24 AnonacecS. \_Polyalthia. 



ovules 1-2; ripe carp, fleshy, i- rarely 2-seeded. — Sp. about 

 30 ; 25 in Fl. B, Ind. 



This genus is scarcely distinct from Unona. Our species were formerly 

 referred to Guatteria, R. and P., but that genus as now understood is 

 restricted to America. 

 Inner pet. flat ; ovule solitary. 

 Pet. narrow. 



Fls. in clusters i. P. longifolia. 



Fls. solitary 2. P, COFFEOIDES. 



Pet. ovate or oval. 



Fls. ver>' large 3, P. acuminata. 



Fls. small. 



Leaves acuminate 4. P. KORINTI. 



Leaves very obtuse 5- P- SUBEROSA. 



Inner pet. concave ; ovules two. 



Peduncles i-i^ in 6. P. MOONII. 



Peduncles under 5 in 7- P- persicifolia. 



1. P. long-ifolia, ^. ajid Hk.f. in TJnu. Enum. 398(1864). Mara- 

 illupai, T. 



Guatteria lon^folia, Thw. Enum. 10. C. P. 1041. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 62. Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. iZ. 



A large erect tree with slender branches, bark thick, rather 

 smooth, young parts glabrous ; 1. long, 6-9 in., shortly stalked, 

 oblong or ovate-oblong, very gradually tapering into long 

 attenuate apex, acute or rounded at base, finely undulate, 

 glabrous, thin, pellucid-dotted ; fl. in axillary umbels or very 

 short racemes mostly from the old wood, 3 to 10 or more 

 together, pedicels i in. or more long, slender, pubescent, with 

 a hairy bractlet half way up ; sep. ovate-triangular, obtuse, 

 tomentose ; pet. \ in. or more, lanceolate-linear, tapering, 

 undulate, pubescent, the inner rather broader ; carp, about 8, 

 ovoid, I in. long, glabrous, on stalks \ in. long. 



Dry country in forests ; common. Jaffna ; Anuradhapura ; Bintenne; 

 Uma-oya. Also planted frequently. Fl. June, July ; greenish-yellow ; 

 fruit purple. 



Also in S. India (at Tanjore) and much cultivated as an avenue tree 

 throughout the Peninsula. 



Wood yellowish-white, rather soft, medullary rays conspicuous. 



2. P. coffeoides, Bcnth ami Hk. f. in Thw. Enum. 399 (1864). 

 Omara, S. Nedunarai, T. 



Guatteria coff'oeoides^ Thw. in Hk. f and Th. Fl. Ind. 141 ; Thw. 

 Enum. 10. C. P. 2503. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 62. Bedd. Ic. t. 53 (not good). 



A small tree with spreading branches, young twigs 

 puberulous ; 1. shortly stalked, 5-9 in., lanceolate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, bluntly acuminate, undulate, glabrous, shining 

 above ; fl. solitary, axillary on the old wood, ped. \-\ in., 

 puberulous ; sep. short, distant, roundish-triangular ; pet. 

 ^-i in., linear-oblong, subacute, glabrous, the inner rather 



