PolyalfMa.] vi. anonace^. 53 



obtuse puberulous, outer ones slightly longer than inner ones, 

 •15 to -2 in. wide. Ovaries glabrous with i ovule. Stigma hairy. 

 Carpels ovoid, i in. long, -6 in. through, pinkish red mottled darker ; 

 stalks -5 to -6 in. long. Hab. Singapore, Sehtar. Selangor, Negri 

 Sembilan and Perak to 2500 ft. altitude, Goping and Larut 

 (Kunstler). Disirib. Borneo and Sumatra. 



(9) P. pumila Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 12. 



A dwarf shrub i ft. tall; stem black hairy. Leaves nearly 

 sessile, coriaceous, elliptic or oblanceolate, base broad, glabrous 

 above, hairy beneath ; nerves 12 pairs ; 8 to 10 in. long, 3 in. 

 wide; petioles hairy, -25 in. long. Flower soHtary, axillary sub- 

 sessile, orange colour. Sepals triangular lanceolate blunt hairy 

 •I in. long. Petals linear-lanceolate sub-acute, dilate at base 

 silky, 1-25 in. long, -i in. wide, inner ones longer (1-50 in. long) than 

 outer ones, narrower glabrescent. Stamens minute, appendages 

 rounded. Ovaries few. Stigmas silky. Hab. In woods Johor, 

 Gunong Janeng (KelsaH). Bindings, Telok Sera (Ridley). Native 

 name : Kenanga Merah. 



The smallest species of any Anonaceous plant known to me. 



(10) P. angustissima i^z^/. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 11. 

 Slender tree 20 ft. tall. Leaves glabrous, thinly coriaceous, 



3 in. long, -I in. across, young ones rose pink ; nerves inconspicuous, 

 6 pairs; petioles -12 in. long, pubescent. Flowers pendulous on 

 branches, on golden pubescent pedicels -i in. long. Sepals -oi in. 

 long, lanceolate-acuminate golden-hairy. Petals Hnear acuminate 

 very narrow, base gibbous, hairy cherry pink tipped yellowish, 

 2-50 in. long, -01 in. wide. Stamens quadrate, few in 3 whorls, 

 white. Ovaries 7 to 12, hairy. Carpels few, 2 or 3 globose, -3 in. 

 long, glabrous red; pedicels -i in. long. Seed i oblong brown. 

 Hab. Sandy woods in the south. Singapore, Garden Jungle ; Bukit 

 Timah (Ridley). Johor, Kwala Sembrong (Kelsall). Native name: 

 Sisik Managon. 



(11) P. asteriella Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 169. 



Tree. Branchlets puberulous. Leaves thinly coriaceous lanceo- 

 late-acuminate base cuneate ; nerves 10 pairs, elevate beneath, 

 6 in. long, 3 in. wide or less ; petioles -2 in. long. Flowers few on 

 a short pubescent hairy peduncle with small oblong bracts ; pedicels 

 hairy, -5 in. long. Sepals short ovate. Petals linear fleshy, very 

 narrow from a broader base, -2 in. long. Stamens numerous, 

 appendages flat. Pistils about 6, hairy ; style very short. Stigma 

 rather large. Hab. Perak : Thaiping Hills (Ridley). 



The spreading short narrow blunt petals are unlike anything else. 



(12) P. hypoleuca Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 63; King, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 52; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 66, pi. 88. 



A tree 50 to 80 ft. tall, glabrous except the flowers. Leaves 



