VI. ANONACEA!. 
Go niothalamiis. ] 
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bright rose pink. Sepals ovate-elliptic obtuse, *6 in. long, pubera- 
lous. Petals, outer ones elliptic-oblong or ovate obtuse or sub¬ 
acute with a broad thick claw, i‘65 to 2 in. long, inner ones con¬ 
nate, ‘6 in. long, obovate, claw narrow. Stamens yellow, numerous, 
appendages conic. Ovaries narrow; style cylindric, puberulous; 
stigma bilobed, white. Carpels globular green, an inch through; 
stalks 2 to 3 in. long, forming a head of fruit as big as a cricket 
ball. Hab. Rocky Woods, Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca. 
Dindings. Perak, Chanderiang; Gunong Bubu (Kunstler); Batu 
Kurau (Curtis). Native name: Banitan. 
The mass of flowers at the base of the tree is often very large and is 
usually covered with earth by the ants, which abound in and on the flowers, 
and probably pollinate them. I am quite unable to separate G. Prainianus 
King, which seems to be based on the young flowers only. 
(14) G. uvarioides King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 78 ; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 100, pi. 143. 
A shrub 6 to 15 ft. fall, glabrous except flower and fruit. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, oblong slightly obovate, narrowed towards the 
rounded base; nerves 22 to 25, rather horizontal, inarching near 
the margin; 10 to 15 in. long, 3 to 6 in. wide; petioles *4 in. long. 
Flowers near the base of the stem, on stout pedicels *35 in. long. 
Sepals small coriaceous pubescent semi-orbicular, ‘2 in. long. 
Petals very coriaceous, yellow, outer ones lanceolate pubescent, 
i*5 in. long, inner ones similar, 1 to 1*2 in. long. Appendages 
conic. Ovaries hairy. Carpels oblong acute at each end puberulous, 
1*5 in. long, '65 in. through; stalks 7 in. long. Seeds 4, com¬ 
pressed, rugose, '5 in. long. Hab. Very little known, based on 
fruiting specimens from the Ulu Slim and Ulu Bubong in Perak 
and a Borneo specimen in flower. A fruiting plant I found in 
Chaning Woods, Kelantan, appears to be this species. 
18 . OROPHEA, Bl. 
Trees of medium size or shrubs. Flowers usually small, axillary 
fascicled or cymose, white or pink. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, 
valvate, outer three ovate, inner three clawed and spathulate and 
cohering at their edges into a conic cap; occasionally oblong 
approximate in the middle and diverging at the tips. Stamens 
definite, 6 to 12, ovoid, fleshy; anther-cells dorsal, large, appendages 
conic. Staminodes o or 3 to 6. Ovaries 3 to 15; style short or o. 
Ovules 4. Carpels 1- or more-seeded, globular, oblong or elongate, 
jointed. Species about 25, tropical Asia, 
Inner petals vaulted. 
Stamens 12; stem hairy; carpels globose . . (1) 0 . setosa 
Stamens 6. 
Stem hairy; carpels globose . . . . (2) 0 . hirsuta 
Stem glabrous; carpels elongate, jointed . . (3) 0 . enterocarpa 
Stem red-velvety; flowers large; carpels elon¬ 
gate, jointed.(4) 0 . maculata 
