26 Anonacea:. [Poiyalthia. 



stalked, oval-oblong, very obtuse, rounded and slightly un- 

 equal at base, glabrous above, slightly pubescent on veins 

 beneath ; fl. small, solitary, ped. slender, extra-axillary, h-i in. 

 long, slightly pubescent ; pet. \ in., oblong-oval, subacute,, 

 pubescent outside ; fr.-carp. numerous, size of a small pea, on 

 very slender stalks rather longer than the carp., very slightly 

 hairy. 



Moist low country, below looo ft. ; rather rare. Kalutara; Colombo^ 

 Galle. Fl. July ; pale red ; fruit purplish. 

 Also in India, Burma, and probably Java. 



6. P. Moonii, Thio. Einnn. 9 (1858). 

 Thw. Enum. 9. C. P. 437- 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 66. Bedd. Ic. t. 83. 



A shrub 8-10 ft. high, with rigid branches, young shoots 

 rough with fulvous hairs ; 1. 4-6 in., lanceolate, acuminate^ 

 obliquely rounded at base, glabrous above, thinly pubescent 

 beneath, petioles very short, thick ; fl. solitary, small, leaf- 

 opposed, mostly on old wood ; ped. i-i| in. long, very slender, 

 drooping, glabrous, bracts minute, basal ; sep. broadly oval, 

 acute, pubescent ; outer pet. rotundate, acuminate, spreading ; 

 inner larger, rounded, obtuse, cupped, fleshy ; ov. 2 ; fr.-carp. 

 few, on stalks shorter than them, usually about the size of a 

 pea and i -seeded, rarely ovoid and 2-seeded. 



Moist low country below 1000 ft. by the sides of streams ; rather 

 common. Kalutara (Moon) ; Reigam Korale ; Mawerelle. Fl. Sept. ; 

 crimson ; fruit reddish. 



Endemic. 



This is perhaps Moon's Gitatteria piunila^ Cat. 43. 



7. P. persicifolia, Benth. and Hk.f. in Thw. Enum. 399 (1864). 

 Guattcria pcrsicijolia, Hk. and Th. Fl. Ind. 140. Thw. Enum. 10. 



C. P. 3917. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 66. Bedd. Ic. t. 55. 



A shrub, young shoots hairy ; 1. 2\-\\ in., on very short 

 hairy petioles, lanceolate, acuminate, rounded and oblique at 

 the base, glabrous above, very slightly hairy beneath ; fl. 

 small, solitary or 2 together, extra-axillary, ped. under \ in. 

 long, slightly hairy ; sep. lanceolate, acute, slightly hairy ; 

 outer pet. broad-ovate, acute, inner larger, suborbicular, thick, 

 curved over the stam. and carp. ; fr.-carp. few, very shortly 

 stalked, size and shape of a small pea, slightly hairy. 



Moist low country ; Narawelle, near Galle (Champion) ; near Colombo 

 (Ferguson) ; Marai-calai, near Ratnapura (Thwaitcs). Fl. Jan. -April ; 

 pale red. 



Endemic. 



