Polyalthia.} iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 63 



lanceolate, glabrous. Carpels nearly 1 in., ovoid, glabrous, dark purple ; stalk their 

 own length. 



4. 3P fragrans, Benth. & H. f. I.e. ; young branches hoary, leaves 

 ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate glabrous or puberulous beneath, pedun- 

 cles few- or many-flowered, petals U by ^ in. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 54. 

 Guatteria fragrans, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iii. 206 ; H. f. & T. Fl 

 Ind. 142. 



Forests of MALABAR, Wight ; SOUTH CONCAN, Law, &c. 



A tree. Leaves 4-9 by 2-5 in. ^ membranous, lateral nerves many oblique close-set 

 and parallel ; petiole ^-f in. Flowers fragrant ; peduncles in the axils of fallen leaves 

 or on woody ramal tubercles, cymose, usually many-flowered, tomentose ; pedicels 1 in., 

 slender ; bract orbicular, infra- median. Sepals small, orbicular. Petals linear, hoary. 

 Carpels 1J in., broad-ovoid, hoary, walls thin brittle; htalk as long. There are in Hb. 

 Wight, detached petals apparently of this species upwards of 2 in. long. 



5. P. simiarum, Benth. & H.f. I.e. ; branches glabrous, leaves ovate- 

 oblong or oblong, lanceolate quite glabrous, flowers fascicled, inner petals 

 1-l^in. Guatteria simiarum, Ham.; Wall. Cat. 6440 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 

 142. G. fasciculata, Wall. mss. Voigt Hort. Sub. Calc. 16. 



Forests of ASSAM, SILHET, PEGU, and MARTABAN, Hamilton, Wallich, &c. 



A tree ; buds puberulous. Leaves 4-8 by 2-5 in., membranous ; lateral nerves close, 

 parallel ; petiole ^-^ in. Flowers in the old axils or on woody tubercles ; peduncles 

 1 in., slender, hoary, naked above; bracts 1-2, scaly, basal. /Sepals very short, orbi- 

 cular. Petals linear, puberulous, glabrous within, outer ^ shorter than the inner. 

 Carpels 1^ in., ovoid, fleshy, glabrous, orange ; stalk as long. 



6. P. hypoleuca, H.f. & T. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate, shining above white beneath, flowers solitary 

 or fascicled, sepals obsolete, petals subequal ^ in. narrowly linear-oblong 

 obtuse. 



SINGAPORE, Maingny. DISTRIB. Borneo ? 



Branches pale, youngest puberulou^. Leaves 2|-6 by 1-1 f in., base acute, thick, 

 rigid, pale and nerveless above, midrib beneath puberulous, nerves many obscure sub- 

 horizontal ; petiole T V~<j in. Flowers small, axillary, suberect ; peduncle T V in., stout; 

 bracts 2, basal, cucullate. Sepals forming an inconspicuous disk. Pttals hoary on 

 both surfaces, base concave, nut dilated. Torus conical. Ovaries about 6, pubescent. 

 Carpels f in., elliptic- oblong, top rounded, glabrous, shining, walls thi.i ; stalk short, 

 slender. Seed grooved and pitted. Other (imperfect?) carpels are mamniillate with 

 longer thicker stalks and contain a stony pitted nucleus, connected with the walls by 

 stout fibres. Very near U. hypoglauca, Miq., of Sumatra, but carpels elliptic-oblong 

 and twice as long. 



*"* Petals ovate or ovate-lanceolate or elliptic. 



7. P. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 399 ; young branches brown-tomen- 

 tose, leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong abruptly taper-pointed glabrous 

 above midrib and veins pubescent beneath, flowers 1-3 on woody tubercles, 

 petals 2 by 1 in., thick. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind, Or. t. 57. 



Near Ratnapcora in CEYLON, Thwaites. 



A tree; bark silver-grey. Leaves 6-12 by 2J-3 in., shining above, pale beneath; 

 nerves strong, parallel; petiole J-^ in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam., greenish-yellow; 

 pedicels 1 in., stout; bract submedian, densely tomentose. Pttals 2 by 1 in., broad- 

 lanceolate, thickly coriaceous, pubescent, strongly nerved when dry. Carpels often as 

 large as a cherry ; broad-ovoid, tomentose ; stalk as long. 



8. P. cerasoides, Benth. & II. f. I.e. ; young branches tomentose, 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above softly pu- 



