6G IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyaltha. 



Penang and Singapore, WalUch. 



A tree ; "bark grey, rugged. Leaves 6-10 by 2-3^ in., tapering downwards from tlie 

 middle or above it, base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole J in. Peduncles |-4 '^^-j ^^*^^" 

 axillary, brown-tomentose ; bracts scaly, basal. Sepals small, ovate, acute. Pttali 

 thick, silky outside. Carpels 1 in. diam., globose, short-stalked, densely brown- 

 tomentose. 



17. P. Moonil, Thwaites Enum, 9 ; young branches pubescent, leaves 

 subsessile lanceolate long acuminate glabrous above puberulous beneath, 

 peduncles solitary slender glabrous, petals small inner suborbicular. Bed- 

 d<yme Ic. PI. Ind. Or, t. 83. 



At Caltiira and Regiara Corle in Ceylon, Thwaites, .* 



A shrub, 8-10 ft. ; branches slender. Leaves 2-6 by |-2 in., tapering to the ob- 

 liquely rounded base, thin, midrib pubescent beneath ; petiole not ^\ in. Flowers red, 

 ^ in. diam., ; pedicels I-I4 in., often leaf-opposed, nearly glabrous ; bracts 3, mmute, 

 glabrous. Sepals small, ovate, acuminate. Outer petals acute ; inner larger, sub^ 

 orbicular, obtuse. Carpels pisiform or oblong, reddish, short stalked, 1-2-seeded. :■ 



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18. P. mfescens, ff. /. <k T. ; young branches densely tomentose, 

 leaves subsessile narrow-oblong acute or acuminate, base obliquely cordate 

 glabrous except on the midrib beneath, peduncles solitary stout tomentose, 

 petals J in, ovate-oblong. 



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Cochin in Malabar, Wight. \ - 



A tree. Leaves 3-7 by 1-lf in., shining above, pale below; petiole glabrous. 



Flowers J-| in. diam., brown-tomentose ; peduncles 4-1 in., often leaf-opposed, jointed 



and minutely bracteate at the base. Sepals small, broadly ovate, acute. Petals oblong 



subacute, thick, outer twice ? as big as the inner. Ovaries densely silky. 



19. P. persiceefolia, Benth. dc H.f.lc. ; young branches pubescent 

 leaves subsessile lanceolate taper-pointed glabrous above puberulous beneath 

 peduncles solitary or fascicled pubescent, petals ^-^ in. long. Beddorae Jc 

 PL Ind. Or. t. 55. Guatteria persicsefolia, H.f. 6c 1\ Fl. Ind. 140. ) 



Ceylon, near Galle, Champion. - 



A shrub. Leaves2-4: by |-14 in., firm, coriaceous, base slightly oblique, pale be- 

 neath ; nerves inconspicuous ; petiole hardly ^^ in. Peduncle very short, woody, extra* 

 axillary, 2-3 flowered ; pedicels J-4 in. Sepals ovate, acute, substrigose. Petals sub- 

 orbicular, thickly coriaceous, appressed-pubesceiit, inner much the largest. Carpd9 

 about 10, pisiform, granulate, puberulous ; stalk very short ; torus small. v- 



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20. P. macrophylla, //. /. dh T.; young branches tomentose, leaves 

 lanceolate taper-pointed rigid glabrous and shining above softly pubescent 

 beneath, flowers solitary subsessile. Guatteria macrophylla, Blurm BtJ<l" 

 19 ; Fl. Jav. Anon 96. G. brevipetala, Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. Suppl. i. 381. - 



MoviM^iv Falconer ; Akdamans, Kurz, — Distrib. Sumatra, Java, Borneo.^ 

 A tree. Leaves 6-9 by 2-3 in., thickly coriaceous, almost silvery beneath with sub- 

 stellate pubescence; nerves distant, prominent, arched, looping within the margin! 

 petiole \-^ in., tomentose. Peduncles ^V in-, generally 4 in. above the leaf axil ; bracts 

 Btrigose.^ Sepals ovate, acute, strigose. Pttals J in., oblong, acute, strigose, glabrous 

 inside ; inner rather larger, very concave. Torus conical. Fruit unknown.— The t^ 

 flowers we have examined are male. Miqnel describes his as bisexual ; Blume doel 

 not say which ; so this character is possibly not constant. 



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