al)ruptly acnte or shortly acuminate, slightly naiTowerl to the rounded 

 rarely sub-cordate and unequal base : upper surface shining, the lower 

 paler, rather dull : main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, rather prominent, oblique 

 spreading, evanescent at the tips : length 8 to 15 in., breadth 2'5 to 

 7 in. ; petiole "3 in. stout. Flowers in fascicles from tubercles on the 

 stem and larger branches, pedicelled, 1-25 to 2 in. long ; pedicels slender, 

 thickened upwards, pubescent, with 2 bracteoles about the middle, i'25 

 to J.' 75 in. long. Sepals coriaceous, ovate-orbicular, very short, densely 

 and minutely tomentose outside. Petals coriaceous, greenish-yellow, dull 

 crimson at the base, oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering to the sub- 

 acute apex, the outer rather shorter than the inner, minutely pubescent 

 especially on the outer surface. Mipe carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, slightly 

 narrowed to the base, glabrous, 1"25 in. long and '7 in. in diam. ; the 

 pericarp thin, fleshy: the stalks stout, glabrous, sub-asperulous, I '25 to 

 2 in. long. Guatteria lateriflora, Bl. iUjdv. 20 : Fl. Jav. p. 100, t. 60 

 and 52 D. : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2 p. 47. Monoon laleriflorum, 

 Miq. Ann. Mlts. Lugd. Bat. II, 19. 



Perak ; at low elevations, Wray, King's Collector. Distrib : Java. 

 This is closely allied to P. simiariDn, Benth. and Hook. til. : but 

 has smaller flowers which are often borne on the smaller bi-anches ; 

 smaller leaves ; and shorter stalked carpels. Moreover the leaves and 

 young branches of this are invariably glabrous. The loaves of old trees 

 are very markedly smaller than those on young specimens. Specimens 

 in young fruit of a plant which may belong to this species have been 

 recently received from the Andamans from the Collectors of the Bot. 

 Garden, Calcutta : but, until the receipt of fuller material, I hesitate to 

 include these islands in the geographical area of the species. 



14. PoLYALTiiiA SCLEROPHYLLA, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 65. A glabrous tree : young branches pale. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong, ovate or linear-oblong, acute or obtusely acuminate, the base 

 broadly cuneate, shining on both surfaces and with the reticulations 

 distinct; main ucrves about 10 to J2 piiirs, spreading, slender: length 

 6 to 8 in. : breadth 15 to 2'6 in., petiole "5 in. Floivers pedunculate, in 

 fascicles from small tubercles on the trunk, 2 in. in diam , greenish : 

 tubercles "5 to 1 in. in diam. : peduncles 1 to 1 "5 in. long, stout, rusty- 

 pubescent, becoming glabrous ; bracts small, orbicular, from about the 

 middle of the peduncle. Sepals ovate, obtuse, short. Petals linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, the base slightly concave, pTibcrulous on both surfaces, 

 1-6 in. long, the inner rather smaller. , Toms broad, flat, the edge 

 raised. Ovaries pilose, shorter than the cylindric style. Eipe carpels 

 elliptic-oblong, slightly narrowed at either end, 1 to 1*5 in. long, 

 glabrous, the pericarp thin: stalks 1 to 1'5 in. long. Seed ohlong, the 

 testa shining, pale, 

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