VI. ANONACEiE. 
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Alpkonsea.] 
puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic 
abruptly acuminate, base rounded or cuneate, glabrous on both 
sides ; midrib channelled above; nerves about 10 pairs, very faint ; 
4 to 6 in. long, 175 to 2*3 in. wide; petioles grooved, '25 in. long. 
Flowers globular, scarcely opening, -25 in. across, solitary or in 
pairs axillary on short thick pedicels with several orbicular bracts. 
Sepals thick joined into a fiat cup, ‘3 in. through; lobes obtuse, 
broad. Petals larger thick fleshy, silvery grey, orbicular acute 
concave, pubescent outside; outer ones *2 in. across, inner ones 
smaller. Stamens numerous ; appendages large fleshy conical. Torus 
conic. Pistil 1, puberulous, many-seeded ; stigma minute. Carpels 
elongate clubbed pubescent, 1 to 1*25 in. tong, narrowed to stalk, *25 
to ’3 in. long. Seeds 10. Hab. Rare in dense jungle at 400 to 600 ft. 
altitude. Perak, Ulu Bera (Kunstler). Bindings, Lumut (Ridley). 
{4) A. cylindrica King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 127; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 164, pi. 211B. 
A small tree 20 to 30 ft. tall ; stem 3 to 4 in. through; branchlets 
with soft brown pubescence. Leaves thinly coriaceous ovate- 
lanceolate to oblong, shortly and rather abruptly acuminate, base 
rounded, slightly oblique, above glabrous, midrib brown-hairy, 
beneath sparingly hairy on nerves; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, faint; 
2‘5 to 3 # 5 in. long, n to i - 5 in. wide; petioles hairy, *15 in. long. 
Flowers 1 to 3 from extra-axillary pubescent peduncles *15 to 
*4 in. long. Bracts sub-orbicular, deciduous. Sepals semi-orbicular 
blunt, connate at base, tomentose outside, cream colour. Petals 
sub-equal oblong-ovate or sub-triangular obtuse, waxy white, 
tomentose, *35 in. long. Stamens in 3 rows ; anthers ovate apiculate. 
Ovaries 3 oblong silky; many ovules in 2 rows. Carpels 1 to 2, 
elongate terete acuminate, pubescent, 1 in. long, *2 in. across; 
dark brown. Hab. Perak, Ulu Bubong in bamboo forest at 400 
to 600 ft. altitude. Rare (Kunstler). 
(5) A. Curtisii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 127; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 166, pi. 215B. 
A shrub; scandent branchlets yellow pubescent. Leaves stiffly 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute at both ends, glabrous except 
the scurfy midrib, finely reticulate, shining; nerves 12 to 15 pairs, 
faint, inarching some way from the edge; 4 to 5-5 in. long, 1*2 to 
175 in. wide; petioles *2 in. long. Peduncles extra-axillary 1- to 
2-flowered. Flowers - i in. long, buds conic; pedicels 7 in. long, 
silky. Bracts 1 or 2, orbicular. Sepals connate in a cup, *25 in. 
across, tomentose outside, teeth ovate sub-acute. Petals much 
larger, oblong-ovate sub-acute, outer ones tomentose on both 
sides, inner ones narrower, glabrous inside. Stamens numerous; 
appendages small. Pistils 3, tomentose, many-ovuled. Stigma 
broad. Hab. Penang at Muka Head. Rare (Curtis). 
Excluded is A. ventricosa Hook., given as Penang, Wall. Cat. 6458, but 
the specimens so numbered were from the Calcutta Gardens, It is Assamese. 
