ANONACEA 
SaGEMA ThWAITESII. (H. f. et T.) A small tree, leaves Harrow oblong, 8-12 inches long 34} broad (petiole }-f inoh) 
comceous, glabrous, pale beneath; flowers hermathrodite, yellow, in axillary fasoioles on the thicker branches, pedicels 24, about an inoh 
tulate at the base, sepals imbricated short obtuse, petals rounded, exterior larger, stamens abont 18 on an elevated torus 
i strigose, stigma 2 lobed, ovules 8-10 in two rows, carpels subsessile abont the she of a nut, many or few seeded, seed com- 
itli a furrow all round. Hook and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 93. 
wag, squamiv 
Ceylon, at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. 
PLATE No. XLI. 
1« t ^ ALZ u LLI1 ' (Bedd ) 4 smaUtree ’ br “" cll!!a glabrous, leaves glabrous and shining above, oblong, rounded or 
r “ TT** tle 8PM ’ 6:,0i “ ch “ >“« H to 3* broad (petiolesnearly } ^inoh,) ^ 4 8. 
squaroulate at the base from axillary woody tubercles on the older branches about 1 inch long, ebraoteolate, sepals ronnded cohering at 
rnth'S whereas tt is 2 lobed in & Thwa.tesu-otherwise they much resemble each other. A third species of this genus Shurina dIiz 
PLATE No. XLII. 
rounded imbricated bmnbLlL T , ’ & * axdlarysubsessile, pedicels very short, furnished with numerous small 
11 serierobir^ 6 neTtiiria^in 8 ^^Mi 600 ! 6 P®^ 118 pi ^ escen * on both sides, ovaries 3-6, ovules 4-6, carpels oblong size of a dove’s egg, seeds 
in df senes oblong, nestling in reddish pulp. Book. F. et Thom. FI,. Ind. p. 125 ; Patonia, Wight. 
PLATE No. XLIII. 
5 -^- YL OPIA NIGRICANS. (H. f. et T.) A Bhrub, branches glabrous, young parts puberulous, leaves elliptic or lanceolate 
| obtusely acuminate glabrous (blackish when dry), coriaceous, undulate, pale beneath, 3 inches long 1J broad (petiole |th inch), flowers 
m axillary m tlfcees or solitary, pedicels scarcely * inch long slender, bracteoles 1-2, minute deciduous, exterior petals excavated to nearly 
I le apex, ovaries o, ovules 4-6, carpels size of a dove's egg or smaller dehiscing, seeds blackish smooth, attenuated towards the hilum. 4 
I lines long nestling m red pulp. FI. Ind. p. 125; Tim. Fn. p. 9. - ’ 
PLATE No. XLIV. 
. ChAMPIONI!. ( H - f - et T ) A tree with slender glabrous branches, young shoots fusco-seficeous leaves 
f fc be base, acuminated at the apex, glabrous above, minutely puberulous beneath, comceonslpellu- 
IbTari 2 l 1 8 1 ° ’ Peh 68 SCarCdy * inch Iong ' fancies axillary solitary about 2 lines long, fnsco-sericeou. 
C bearing 2-3 minute squamae form bracts below the middle sepals united into an acutely 3 lobed cup, floweiS yellowish marked with re/ 
j extei ’ l0r petaIs i—§ >nch long thick concave, int. pot. |rd shorter, cuniate at the base, and deeply concave triquetrous above ova 
[ Pdose 4 ovuled, carpels pedicellate 5 ribbed longitudinally, seeds nestling in pulp. Hook and T. Ft. Ind.p. 126. ’ ** S ° 1 
Ceylon in the Ambagamowa and Ralnapoora districts, up to 2,000 feet elevation. 
This genus has not been detected on the continent, the only other Indian species described are the X Mala™™ w f , m 
, and tffe X, caudata. H. f. et T. both from Malacca. 7 ‘ ’ y * *' et 1 J 
PLATE No.ALV. 
