152 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GAEDEK, CALCUTTA.
19. XYLOPIA RlDLiivr, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, joi. 2, 131. A tree? Young
branches stout, densely rusty-tomcutose. Leaves coriaceous, obovate-elliptic, abruptly and
very shortly acuminate, narrowed from below the middle to the slightly cuneate base ;
upper sui-face glabrous exccpt the rufous-puberulous midrib; lower softly rusty-tomentose
•with longer, superficial, paler haii-s iatormixed ; main nerves 12 to 14 pairs, oblique, interaching
boldly withiii the margin, prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper, surface;
length 6-Ò to 8-5 in., breadth 2'75 to 3-5 in.; petiole -5 to -6 in., stout, tomentose.
Floivers in extra-axillary (often leaf-opposed) fascicles of 3 to 5 ; pedicels stout, rufoustonientose,
with a smgle bracteole, -25 to -3 in. long. Sepals broadly ovate, long-acuminate,
rufous-pubosceut outside, glabrous within, '35 in. long. Feials filiform, triquetrous, with
expanded concave vaulted bases concealing the andi-o-gynoicium, glabrous inside, otherwise
pubescent, 2-5 to 3-5 in. long. Stamens numerous, with truncate i- or 5-augled heads
concealing the elongate lateral anthers. Ovaries obliquely ovoid, densely scriceous, 4- to
6-ovuled ; fitigmas fleshy, agglutinated, liipo carpels unknown.
Singapore,—Ridley.
PLATE 199. Xylopia Ridleyi, King. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size; 2, flower
dissected—cji/rt/yerf; 3 & 4, anthers; 5 & 6, pistils—»mcA enlarged.
22. P h E e a n t h u s , S. f . ^ T.
Trees or climbers. Fhivers soKtary, terminal or in extra-axillai-y fascicles. Sepals
3, small, valvate. Fetah 6, valvate, in two rows; outer small like the sepals; inner large,
flat, coriaceous. Stamens numerous, oblong or quadi-ate, truncate; anther-cells dorsal,
distant. Carpels numerous; style cylindric or davate, sometimes gi-ooved ventrally. Ovules
sub-basal, ascending. Ripe carpels stalked, 1-seeded. Distrib.—Species about 6; one
in Southern Peninsular India, the rest Malayan.
Loaves softly pubesGeiit
Leaves glotrous.
Outer petals neaily of the same size as tlie sepals.
Ovules and seeds 1
Ovules and seeds 2; petals united at ba^e
Outer petals twice as large as the sepals . . .
2. P. lueidus.
3. P. andamaniom.
4. P. malabariciis.
1. PEJEANTHUS NUTANS, H. f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 147. A small tree; young branches
rusty-tomentose. Jjiaves membranous, oblong-lanceolato or oblanceolate to obovate-clliptic,
caudate-acuminate, the base always nairowed and sometimes acute; upper surface glabrous,
the micli'ib and main nerves tomentose; lower softly pubescent, the midrib tomcntose;
main nerves 10 to 14 paii-s, spreading, prominent beneath, inter-arching near the edge;
length 5 to 9 in., breadth 1-3 to 4-o in.; petiole -3 in., tomentose. Flowers fostid, solitary
or 2 or 3 together, drooping, extra-axillary; pedicels 'o to 1-5 in. long, with 1 or 2
linear bracteoles, pubescent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, spreading, tomentose, '2 in. long.
Fetah veiy unequal; the outer small like the sepals; inner ovate-oblong, acute, yellow,
piibescent, o- to 7-ribbed, -75 to 1 in. long. Ripe carpels ovoid, pubescent, beakod, -6 in.
lono- and -35 in. in diam.; stalk nearly as long. Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. i. 72; Miq. Fl.
AN0NACE2E OF BEITISH INDIA. 1 5 3
2nd. Bat. i. pt. 2, 51; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 122."Uvaria nutans»
Wall. Cat. 6481.—U. tripetala, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 667.—U. ophthalmica, Rozh. ex Don Gen.
Sfjst. i. 93.
Singapore,— Wallich and others. Penang,— Curtis. Malacca,—Maingay {Km Distrih.)
No, 67. Perak, at low elevations. Sugei Ujong,—Ridley. Distiib.—Moluccas, Sumatra.
PLATE 200A. Phajanthus nutans, H. f . ^ Th. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, nearly ripe
carpels—of natural size; 3, section of a ripe cai-pel ; 4, sepals and andro-gynoicium—
slighUy enlarged; 5 & 6, anthers ; 7 & 8, pistils—viuch enlarged.
2. PiriEANTiius LUCIDtJS, Oliver in Hook. le. PL, t. 1561. A tree 40 to 50 feet
high; young branches minutely rusty-pubescent or almost glabrous, dark-colourod and
furrowed. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong-elliptic to lanceolate, acuminate, the base
cuncate; both surfaces shining, glabrous except occasionally• the puberulous midrib; main
nerves about 8 pairs, oblique, rather prominent beneath; length 4-5 to 6-5 in., breadth
l-2o to 2'25 in.; petiole '2 in. Floioers solitary, rarely in fascicles of 2 or 3, extraaxillary,
erect, '6 in. to 1 in. in diam.; buds triquetrous; peduncles 1 to l-2o in. long,
«lender, puberulous, with 2 minute bracteoles. Sepals ovate, acuto, less tiian 1 in. long.
Outer petals like the sepals but a little longer; inner petals thick, greenish-yellow,
oblong-ovate, acute, about -o in. long, glabrescent with puberulous edges. Anthers with
square truncate heads. Ovaries numerous, 1-ovulate. Ripe carpels oblong, -6 in. long
and '3 in. in diam., minutely granular, sub-glabrous as arc the '5 to '6 in. long stalks.
King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 122.
Penang,—Cwrizs Nos, 839 & 1407. Perak; at low e l e v a t i o n s , — C o l l e c t or
Nos. 7275 and 10044.
PLATE 200B. Pha^anthus lucidus, Oliver. 1, Flowering branch; 2, rijio carpcls-
•e; 3, flower; 4 & 5, anthei-s; 6 & 7, ovaries—enlarged. {Nos. 4 to 7
copied from Oliver's figure in Hook. Ic. FL, t. 1561.)
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3. PHJEANTHUS ANDAMANICUS, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 122. A
.small glabrous slu-ub; young branches pale brown, slender. Leaves membranous, elliptic
or elliptic-lanceolate, acute, sHghtly narrowed .to the rounded base, both surfaces rather
pale when dry; main nerves 15 to 20 pahs, faint, slender, horizontal, forming double
loops near the margin, tho reticulations faint; length 4 to 7-5 in., breadth 1-75 to
2-5 in.; petiole -35 in. Flowers -5 to -75 in. in diam., campanulate, solitary, rarely
in pairs, extra-axillary; pedicels -2 in. long, bracteolate at the base. Sepals very small,
semi-orbicular. Outer petals slightly larger than the sepals and about '1 in. long; inner
petals united at the base, oblong-ovate, sub-acute, '5 to -7 in. long, 4- or 5-nervcd.
Anthers numerous, flattened from front to back, about as broad as long with truncate,
not apiculate, heads. Ovaries numerous, elongate, narrow, 2-ovuled; stigmas elongate.
Ripe carpcls sub-globular, '5 in. in diam.; stalks '5 to -7 in. Seeds 2, plano-convex,
pale.
South Andaman,—King^s Collector.
ThLs is a very distinct species, recognisable at once by the unusual character (which
connects the genus with MiUusa) of having its petals united at the base, and also by
its 2-peeded carpels.
AKK. EOT. BOT. GAKD. CALCUTTA VOL. IV.