Polyalthia.] vi. anonace^. 59 



Carpels elliptic-oblong, i to 1*5 in. long; stalks i to 1-5 in. long. 

 Hab. Malacca (only collected by Maingay). 



(29) P. pachyphylla King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 66; Ann. 

 BoL Card. Calc. I.e. 82, pi. 115. 



A tree 50 to 100 ft. tall; branchlets pubescent. Leaves stiffly 

 coriaceous elliptic-oblong sub-acute, base rounded, glabrous except 

 midrib tomentose beneath at the base; nerves 11 or 12 pairs; 

 4'5 to 7"5 in. long, 175 to 3-5 in. wide; petioles '35 to -5 in. long, 

 tomentose. Flowers few in tufts from old wood; pedicels 2 in. 

 long, tomentose. Sepals semi-orbicular short tomentose. Petals 

 pale green nerved, oblanceolate sub-acute or obtuse, pubescent 

 outside, tomentose inside, outers shorter and narrower, -9 to i'5 in. 

 long, "3 to "5 in. wide. Stamen- appendages truncate. Ovaries 

 numerous glabrous ; stigma sessile, puberulous. Carpels numerous 

 obovoid blunt, 175 in. long, i in. through with a short stalk. 

 Seeds 2. Hah. Perak, Larut Hills below 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



(30) P. Curtisii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 11. 

 Ellipeia glabra Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 52; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 26; Ann. BoL Gard. Calc. I.e. 34, pi. 27B. 



A tree ; young branches and inflorescence brown, pubescent. 

 Leaves coriaceous oblong or elliptic, base round or acute, glabrous ; 

 nerves 9 pairs, 4 to 5'5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petioles '25 in. 

 long. Cymes shortly peduncled, axillary 3- to 4-flowered, i to 

 i"5 in. long, golden-hairy. Flowers i"5 in. across. Bracts oblong, 

 sub-amplexicaul. Sepals ovate-lanceolate acute, "25 in. long. 

 Petals, outer linear-oblong hairy outside, sub-acute i to 1*5 in. 

 long; inner shorter obtuse spathulate obovate. Pistils strigose 

 above, i-ovuled. Carpels sub-globose, '65 in. long; stalk 75 to 

 I "25 in. long. Seed oblong with a deep longitudinal furrow. Hab. 

 Malacca (Maingay). Penang, Telok Bahang (Curtis). 



(31) P. glomerata King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 61; Anji. 

 Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 75, pi. 106. 



Tree 40 to 50 ft. tall. Leaves membranous, elliptic or oblong 

 acute, base slightly cuneate, reticulate, glabrous except puberulous 

 midrib; nerves 7 to 8 pairs, not inarching, slender; 4 to 6 in. 

 long, i"8 to 2'6 in. wide; petioles "25 to '35 in. long. Flowers 

 2"5 in. long, 20 to 30 together on a stem tubercle; pedicels i'5 to 

 2 '5 in. long, slender, puberulous. Bracts ovate-lanceolate. Sepals 

 lanceolate acuminate, bases broad connate. Petals linear-oblong, 

 base slightly concave, minutely tomentose ; inners slightly smaller. 

 Stamens, appendages orbicular sub-convex. Ovaries few, oblong, 

 hairy. Hab. Perak, Thaiping Hills 2800 to 3000 ft. altitude 

 (Kunstler); Sira Rimau (Yapp). Disirib. Sumatra and S. Siam at 

 Trang. 



(32) P. lateriflora King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 58, Ann. 

 BoL Gard. Calc. I.e. 73, pl. 102. Guatteria lateriflora Bl. Bijdr. 

 20; Fl. Jav. AnonaeecB, p. 100, L 50 and 520. 



