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VI. ANONACE^, 



[Polyalthia. 



truncate. Pistils oblong, pubescent. Torus tomentosc. Carpels 

 pyriform, -75 in. to i in. long, -5 to -75 in. through, densely tomen- 

 tose; stalks very short. Seeds 2. Hah. Forests; not common. 

 Singapore, Malacca (Maingay). Selangor, Weld's Hill (Foxworthy). 

 Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis) . Native names : Sugao ; Sigumpet 

 Hutan. Use : Rafters and firewood. 



(8) P. sumatrana King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 53; Ann. 



Fig. 6. — Polyalthia sumatrana. 



Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 66, pi. 6g. Guatteria sumatrana Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Siipp. 380. 



A medium-sized tree 30 to 60 ft. tall, glabrous except the flowers. 

 Leaves coriaceous oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base acute, glab- 

 rous beneath; nerves 15 to 20 pairs, very slender; 4-5 in. to 6-5 in. 

 long, 1-25 to 175 in. wide; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers green or 

 yellowish, 1-4 to 175 in. long, solitary or 2 or 3 in fascicles below 

 the leaves or axillary; pedicels -6 to -9 in. long. Sepals very 

 small semi-ovate. Petals narrow linear-oblong sub-acute or 



