflora 
Roxb., and took his descriptions in the Materials and Annals of Calcutta 
Gardens, mainly from Indian specimens. 
