58 VI. AN0NACE.5£. [Polyaltkia. 



shortly cordate, glabrous, 13 in. long, 5 in. wide ; petioles and 

 extreme bases of midrib above hairy, -15 in. long. Flowers solitary 

 extra-axillary with several lanceolate golden-hairy bracts. Pedicels 

 •5 in. long, golden-hairy. Sepals ovate blunt, '5 in. long, golden- 

 hairy outside. Petals and stamens not seen. Pistils very numerous, 

 densely silky golden-hairy ; no style, stigma small. Hab. Selangor, 

 Menuang Casing (Kloss). 



I have only seen a single incomplete flower, peculiar from the large sepals 

 and very numerous ovaries. I am not sure it is a Polyaltkia, but, if so, it is 

 near P. oblonga. 



(26) P. macrantha King, Journ. .is. Soc. Beng. I.e. 54; A?in. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 68, pi. 93. 



Tree 60 to 70 ft. tall. Leaves coriaceous oblong or elliptic- 

 oblong acute, base cordate, glabrous ; nerves 20 to 24 pairs ; 12 to 

 18 in. long, 4*5 to 7*5 in. wide ; petioles '4 in. long, thick. Flowers 

 solitary, axillary waxy, cream colour, 2 '5 to 4*5 in. across; pedicels 

 1*5 to 2 in. long. Sepals ovate-orbicular obtuse connate at base 

 puberulous corrugate. Petals oblong-elliptic large blunt fleshy 

 puberulous, 1*3 to 2*9 in. long; inner ones smaller. Stamens 

 numerous, appendages truncate. Ovaries few, puberulous. Carpels 

 elliptic-ovoid, blunt, i to 1*25 in. long, 75 in. through. Hah. 

 Forests. Perak, Larut Hills at 300 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(27) P. Hookeriana King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 57; Ann. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 71, pi. 97. 



A tree 20 to 70 ft. tall ; J^oung parts pubescent. Leaves mem- 

 branous obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate shortly acuminate, base 

 cuneate, glabrous except the nerves, 10 to 11 pairs, and midrib 

 pubescent on both surfaces; 5 to 7 in. long, 2'25 to 3*25 in. wide, 

 petioles '15 to '2 in. long, tomentose. Flowers yellowish red in 

 pairs from peduncles with abortive flowers at the base, extra- 

 axillary; pedicels '5 to 75 in. long, pubescent. Bracts i to 2, 

 ovate. Sepals broad ovate concave, free or nearly so to the base, 

 pubescent outside, 2 in. long. Petals yellowish sub-equal ovate 

 or obovate-oblong sub-acute puberulous, nearly i in. long. Stamens 

 very short, appendages thick truncate-orbicular. Ovaries oblong, 

 puberulous, i-ovuled ; stigma sessile large lobed. Carpels numerous, 

 ovoid, apiculate, base narrow, red, "65 in. long, stalks i'2 in. long. 

 Hab. Hilly forests, Perak, Larut and Batang Padang district 

 (Kunstler). Pahang, Bukit Coh (Foxworthy). 



(28) P. sclerophylla Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 65; King, Journ. As. 

 Soe. Beng. I.e. 59; Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. I.e. 74, pi. 103. 



A small glabrous tree. Leaves stiff coriaceous oblong acute, 

 base cuneate ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, slender, reticulations distinct ; 

 6 to 18 in. long, 1*5 to 2*6 in. wide; petioles '5 in. long. Flowers 

 fascicled on trunk, 2 in. across, green : peduncles i to i"5 in. long, 

 pubescent ; bracts small, orbicular. Sepals ovate obtuse, short. 

 Petals, linear oblong obtuse puberulous, i-6 in. long. Ovaries pilose. 



