Polyalthia.] iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 05 



in the middle. Torus glabrous. Ovaries hirsute. Carpels (unripe) 1| in., ovoid or 

 oblong, gibbous, pubescent, beaked ; stalk stout. A magnificent species, referred to a 

 new genus in Maingay's mss. Colour, odour, &c. of flower like a Magnolia. 



p. Flowers extra-axillary on the terminal branchlets, or on small truncal 

 tubercles. 



13. P. big-landulosa, Benth. & H.f. I.e.; young branches silky, leaves 

 elliptic or oblong acute or acuminate glabrous above appressed pubescent 

 beneath, basal margins recurved and glandular, peduncle solitary leaf- 

 opposed. Guatteria biglandulosa, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 51 : H. /. & T. 

 Fl Ind. 143. 



MALACCA, Griffith, &c. DJSTRIB. Sumatra and Malay Archipelago. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-3 in., shining above, glaucous beneath, base 

 subacute ; nerves 7 on each side, strong, curved^ rather distant, parallel ; petiole 4 in. 

 Flowers unknown. Carpels 1 in., oblong, mucronate, dark purple, subglabrous ; stalk 

 a little longer. Griffith's specimens correspond to Blume's description and to Miquel's 

 var. a. Carpels 1 -seeded according to Miquel. 



14. P. suberosa, Benth. <& H.f. I.e.; young branches pubescent, leaves 

 oblong obtuse glabrous above puberulous beneath, peduncles 1-2 on a short 

 woody extra-axillary tubercle, petals | in. long. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 56. Uvaria suberosa, Roxh. Cor. PI. i. t. 34 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 567. Guatteria 

 suberosa, DC. Prodr. i. 93; Wall. Cat. 6437 ; W. & A. Prodr. 10; H. f. 

 & T.Fl.Ind.UO. 



Forests of BENGAL, the WESTERN PENINSULA, TENASSERIM, and CEYLON. DISTRIB. 

 Java? Philippines (this or a closely allied species). 



A small tree or shrub; bark corky, rugged, grey; young branches slender, often 

 spotted white. Leaves 2^-5 by 1-1 f in., usually obtuse at both ends, or base sub- 

 oblique, thin, glabrous beneath in age ; petiole T \ in. Peduncles {-1 in., solitary, rarely 

 gemmate, pubescent, bracts inframedian. Sepals small, pubescent. Petals 4 in., oval, 

 silky outside, red-brown, outer shorter. Carpels pisiform, young silky, ripe glabrous ; 

 stalk their own length. 



15. P. sclerophylla, H. f. & T. ; glabrous, leaves oblong or ovate or 

 linear-oblong obtusely acuminate rigid reticulate and shining on both sur- 

 faces, peduncles fascicled on small truncal tubercles, sepals ovate, petals 

 linear-oblong obtuse inner rather smaller. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree. Leaves 6-8 by l|-2^ in., base rounded or acute, nerves conspicuous and 

 midrib quite glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole 4 in. Flowers 2 in. diam., greenish ; 

 tubercles ^-1 in. diam., globose; peduncles 1-14 in., stout, rusty-pubescent; bracts 

 small median, orbicular. /Sepals short obtuse. Petals 1 4 in., base slightly concave, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Torus broad, flat, border raised. Ovaries pilose, shorter 

 than the cylindric style. Carpels 1-14 in., elliptic oblong, obtuse at both ends, walls 

 thin, smooth ; stalk as long, slender. JSeed oblong, testa fibrous shining pale. 



SECT. II. Eupolyalthia, Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals flat. Ovules 

 2, superposed, sub basal, ascending. 



* Flowers extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. 



16. P. cinnamomea, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 138 ; young branches brown 

 tomentose, leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate glabrous above, young pubes- 

 cent beneath, peduncles solitary or geminate, petals f in. oblong acute. 

 Guatteria cinnamomea and G. uiultinervis, Wall. Cat. 6444 and 6445. 



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