8 ANONACE2E. [ Pofy alt/lid. 



by 4 species of Polyalthia, 3 of Anona, 2 of Saccopetalum and Hiliumi 

 The Eastern Himalaya, Assam and Eastern Bengal, contain trees, shrubs or climbers 

 of the genera Uvaria, Artalotrys, Anona, Polyalthia, Mclodorum and Miliusa, while 

 the remaining genera, and the majority of the species of these, are found in South 

 India or Burma. 



Of the genera not herein described, the five climbing ones contain about 30 species, 

 the principal of which are : Uvaria macrophylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 663 ; Hook. Fl. Ind. 

 ii. 49 ; Kurz i. 28. Vern. Bagh-runga, Beng. ; Thabwot-nway, Burm., a large evergreen 

 climber common in Eastern Bengal and Burma ; Ellipeia ferruginca, Hook. f. and 

 Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 52 ( Uvaria ferruginea, Ham.; Kurz i. 29), a shrub of the 

 Irrawaddy valley ; and Artabotrys odoratissimus, R. Br. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 54 ; Kurz i. 

 31 ( Uvaria odoratissima, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 666), a large Burmese shrub with fragrant 

 flowers. Cyathocalyx martabanicus, Hook, f. and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 53 ; Kurz i. 

 30, is an evergreen tree of Martaban and Tenasserirn. Cananga odorata, Hook, f . and 

 Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 56; Kurz. i. 33 (Uvaria odorata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii.661) Vern. 

 JZadapgnam, Burm., is a large evergreen tree of Tenasserim. Unona contains seven 

 Burmese and three South Indian trees. Popowia two, viz. : P. Beddomeana, Hook. f. 

 andTh. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 68 (jP. ramosissima, Beddome viii.) of the Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly hills ; and P. Helferi, Hook, f . and Th. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 69 ; Kurz i. 39 

 of the Andamans and Tenasserim. Alphonsea four, viz., A. madraspatana, Bedd. 

 t. 92; A. zeylanica, Hook. f. and Th.. of South India; A. lutea, Hook. f. and Th., of 

 Eastern Bengal, South India and Burma; and A. ventricosa, Hook. f. andTh., of 

 Assam, Chittagong and the Andamans, all trees of considerable size. MitrepJiora 



f'andiflora, Beddome t. 91. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 78, is a large handsome tree of the South 

 anara forests. There are altogether, excluding those of the Malay Peninsula and 

 Ceylon, about 100 Indian species ; of these about 60 occur in Burma, 30 in South India 

 and 30 in Eastern Bengal. Further specimens of the wood of the larger species are 

 urgently required for investigation and determination of doubtful woods, such as 

 Bamau, &c. (see p. 10). 



Wood light-coloured, generally yellowish and soft. Pores small. 

 Medullary rays fine to moderately broad, joined by numerous fine trans- 

 verse bars. These transverse bars furnish an excellent character for 

 distinguishing the wood of Auonaccse from that of most other families ; 

 they are also found in Bassia and Mimusops, but in these genera they 

 have more the character of wavy concentric lines. The structure o the 

 different species of this family is so uniform that no attempt has been 

 made to give generic characters. 



1. POLYALTHIA, Blume. 



Besides the two species here described, P. simiarum, Bth. and Hook, f . ; Hook. 

 Fl. Ind. i. 63 ; Kurz i. 37, is a large tree of Eastern Bengal and Burma; P. Jenklnsii, 

 Bth. and Hook. f. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 64; Kurz i. 37, is a common tree of the Andamans, 

 found also in Assam and Sylhet ; P. cojfeoides, Bth. and Hook, f . ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 

 62 ; Beddome t. 53, is a common tree of the Western Ghats, where its bark is made 

 into ropes ; P. suberosa, Bth. and Hook. f. ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 65 ; Brandis 5. (Uvaria 

 suberosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 667.) Vern. Bara cJiali, Beng. ; Banderhola, Ass.; C/iithi 

 duduga, Tel., is a small tree of Oudh, IVngal and South India, with a corky bark, 

 and close, tough, hard, durable wood, weighing, according to Brandis 40, and Kyd 

 45 Ibs. per cubic foot, and having P = 430. There are also about 8 other species de- 

 scribed, from India and Burma. 



1. P. longifolia, Benth. and Hook, f . ; Hook. Fl. Ind. i. 62; Bed- 

 dome t. 38; Brandis 4-. Uvaria longifolia, Lam.; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. CGI. 

 Vern. Asokj deldari, Hind. ; Assothi, Tarn. ; Asoka, devadaru, Tel. 



A large evergreen tree with smooth bark. Wood white. Pores small, 

 often subdivided, uniformly distributed. Medullary rays short, fine to 

 very broad. Numerous, equidistant, very line transverse bars across 

 the rays. 



