6o VI. ANONACE^. [Polyalthia. 



Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, glabrous except flowers. Leaves coriaceous 

 elliptic-oblong or oblong abruptly acute, base rounded sub-cordate 

 unequal; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, prominent; 8 to 15 in. long, 2-5 

 to 7 in. wide; petioles stout, -3 in. long. Flowers fascicled on 

 stem and branch tubercles 1-25 in. to 2 in. long, greenish yellow; 

 pedicels pubescent, bi-bracteate, i'25 to 175 in. long. Sepals 

 ovate-orbicular short densely tomentose outside. Petals greenish 

 yellow, dull crimson at base, oblong-lanceolate tapering to a sub- 

 acute tip; outer ones shorter than inner, minutely pubescent. 

 Carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, base narrowed, 1-25 in. long, 7 in. 

 through ; stalks stout, 1-25 to 2 in. long. Hab. Singapore (Maingay) . 

 Perak : Ulu Bubong and Larut Hills (Kunstler). Distrih. Java. 



(33) P. macropoda King, Joiirn. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 60; Ann. 

 Bot. Card. Calc. I.e. 74, pi. 104. P. clavigera. King, I.e. ; Ann. 

 Bot. Card. Calc. I.e. 75, pi. io5- 



A tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves rather thin oblong-lanceolate 

 acuminate, base acute, midrib pubescent, otherwise glabrous; 

 nerves 8 to 9 pairs, prominent ; 3*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1-4 to 2-i in. 

 wide ; petioles "25 in. long. Flowers fascicled on tubercles near 

 the stem-base, pink and white, i in. long; pedicels i in. long. 

 Sepals ovate acute corrugated. Petals elliptic blunt, coriaceous 

 puberulous. Stamens numerous, appendages transversely elongate. 

 Carpels on a large rounded woody torus, oblong fusiform, tapering 

 at each end, bright orange colour, narrowed into the stalk, 2-5 to 

 3-5 in. long including the stalk. Seed i, elongate-ovoid, grooved. 

 Hab. Dense forests, usually in rocky places. Singapore : Bukit 

 Timah ; Sehtar. Perak, Goping and Ulu Kal (Kunstler) ; Penang, 

 Richmond Pool. 



I cannot separate King's two species, and believe that Beccari's Polyalthia 

 anomala from I\Iatang, Sarawak, is the same plant. 



(34) P. congregata King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 61; Ann. 

 Bot. Card. Calc. I.e. 76, pi. 107. 



A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 

 elhptic acute narrowed to the rounded base, glabrous except the 

 puberulous midrib; nerves 13 to 19 pairs, prominent beneath; 

 6 to 16 in. long, 375 to 7 in. wide ; petioles 3 to -4 in. long, stout. 

 Flowers large, white, in woody cymes from the trunk; pedicels 

 1-25 to 175 in. long. Bract orbicular. Sepals broadly ovate- 

 triangular concave corrugate, puberulous outside, -5 in. long. 

 Petals thick ovate-elliptic sub-acute, puberulous except at base; 

 outers i"5 to 3 in. long, '65 to i in. wide, inners narrower. Stamens 

 numerous; appendages truncate oblique. Ovaries 20 to 30, 

 strigose; stigma oblong pubescent. Carpels elliptic beaked pubes- 

 cent, narrowed into the short stalk. Hab. Wet woods, usually on 

 limestone, Selangor, Batu Caves; Ulu Gombak. Perak, Goping 

 and Larut (Kunstler). 



