12 IV, ANOIfACEiE. 



(usually about | iu.) ; the interior shorter, narrow-linear, silky-pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, with a slightly enlarged, villous claw which is 

 tubercular within. Ovaries 2-3-ovuled. Carpels many, on a stalk 

 about ^ in. long, mucronate ; joints 1-3, oblong-ovoid. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 59; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 3; King, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, 

 v. 4, part 1 (1893) p. 57, and part 2, t. 77, A ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 4; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120.— Flowers : 

 Apr.-Aug. 



KoxKAN : Stocks '., Law '., Dalzell ! ; Wari, Eitchie ! Kvnara : N. Kauara, Talbot. 



4. POLYALTHIA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs. Flow^ers solitary or fascicled, axillary or leaf- 

 opposed. S'^pals 3, valvate or slightly imbricate. Petals 6, valvate, 

 2-seriate, flat, subequal, ovate or narrow. Stamens many, cuneate ; 

 connective truncately dilated beyond the cells. Ovaries indefinite ; 

 ovules 1-2, basal and erect or sub-basal and ascending ; style usually 

 oblong. Eipe carpels berried, globose or oblong, stalked, 1-seeded. — 

 DiSTEiB. Tropical Asia, Africa and Australia ; species about 50. 



Flovvei's iu fascicles or cymes, axillary or from branches below 

 the leaves ; petals linear. 



Leaves narrow-lanceolate, the margins undulate ; flowers 



not fragrant 1. P. longifolia. 



Leaves elliptic, the margins not undulate ; flowers fragrant . 2. P. frayrans. 

 Flowers solitary or 1-3 together, axillary ; petals ovate 3. P. cerasoides. 



1. Polyalthia longifolia, Benth. ^j- Hooh.f. ex Fl. B. I. v. 1 (1875) 

 p. 62. A tall handsome tree ; young branches slender, glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous, 3-9 by |-1| in., narrowly lanceolate, tapering to 

 a fine point, shining, both surfaces glabrous, margins undulate ; petioles 

 about J in. long. Flowers 1-1 1 in. across, yellowish-green, iu fascicles 

 or shortly peduncled umbels ; pedicels slender, 1-lj iu. long, with a 

 small, pubescent, deciduous bract about or above the middle. Sepals 

 ^ in. long, triangular, pubescent, the tips reflexed. Petals subequal, 

 linear, spreading, tapering to a point, llipe carpels | in. long, numerous, 

 stalked, ovoid, obtuse at both ends, glabrous ; stalk | in. long, stout, 

 glabrous. Seeds smooth, shining. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 62 ; King, in Ann. 

 Hoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1823) p. 72, and part 2, t. 99 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 24; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 120 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, p. 313. Guatteria 

 hnrjifolia. Wall. Cat. 6442 ; Grab. Cat. p. 4 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Suppl. p. 2. 

 Flowers : Apr.- June. Veen. Asoh ; Bat ; Asupdla (Gujarati). 



Not indigenous. Planted as an avenue tree in many stations iu the Presidency. 

 May be seen at the Sangam, Puona.— Disriiiii. Ceylon. 



2. Polyalthia fragrans, Baith. cj- llooh.f. ex FL B. I. v. 1 (1875) 

 p. 63. A tree ; young parts fuscous-tomentose. Leaves 5-8 by 1|-3| 

 in., membranous, elliptic, acute, obtuse or acuminate, upper surface 

 glabrous, shining, lower subglabrous ; nerves many pairs, prominent 

 on the underside; petioles ;J-| in. long. Flowers iu short-peduncled, 

 tomentose cymes from tubercles on the branches ; pedicels very short 

 in bud, lengthening in flower, up to 1 in. long, with a suborbicular 

 bract about tlie middle ; peduncles and pedicels becoming thickened and 



