Polyalthia.] iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 67 



SINGAPORE, Wallich. 



A much branched tree; buds tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by 1-1 f in., narrowed to the 

 subobtuse base, nerves reticulate; petiole |- in. Peduncles 1^-2 in., filiform, downy ; 

 bracts basal. Sepals ovate, subacute, appressed pubescent. Petals of equal length ; 

 coarsely villous, outer rather broader. Torus cyliudric, truncate. Ovaries strigose. 

 Fruit unknown. 



22. P. obliqua, H.f.&T. FLInd. 138; young parts puberulous, leaves 

 subsessile linear-oblong obtusely acuminate base obliquely cordate shining 

 and glabrous on both surfaces, peduncles solitary, petals in. oblong 

 obtuse. 



MALACCA, Griffith. 



A tree ; brandies twiggy, slender, glabrous. Leaves 4-6 by 1-1 1 in., tapering to 

 the base, firm, coriaceous, paler beneath ; petiole in. Flowers 4 in. diam., axillary ; 

 peduncles ^-1 in. ; bract submedian. Sepals small, orbicular. Petals subequal, thickly 

 coriaceous, silky outside. Carpels pisiform, dark brown ; stalk 4 in. 



SECT. III. Trivalvaria, Miguel. Inner petals very concave or vaulted. 



23. P. costata, H.f. & T. ; young branches tomentose, leaves oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate acuminate or acute rigidly coriaceous glabrous above 

 silvery and downy beneath, flowers solitary shortly peduncled. Uvaria 

 costata, Wall. Cat. 6480. Guatteria costata, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind, 143- 



MARTABAN, Wallich. 



A tree. Leaves 5-6 by 1^-2 4 in., base acute, deep green above; nerves oblique, 

 nearly straight, nervules conspicuous. Peduncles j in., extra-axillary. Sepals ovate, 

 persistent in fruit, subconnate at the base. Fruit unknown. A very imperfectly 

 known species. 



24. P. arg-entea, H. /. < T. ; branches glabrous, leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late acute or acuminate glabrous or both surfaces silvery beneath, peduncles 

 1-3 on short woody tubercles. Guatteria pallida, H. /. & T. FL Ind. 143 

 (not of Blume). 



Forests of ASSAM and SILHET, H.f. & T. 



A shrub ; branches spreading, young hardly puberulous. Leaves 4 8 by 1$-2| in , 

 base rounded or acute, thin, coriaceous ; nerves distant, arched ; petiole | in. Flowers 

 supra axillary, minute, polygamo-dioecious ; $ as in P. macrophylla, but smaller; 

 ? with many densely pubescent ovaries and a few imperfect stamens; bracts many, 

 minute, strigose. Carpels many, f in., oblong, granulate, glabrous; stalk ^ in. An 

 apparent congener of P. ma rophyUa, but the flowers are so young that it is hardly 

 useful to introduce the details given in Flora Indica. 



25. P. 1 aberrans, Maingay ; branches glabrous, leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late taper-pointed membranous glaucous beneath nerves faint, flowers subter- 

 minal, petals orbicular-ovate outer largest, carpels small oblong 2-seeded. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A climbing shrub; branches black, slender. Leaves 4-5 by 1^-1 f in., rather 

 shining above, nerves spreading reticulate on both Mirfaces; petiole in., slender. 

 Flowers 1 in. diam., erect; peduncle 1^ in., slender; bracts minute, median or infra- 

 median. Sepals in., broad-ovate, obtuse, glabrous. Outer petals ^ in., pubescent on 

 both surfaces ; inner ovate, acute, very concave, tips imbricate in bud. Ovaries pilose ; 

 cell far above the base; ovules 1-2, superposed. Carpets 3-5 in., elliptic-oblong, cylin- 

 dric, smooth, purple, top rounded, walls thin. Seed* 2, superposed. Referred also 

 doubtfully to Ellipeia by Maiiigay, from whose mss. the description of the flower ia 

 taken. 



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