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G-i IV. ANONACE-E. (Hook, f, & Thoms;) [Polyaltha. 



bescent beneath, peduncles on axillary tubercles 1-3-flowered, petals \ in. 

 Uvaria cerasoides, Roxh. Corom, PL I t 33; FL hid. il 666. Guatteria 

 cerasoides. Dun. Mem. Anon. 127 ; DC. Prodr. I 93; Wall. Cat. 6436; H.f. 

 ik T. FL Ind. 139; Dah <Sc Gibs. Bomb. FL 3. , 



Drj forests on Eastern exposures, from Eehar to TKWA^con. Hamilton, Wight, &c. 



A tree; bark light-grey; branches glabrous with age. Jjcaves 3-8 bj 1-2 in., 

 raembranous, base acute or rounded, dark green above. Peduiwles ^^ in., woody; 

 pedicels ^-l in., slender, with a few basal imbricating scales, and sometimes 2-3 oUoDg 

 or ovate bracts J-| in. long. Petals ovate-oblong, dirty green, thickly coriaceous. 

 Carpels size of a t^niall cheny, dark- red; stalk 1 in. . '• 



XLorintl, Benth. <{• //./ 



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pilose, leaves variable ovate to elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate coriaceous 

 glabrous, flowers axillary solitary, inner petals ^ in. ovaL Guatteria Korinti, 



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Prodr. i. 94 : W. & A. Prodr. 10 : Wiqht Ic. t. 398 ; E.f. 



Western Peninsula, from Vizagapatara, Cleghorn^ southwards; warmer parts of 

 Ceylon, very common. 



A spreading shrub ; bark grey. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., firmly coriaceous, pclluc\<i- 

 dotted, shining above, glabrotis or sparselj^ pilose on the midrib beneath, strongly reti- 

 culate ; petiole J in. Ptduncles 1-2 in., strigose, bract submedian. Pttals thickly 

 coriaceous, inner rather the longest. Carpels ^ in., subglobose, ■ 



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10, P- Jenkinsil, Boiik & H.f. I.e.; young shoots brown-tomentose, 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous, flowers axillary solitary rarely geminate, 

 outer petals 1| by ^ in. Guatteria Jenkinsii, //./. ^ T. FL Ind. 141. ; 



Forests of Assam; Silhet; Easteun Peninsula; Andamans, Kurz. — Distrib- 

 Sumatra. 



A tree; branches spreading, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-24 in., firm, shining 



above, pale beneath, base rounded acute or oblique ; petiole J in. Flmcers large, 

 spreading; pedicels J-1 in., erect, bracts 2-3, scaly, basal, and a mesian and an 

 apical one which are oval and deciduous. Petals broad-lanceolate, narrowed to a claii^ 

 thinly coriaceous, inner shorter and narrower. Carpels | in., oblong, glabrous ; stalK 

 as long. — Nearly allied to Monoon canangioides, Miq. ■ 



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11. P. nitida, Be?itk. d: H.f. I.e. ; young branches puberulous, leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous obtuse or acute, bracts ^-amplexicaul, sepals 

 connate to the middle, petals 1 in. long, Guatteria nitida, A. DC. Meni.iij 

 WalL CaL 6439; ILf.&T.FL Ind. 143. ' j 



Tavoy, Wallich; Singapore, Xo66. ' 



A tree; bark grey, rugged, dotted with white lenticelg. Leaves 8-12 by 3-5 in-t 

 thinly coriaceous, shining aboye, pale beneath, nerves strong oblique; petiole J- i'^* 

 Flowers axillary; pedicel 1 in., bracts 1-2, oval, submedian. JSej^als ^ in., orbicujajj 



ftubee-cent. Petals oval, thicldy coriaceous, tomentose, inner a Httle shorter. CatfC^ 

 argo, subglobose, stalked, — Jrlower described from the Sincapore specimen, the inus 

 from Tavoyan. ' ' *| 



12. P. magrnoliaeflora, Maingay ms$.; branchlets rusty-tomentose, 

 leaves large narrow obovate-oblong obtuse or acuminate glabrous excep 

 the midrib above membranous, base cordate, bracts i-amplexicaul, sepals 

 connate to the middle, outer petals elliptic. 



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Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree; branches stout. Leaves 10-13 by 3-5 in., opaque above, "Beneath pal^^i 



nerves strong many arched; petiole J in., stout: Flowers large, greenish-wbite, 



I peduncle short stout curved; bracts broad-ovate acute. ^ ^P^h ^^^^7 tomcntb^ 



' OttferJfefaZa fleshy, concave, hairy, tips imbricate; inner 2-24 in, oblong, ^onstnctefl 



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