54 VI. ANONACE.E. [Polyalthia. 



coriaceous oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 

 base acute ; nerves many pairs usually invisible when dry ; 2-5 

 to 5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. long. Flowers 

 •3 to -4 in. long, light green or yellow, solitary or fascicled from 

 the axils of fallen leaves; pedicels -15 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 

 very small triangular pubescent. Petals linear-oblong obtuse 

 pubescent on both sides. Carpels few, or sohtary elliptic-oblong 

 obtuse black, -8 in. long; stalks -i to -25 in. long. Hah. Forests, 

 Singapore (Maingay). Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Per- 

 hentian Tinggi. Selangor, Klang (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping 

 and Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Batu Feringi (Curtis). Distrib. 

 Borneo. Native name : Melian. 



(13) P. dumosa King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 52; Ann. Bot. 

 Card. Calc. I.e. 64, pi. 86a. 



Shrub glabrous except the flowers. Leaves thinly coriaceous 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded; nerves 

 8 to 9 pairs faint ; 2-5 to 3-25 in. long, -5 to -9 in. wide ; petioles 

 less than -i in. long. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed, -3 to -35 in. 

 long; pedicels -3 to -4 in. long. Sepals broad ovate acute or 

 acuminate glabrescent. Petals sub-equal narrow oblong-acuminate, 

 puberulous inside. Stamens numerous, appendages very broad 

 rhomboid truncate. Ovaries very few pubescent. Stigma broad 

 hairy. Carpels i or 2, ovoid-globose red, -25 to -3 in. long. Hah. 

 Perak. No localities given, at 1200 ft. altitude (Wray, Scortechini). 



Remarkable for its very narrow leaves. 



(14) P. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 49. 



Small tree; young parts brown hairy. Leaves thinly cori- 

 aceous glabrous except midrib, scurfy on back, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 base cuneate ; nerves 6 pairs, inarching far from margin ; 3 to 4 in. 

 long, -75 to 1-50 in. wide; petioles -12 in. long, hairy. Flowers 

 solitary axillary sub-sessile ; pedicels short hairy. Sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, half as long as the petals, hairy. Petals white linear 

 oblong obtuse, -12 in. long, hairy on both sides. Stamens very 

 numerous, appendages rounded. Carpels oblong to globose 

 sessile hairy at tip, -3 in. long. Hah. Selangor, Menuang Casing 

 (Kloss). Adang Islands, Pulau Tengah, and on Lankawi Island at 

 Kwala Malacca (Ridley). 



(15) P. hirta Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 168. 

 Small tree. Branchlets hairy. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, 



base round; nerves slender elevate inarching about 7 pairs; 

 4-5 in. long, I in. wide, midrib hairy, rest glabrous; petiole hairy 

 •05 in. long. Flowers solitary sub-sessile, -5 in. wide. Sepals 

 lanceolate acute hairy. Petals triangular lanceolate hairy outside. 

 Stamens rather few, appendages broad. Pistils 6, hairy; style 

 short but distinct; stigma broad sub-orbicular. Ovule i. Hab. 

 Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). 



