IV. ANONACE^. 13 



woody in fruit. Sepals small, orbicular. Petals subequal, narrow- 

 linear, 1-1 1 in. long, by } in. broad, puberulous. Carpels numerous 

 (10-20), oblique, 1-1| in. long, ovoid, blunt; pericarp very brittle. 

 Seeds orbicular-ovoid; endosperm transversely fibrous. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 63 ; King, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1803) 

 p. 72, and part 2, t. 100, A ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 4 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120. Guaiteria frm/mns, Dalz. in Hook. 

 Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) p. 206 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 4. 



KoNKAN : Law !, Stocks ! ; Sivapur (Wari Country), Woodrow. Kanaka : StocJcs ! ; 

 on the Southern Glu'its of N. Kanara, common in eTergreen forests, Talhot. 



3. Polyalthia cerasoides, Hool-. f. ^ Benth. ex Fl. B. I. v. 1 



(1875) p. 63. A shrub or small tree with light grey bark ; young 

 branches minutely rufous-tomentose, the older glabrous. Leaves mem- 

 branous, 3-6 by 1-1 1 in., oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, glabrous 

 above, pubescent (afterwards glabrous) beneath, base rounded or subacute; 

 petioles less than \ inch long, tomentose. Elowers axillary, 1-3 

 together from short woody tubercles, greenish ; pedicels tomentose, 

 |-1 in. long, becoming woody in fruit with 1 or 2 large, OAate, pubes- 

 cent bracts below the middle. Sepals j in. long, ovate, acute, with 

 appressed hairs on the outside, glabrous inside, reflexed. Petals fleshy, 

 incurved, § in. long by ^ in. broad, oblong-ovate, obtuse or subacute, 

 puberulous. Carpels many (usually more than 20), | in. long, ovoid, 

 apiculate, stalked; stalks |-1 in. long. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 63; Bedd. Fl. 

 Sylv. t. 1 ; King, in Ann. Eoy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta, v. 4, part 1 (1893) 

 p. 65, and part 2, t. 86, B ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 4 ; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 120; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 1, 

 p. 313. Quatteria cerasoides, W. & A. Prod. p. 10 ; Grab. Cat. p. 4 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 3. — Flowers : Mar. Vebn. Hum ; Vabhina. 

 KoNKAN : Thai Gh^t, Jowar forests, Graham, Dalzell ^ Gibson, Woodrow. 



5. GONIOTHALAMUS, Blume. 



Shrubs or small trees. Leaves shining above with oblique, parallel, 

 distant, not prominent nerves, forming intra-marginal loops. Flowers 

 solitary or fascicled, axillary or extra-axillary. Sepals 3, usually large, 

 valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in 2 series, thickly coriaceous, the outer flat, 

 ovate or elongate, the inner united into a conical cap over the stamens 

 and ovary, narrowed at the base into a short claw. Stamens many ; 

 the produced coiniective ovate or capitate. Ovaries many; ovules 2, 

 superposed ; style oblong or elongate. Pipe carpels 1-seeded. — Distrib. 

 Tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago ; species about 40. 



1. Goniothalamus Cardiopetalus, Hool-. f. Sf Thorns. Fl. Inch 

 (1855) p. 107. A shrub or small tree. Leaves membranous, 5-8 by 

 2-2| in., oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, suddenly and shortly acu- 

 minate ; both surfaces glabrous, margins minutely waved, base cu'neate ; 

 petioles 5 in. long. Flowers usually supra-axillary, solitary, or 2-3 in 

 a vertical line above the petiole, sericeo-villous when young, afterwards 

 glabrescent ; pedicels |-4 in. long, 2-3-bracteate at base ; bracts minute. 

 Sepals small, | in. long, orbicular, with appressed, fulvous hairs on the 

 outside. Petals velvety ; the outer ^-| in. long, concave, cucullate, 

 oblong-ovate, acute ; the inner 5 shorter and united into a mitreform 



