66 iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyalthia. 



PENANO and SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



A tree; bark grey, rugged. Leaves 6-10 bj 2-3 in., tapering downwards from the 

 middle or above it, base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole & in. Peduncles \-\ in., extra- 

 axillary, brown -tomentose ; bracts scaly, basal. Steals small, ovate, acute. Petals 

 thick, silky outside. Carpels 1 in. diam., globose, short- stalked, densely brown- 

 tomentose. 



17. P. IVIoonii, Thwaites Ennm. 9; voung branches pubescent, leaves 

 subsessile lanceolate long acuminate glabrous above puberulous beneath, 

 peduncles solitary slender glabrous, petals small inner suborbicular. Bed- 

 domelc. PI. I ml Or. t. 83. 



At Caltura and Regiam Cnrle in CEYLON, Thwaites. 



A shrub, 8-10 ft. ; brandies slender. Leaves 2-6 by J-2 in., tapering to the ob- 

 liquely rounded base, thin, midrib pubescent beneath ; petiole not ^ in. Jrfcna 

 in. diam. ; pedicels l-l in., often leaf-opposed, nearly glabrous; bracts .'5, minute, 

 glabrous. Sepals small, ovate, acuminate. Outer petals acute; inner larger, sub- 

 orbicular, obtuse. Carpels pisiform or oblong, reddish, short-stalked, 1-2-seeded. 



18. P. rufescens, //. /. <C- T. ; young branches densely tomentose, 

 leaves rabsessile narrow-oblong acute or acuminate, base obliquely cordate 

 glabrous except on the midrib beneath, peduncles solitary stout tomentose, 

 petals i in. ovate-oblong. 



Cochin in MALABAK, Wiy/tt. 



A tree. Leaves 3-7 by 1-1 1 in., shining above, pale below; petiole glabrous. 

 Plovers A- in. diam., brown- tomentose ; p.-d uncles 4-1 in., often leaf-opposed, jointed 

 and minutely bract eat ai the bftM, >'///* small, bmadh ovate, acute. J'< tats oblong, 

 subacute, thick, outer twice? as big as the inner. Ovaries densely silky. 



19. P. persicBBfolia, linith. (' //././.<./ young branches pubescent, 

 leaves subset ile lanceolate taper- pointed glabn>us above puberulous beneath, 

 peduncles solitary or faM-ieled puU-sivnt, petals ,1 J in. hmg. /}"/ 



Jc. PI. Ind. Or. t. 55. Guatti-ria per>icu;folia, //./. f T. /'/. Ind. 1 Id. 



CEYLON, near Galle, L'/,anij /<>n. 



A shrub. Leaves 2-4 by ^-1| in., firm, coria< eons, base slightly oblique, jalft be- 

 neath; nerves inconspicuous ; petiole hardly /, in. Peduncle vt-ry short, \vondy. extra- 

 axillary, 2-:>-flo\veivtl ; pedicels | }, in. &')Hil3 ovate, acute, substi i-' ^ . I'.tali >iib- 

 orbicular, thiekly coriaceous, ftppreaaed-puoeticent, inner much the largest. Cartels 

 about 10, pisiform, granulate, puberulous; stalk very short; torus small. 



20. P. macrophylla, //. /. & T.; young branches tomentose, leaves 

 lanceolate taper-pointed rigid glabrona and shining above softly \K\\*> 

 beneath, flowers solitary sulisr>sile. Ciuatteria macrojihylla, Blume />ijd. 

 19 ; Fl. Jar. An<>n. 96. G. breviju-tala, Mi,/. Fl. Sl. Ind. A///yV. i. 381. 



MOUL.MKIN, Falconer ; ANDAMAN*. A//rt. DlBTKIB. Sninatni. .lava, liorneo. 



A tree. Leaves 6-9 by 2-H in., thickly coriaceous, almost silvery beneath with sub- 

 stellate pubescence; nerves distant, prominent, arched, looping within the margin; 

 petiole \-^ in., tomentose. Peduncles ^ in., generally 4 in. above the leaf axil; bracts 

 strigose. Sepals ovate, acute, strigose. Petals & in., oblong, acute, strigose, glabrous 

 inside; inner rather larger, very concave. Torus conical. Fruit unknown. The two 

 flowers we have examined are male. Miquel describes his as bisexual; Blume does 

 not say which ; so this character is possibly not constant. 



** Flowers axillary or in the axils of old leaves. 



21. P. cauliflora, H.f. & 7. Fl. Ind. 138 ; branches glabrous, leaves 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate glabrous above, nerves and midrib beneath 

 downy, flowers 2-3-fascicled in the old axils, peduncles slender downy, 

 petals 1 in. linear. Uvaria cauliflora, Wall. Cat. 0476. 



