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carpels 'db in. long, their stalks "6 to '75 



in. long ... ... ... 25. P. Beccarii. 



Petals linear-oblong, 2 to 3 in. long ; ripe 



carpels 'lb to I in. long, sub-sessile ... 26. P. cinnamomea. 

 Petals oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, '9 



to 1'5 in. long ; ripe carpels lv5 in. long, 



their stalks '25 in. long ... ... 27. P. pacliyphylla. 



Petals linear, obtuse, '5 to "75 in. long ... 28. P. pycnantfia. 



1. PoLYALTHiA DUMOSA, King n. sp. A shrub ; young branches 

 slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, the base rounded ; both surfaces dull, glabrous, very 

 minutely lepidote ; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, spreading, faint, inter-arch- 

 ing far from the margin ; length 2'5 to 3"25 in., breadth "5 to "9 in., 

 petiole less than '1 in. Floxvers solitary, leaf -opposed, "3 to '35 in. long ; 

 pedicels slender, glabrous, 3 to •'! in. long with a small lanceolate brac- 

 teole about the middle. Sepals thick, spreading, broadly ovate, acute 

 or acuminate, -1 in. long, glabrescent outside, quite glabrous inside. 

 Petals leathery, subequal, narrowly oblong, acuminate, not widened at 

 the base, sub-corrugated and glabrous outside, puberulous inside, 3 in. 

 long. Stamens numerous, short; the apical process very broad, rhomboid, 

 truncate, projecting much over the apices of the short dorsal anther-cells. 

 Ovaries very few, oblong, pubescent ; stigma broad, sessile, hairy. Bipe 

 carpels one or two, ovoid-globose, glabrous, chei'ry-red when ripe, '25 to 

 •3 in. long. 



Perak ; elevat. about 1,200 feet ; Wray, Scortechini. 

 Near P. suberosa, H. f. and Th. but with different venation, fewer 

 carpels, and without hypertrophied bark. 



2. POLTALTHIA HTPOLEUCA, Hook. fil. and Thotns. in Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 63. A tree 50 to 80 feet high ; young branches slender, rather pale, 

 striate ; all parts glabrous except the tlowers. Leaves coriaceous, oblono-- 

 lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base acute, the 

 edges slightly recurved when dry, upper surface shining, the lower dull, 

 pale : main nerves many pairs, invisil)le on either surface except in 

 some occasional leaves when dry : length 2'5 to 5 in., breadth "75 to 

 1-75 in., petiole 2 to S in. Flowers sub-erect, small (only -3 to '4 in. 

 long) pedicelled, solitary or sub-fascicled, mostly from the axils of fallen 

 leaves: pedicel stout, about -15 in. long, tomentose and with about two 

 cucullate bracts near the base. Sepals very small, triangular, pubescent 

 deciduous. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, not dilated at the base, grey- 

 pubescent on both surfaces. Ripe carpels few, often solitary, stalked, 

 elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, '8 in. long : stalks '1 to 25 in. Seed 

 ovoid-elliptic, blunt, dark-coloured, transversely striate. 



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