64 iv. ANONACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyalthia. 



bescent beneath, peduncles on axillary tubercles 1-3-flowered, petals \ in. 

 Uvaria cerasoides, Roxb. Corom. PI. i. t. 33 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 666. Guatteria 

 cerasoides, Dun. Mem. Anon. 127 ; DC. Prodr. i. 93 ; Wall. Cat. 6430 ; //. /'. 

 & T. FL Ind. 139 ; Dak. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 3. 



Dry forests on Eastern e>posures, from BEHAR to TRAVANCOR, Hamilton, Wight, &c. 



A tree; bark light-grey ; branches glabrous with a .ere. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2 in., mem- 

 branous, base acute or rounded, dark green above. Peduncles ^j in., woody ; pedicels 

 ^-1 in., fdender, with a few basal imbricating scales, and som times 2-3 oblong or ovate 

 bracts \-\ in. long. Petal* OTfcie-obtoQg, dirty green, thickly coriaceous. Carpel* si/.e 

 of a small cherry, dark-red ; stalk 1 in. 



9. P. Korinti, P>nith. & //. f. I.e. ; young branches glabrous or sub- 

 pilose, leaves variable ovate to elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate coriaceous 

 glabrous, flowers axillary solitary, inner petals \ in. oval. Guatteria Korinti, 

 Dunal; DC. Prodr. i. 94 ; 1C. <( A. Prodr. 10 ; \\"iht Ic. t. 398 ; //./. & T. 

 Fl. Ind. 141. G. acutiflora, Wall. Ct. (!i:js ,-.,r/. D. 



WESTERN PENINSULA, from Yi/agapatam, Clcyhorn, southwards; wanner parts of 

 CEYLON, very common. 



A spreading shrub; bark grey. Leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., firmly coriaceous, pellucid- 

 dotted, .shining above, glahn.u* or sparsely pilose on the midrib beneath, strongly reti- 

 culate ; petiole in. ZVdtMefa 1 - in., itrigOM, bract Bnbmedian. Petals thickly 

 coriaceous, inner rather the longest. Carpels ^ in., subglobose. 



10. P. Jenkinsii, 7>/////. <( II. f. I.e. ; young shoots brown- torn entose, 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate glabrous, flowers axillary solitary rarely geminate, 

 outer petals \l by \ in. Guatteria Jenldnsii, //./. <C- T. 7-7. Ind. 141. 



Forests of ASSAM j Sii.iu.i . BLuQTBEl I'IM.NHULA; A.M. A MANS, Kurz. DISTRIB. 



Sumatra. 



A tn-c ; brandies spreading, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by 14-2 in., firm, shining above, 

 pale b< iicatli, 1 asf rounded acute or oblique ; petiole .', in. Fl<>ir<-rx l;ir-e, spieading : 

 pedicels ^-1 in., erect, bracts 2 .", sc;ily, liasal, and a mesian and an apical oin- which 

 are. oval ami d'-eiiluoiis. /',/<;/< In-oad-lanceolate, narrowed to a claw, thinly coriaceous, 

 inner shorter and narrower. < 'arpels in., oblong, glabrous; stalk as long. Nearly 

 allied to Monoon cananyioides, Miq. 



11. P. nitida, Jlmf/i. <( If. f. I.e. ; young branches puberulous, leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous obtuse or arute, bracts A-aui]lexiea\il. 

 connate to the middle, petah 1 in. IMI-_'. (iuatteria nitidi, A. !><'. Mem. 41 : 

 WaU.Uat. 6439 j H./.& T. /-'/. fad. I 



TAVOY, Wattich; SINCAPOKE, Lobb. 



A tree ; bark grey, rugjvd, dotted with white lenticels. Leaves 8-12 by 3-5 in., 

 thinly coriaceous, shining above, pale beneath, nerves strong, oblique; petiole \-{ in. 

 Flon-< r* axillary : pedicel 1 in., bracts 1-2, oval, Mibmedian. Fe./ialx 4 in., orbicular, 

 pubescent. P<tuh oval, thickly coriaceous, tonientose, inner a little shorter. Carpels 

 large, subglobose, stalked. Flower described from the .Singapore specimen, the fruit 

 from Tavoyan. 



12. P. magTioliaeflora, Maivgay ???.s. ; branchlets rusty-tomentose, 

 leaves large narrow obovate-oblong obtuse or acuminate glabrous except 

 the midrib above membranous, base cordate, bracts |-amplexicaul, sepals 

 connate to the middle, outer petals elliptic. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree; branches stout. Leaves 10-13 by 3-5 in., opaqne above, beneath paler, 

 nerves strong many arched; petiole in., stout. Flowers large, greenish-white; 

 peduncle short stout curved ; bracts broad-ovate acute. /Sepals silky tomentose. 

 Outer petals fleshy, concave, hairy, tips imbricate; inner 2-2^ in., oblong, constricted 



