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ARTABOTRYS odoratissimus. 
Fragrant Artabotrys. 
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POLYANDRIA POLYGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Axoxacem. Decand. syst. nat. 1.465. Dio. IIT. Carpellis 
plurimis distinctis. 
ARTABOTRYS. Cal. 3-partitus. Petala sex. Stamina hypogyna. 
Ovaria distincta, disperma. Bacc@ disperme (abortione quandoque mono- 
sperm). Semina collateralia erecta exarillata albumine rimeso. Frutices 
decumbentes. Folia alterna, integerrima, exstipulata. Pedunculi extraalares 
Eee clas paucifiori pedicellis (1-2) lateralibus, apice uncinati.. Brown 
Oss. Characteribus supra datis proxim® accedit Kavsure cujus baccee 
disperme seminibus collateralibus pariter distinct receptaculo carnoso inst- 
dentes fide iconis et descriptionis Kampferi (amen. exot. 476.) ; sed Kap- 
sURA vic Anonacea ob summam affinitatem cum Uvansi heteroclita Roxb. 
flor. ind. ined. cui albumen indivisum nec processubus membrane intertoris 
rimosum ductoritate descriptionis operis citati. Brown MSS. 
fr RR ere tw oy ae Rs ee 
A. odoratissimus, petalorum laminis planis lanceolatis, foliis oblongis acumi- 
natis. Brown MSS. : 
Uvaria odoratissima. Roxburgh flor. ind. ined. 
pee Dunal anonacées. 105, t. 12. et 12... Decand. syst. nat. 
Unona hamata. Dunal anonacées. 106. ¢.27. Decand. syst. nat. 1.491. 
Unona esculenta. Dunal anonacées. 107. Decand. syst. nat. 1. 491. 
Uvaria esculenta. Rotiler in nov. act. soc. nat. cur. berol. 4. 201. 
Uvaria uncata. Loureiro cochin. 349. 
Anona unincata. Lamarck encyc. 2. 127. 
aoe jp cxapetala, Linn. suppl. 270. Hort. Kew. 2. 253. ed. 2. 3. 335 
- Sp. pl. 2. 1266. 
The present plant, after various shiftings from one in- 
appropriate group to another, according to the wavering 
views of different botanists, is now placed in a new genus 
constituted for its reception by Mr. Brown; to whom the 
Sener name has been suggested by the curious grapple or 
tendril belonging to the peduncle, by which the growing 
fruit is conveniently suspended on the nearest support du- 
mins its advance to maturity, and the slender flexile branch 
relieved from the disproportionate burden, which would be 
otherwise laid on the ground. 
Brown. ouehyiny is also a valuable contribution from Mr. 
; and presents a critical view of the scientific history 
of the Species, 
he shrub ig native of China and the East Indies, where 
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