2. frOLYALTHIA. ] 3. JNVJtACJE^. [4. AnOna. 



leaves 5" by If" to $\" by 3" and usually solitary axillary 

 greenish fls- i" diam. on bract eate curved pedicels in the axils 

 of the new leaves and from the leaf scars. Fruit an nmbel 

 of many slender- stalked bright red globose-oblong fleshy 

 carpels -£'' long. 



Frequent in the valley forests of Singbhum, -^p. of Saranda. Also 

 in Manbhum, Camp, and along ravines in the 8. P. Fl. April-May. Fr. 

 May-Aug. Renews leaves April. 



Mature leaves softly hairy on the nerves beneath, somewhat hirsute 

 on midrib above. Bee. n, about 10 prs. oblique and arching forward 

 within the margin. Petiole k"- Fruiting peduncles woody 1-1£". Btalke 

 of carpels f~J" somewhat pubescent. Seed brown ovoid £''. 



Fruit sweet, eaten. 



3. P. suberosa, Benth. and Hooker f. Bara Chali, Ben$. 



Recorded by Gamble (Indian Timbers) from Singbhum 

 with the vern. name of the last. I have met with no wild 

 specimens in Ch. Nag. It is a small tree with very corky 

 bark even'on the twigs, which are pubescent and lenticellate. 

 L. oblong to obl.-lanc. or oblanceolate-obtuse or shortly 

 suddenly acute 1-|-6 V , base obtuse. Petiole very short. Petals 

 reddish-brown. Fls. April-May. Fr. June- July. Some- 

 times cultivated. 



Artabotrys odoratissimus, R- Br. Champa, fl". 



£ large glabrous shrub with sarmentose branches, oblong or 

 lanceolate leaves 2-8" long and solitary or paired green then yellow fls. 

 on hoSked or circinato ultimately woody peduncles. Eipe carpels large 

 rreen ox ultimately yellow. Fl. April-June and r. s. 



This ie probably the 'shrub' referred to in Wood's list undei 

 "Michelia Champaca." It is 'cultivated in gardens and has ahaav- 

 Jasmine odoftr.' 



4. Anona, L. 



An exotic genrts of which species have become naturalized 

 in India. Petals (2nd series of per. 1.) triquetroas with 

 concave base. Carpels sub-connate, ultimately confluent 

 intcan ovoid or globose syncarpous fruit. Carpels 1-ovuled. 



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