Polyalihia.] VI. anonace.e. 6i 



(35) P. hypogaea King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 62; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 76, pi. 107. 



Tree 25 to 30 ft. ; young parts densely tomentose. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous oblong or elliptic-oblong or obovate, base narrowed 

 round, glabrous ; nerves 18 to 22 pairs, prominent beneath ; 10 

 to 20 in. long, 3 to 7 in. wide; petioles '4 in. long, stout, tomentose. 

 Flowers on pubescent branches i to 8 ft. long from the trunk-base, 

 cream colour, 75 to i in. long; pedicels 75 to 1-5 in. long. Bracts 

 tomentose, one lanceolate median, one sub-orbicular near the 

 flower. Sepals broad triangular-ovate acute tomentose, "25 in. 

 long. Petals narrow oblong sub-acute pubescent outside, inners 

 smaller. Stamens numerous, appendages broad convex oblique. 

 Ovaries few villous ; stigma large, ovoid. Carpels ovoid dark 

 velvety greenish brown. Hab. Hill woods in Perak, 500 to 3400 ft. 

 altitude. Thaiping Hills and Gunong Batu Putih (Kunstler). 



Easily distinguished by its long subterranean flower branches. 



Excluded Species 



P. NITIDA Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 64, was based on a fruiting specimen 

 from Tavoy {Wall. Cat. 6439) and a flowering specimen which 

 may not be the same species labelled " Singapore Lobb." 



P. siMiARUM var. ANGUSTiFOLiA King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 58. The plants so labelled by King in Herh. Kew bear 

 no resemblance to the Indian P. simiarmn either in flowers 

 or leaves; one sheet is undoubtedly P. Hookeriana King. 

 The other consists of leaves of some species unknown to me, 

 and detached carpels identical with those of P. lateriflora. 



P. ABERRANS Maing. Hook. fil. F.B.L i. 67 is Sphceroeoryne aberrans 

 Ridl. 



P. SUB-CORDATA Bl. See Miliusa amplexieaulis Ridl. 



14. SPHiEROCORYNE, Scheff. 



Scandent shrubs or small trees. Leaves coriaceous or membran- 

 ous. Flowers solitary axillary rather small. Sepals ovate valvate. 

 Petals, outer ones much larger ovate; inner ones ovate much 

 smaller, base flat, not excavate. Stamens numerous oblong, 

 appendages flat truncate. Pistils longer, projecting. Ovaries 

 hairy; styles cylindric, glabrous. Stigma bi-lobed. Ovules i or 2. 

 Carpels sub-globose on long stalks. Seed i, oblong. Species 3, 

 Siam, Cambodia, Sumatra. 



(i) S. aberrans Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 75, p. 7. Poly- 

 althia aberrans Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 67; King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. 

 I.e. 63; Ann. Bot. Gard. Cale. 78, pi. 109A. Unona Mesnyi Pierre 

 Fl. For. Cochinchine, t. ly. 



A slender climber 30 to 100 ft. tall. Leaves membranous glaucous 

 beneath, lanceolate acuminate glabrous; nerves 14 to 18 pairs 



