VI. ANONACE^E. 
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[ Mitrephora. 
to 4*5 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long, swollen. Flowers small, 
•2 in. across, lavender colour or brownish pink, unisexual in few- 
flowered axillary cymes. Pedicels slender, 1 in. long. Bracts 
many, small. Sepals ovate acute pubescent. Petals, outer ones 
twice as large as inner ones ovate obtuse, pubescent; inner ones 
spoon-shaped, limb ovate acute, claw linear. Stamens numerous 
in male, appendages rounded broad. Ovaries 3, hairy. In female, 
staminodes in 2 rows. Ovaries 12, hairy ovoid-cylindric; ovules 4. 
Stigma large, fleshy. Carpels ovoid wrinkled hoary, - 8 in. long, 
•65 in. through; stalk stout, '2 in. long. Seeds 2. Hab. Forests, 
common. Johor, Pulau Tiuman (Burkill). Malacca. Selangor, 
Batu caves. Perak, Bujong Malacca; Temengoh hill-woods; 
Sungkai (Burn-Murdoch). Kelantan, Chaning. Dislnb. Burma, 
S. Siam (Trang). Native names: Ringei Jerenang; Kiru; Pisang 
Pisang Bukit. Use : Timber used for house-building; bark used 
as soap in Malacca. 
(3) M. macrophylla Oliv. Ic. PI. t. 1562 ; King, Journ. .-Is. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 87; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 114, pi. 157. 
Small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall; trunk 6 to 8 in. through; branches 
puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-obovate or oblong- 
lanceolate acute or acuminate; base rounded, puberulous when 
young, minutely reticulate; nerves 14 to 20 pairs, inarching, 
'15 in. from margin, prominent beneath; 7 to 13 in. long, 175 to 
4 in. wide. Flowers *25 to *3 in. wide axillary in pairs or cymes, 
dull purple to dark pink, 1 to 2 in. long, pubescent, similar to 
those of M. reticulata. Fruit globose, minutely tomentose, rusty 
browm, *4 to *5 in. through; stalk ‘2 in. long. Seeds several. 
Hab. Johor. Pahang, Tahan River. Dindings. Selangor, Weld’s 
Hill (native collector); Perak, Thaiping Hills; Sungkai; Goping, 
common (Kunstler); Penang, West Hill from about 15 00 ft. 
altitude upwards (Curtis). Native name: Prusat. 
(4) M. crassipetala Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 13. 
A tree, glabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate acuminate 
acute, base rounded; nerves elevate beneath, 9 pairs, inarching, 
6 to 8 in. long, 2-5 to 275 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. Flowers 
in racemes *5 in. long in clusters on trunk; white. Bracts *05 in. 
long, ovate. Sepals ovate obtuse, edges ciliate, ’i in. long. Petals, 
outer ones ovate, - 3 in. long; tip very thick, coriaceous; inner 
ones connivent spathulate, limb triangular thick. Male flowers, 
stamens numerous oblong; appendages triangular-ovate. Pistils 
abortive. Hab. Forests, Pahang on the Tahan River. Rare 
(Ridley). 
20 . POPOWIA, Endl. 
Trees or shrubs. Flowers small sub-globular, usually bisexual, 
occasionally unisexual, hardly opening, extra-axillary or leaf- 
opposed nearly sessile, tomentose. Sepals 3, ovate valvate. 
