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



GUATTERTA MEMBRANACEA, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 41 ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 142, of 

 which there are no specimens in the Wallichian Herbarium, is no doubt a Polyalthia, 

 differing from P. nitida apparently only in the slightly pubescent leaves. 



11. ANAXAGOREA, St. Hilaire. 



Trees or shrubs. Flowers small, greenish, leaf-opposed. Scpah 3, valvate, 

 connate at the base. Petals 6, sub-equal, 2-seriat.e, valvate, thin, flat. Torn* 

 convex. Stamens indefinite ; anther-fells extrorse or sublateral ; connective 

 with a terminal process. Ovaries few or many ; style variable ; ovules 2, 

 subbasal, collateral, ascending. ////>'- <'////< /* follicular ; stalk clavate. 

 Seeds 1-2, exarillate, testa shining. DISTRIB. Tropical Asia and America ; 

 species about 6. 



1. A. luzonensis, A. Grair, I>f. U. ,S'. /?.//</. AV/W. 27; glabrous, 

 leaves membranous oblong abruptly obtusely acthmnate, flowers solitary leat'- 



opposod, bracts 1-2 amplexicaul. A. zeylanica, //. /'.<(' T. Fl. I ml. 144; 

 Thii<<iit,-x Emim. 10; Beddorne Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 46. 



Trrpical forests of I'Kcr, HANUOON, the ANDAMANS, MALACCA, and CEYLON. 

 DisThin. Pliilippines. 



A shrub. Lc<in:s 3 f by 1J-2 in., base acute, light green, paler bciiPMlli ; nerves 

 <]istu,,t, olli(|iic ; |ietiul,' ] in. /-'/-/'/vyx 1 in. diam ; peduncle i in. >'-/'//s ovatr, 

 obtuse. Petals cvatc: or oblong. Stdi/H-ns all similar and fertile. Orar'x-x '2 4, ovoid- 

 obloii". 1'arpel* 1^ in., spatlinlate, obtuse, (ibl'ijiifly muc-ronato. glabrous, rather 

 niuosr Allied closely to A. javanica, Bluiue, which has 8-10 carpels and eloniratrd 

 inner htauiens. 



12. POPOWIA, End!. 



Trees. Flown small, extra-axillary or h-af-upposed. - Sepals 3, ovate, 

 valvate. J'l-tn/s G, valvate in 2 series ; outer like tin- sepals, spreading ; inner 

 thick, concave, connivent, acute i- tip usually intU-xe-1. ,SV'////r//x indetinite 

 or Bubdetinite, short, cuneate ; anther-cells dorsal, remote. rv^yW.s- about 

 H, ovoid ; stylo large, oblong or sulx-lavate, straight or recurved ; ovules 1-2 

 on the ventral -suture, rarely 1 basal erect. /.'// <'///;,/> berried, globose or 

 ovoid, stalked. DISTELB. About 8 species, Asiatic, African, and Aus- 

 tralian. 



1. P. Beddomeana, //. /. <{ T. ; leaves membranous lanceolate or 



oblong-lanceolate long acuminate lower ovate acute smooth above granulate 

 and tonientose on the veins bi-m-ath, flowers extra-axillary, outer petals 

 larger than the inner. P. rainosissima, Beddorne Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 75 (excl. 

 synori). 



Mountains of TRAVANCOR, Beddorne. 



A much branched tree ; young parts densely brown-tomentose. Leaves 2-3 by 

 U --V. in., Imver 2 by 1 in., base acute, smooth above ; petiole very short. Fim-.i-r- 

 tnl< ', in. diam., globose, villoUB ; peduncles iV~^ in., tonientose ; bract median. >SV / / ( //.s- 

 acute, connate below. Petals thick, glabrous inside, densely tomentose outride ; outer 

 very broad ovatct : inner convex, tip not inflexed; claw broad, short. Stamens inde- 

 finite. Ovaries 4-5 ; ovules 1-2. 



2. P. ramosissima, //./ & T. Fl. Ind. 105 ; leaves ovate or oblong 

 acute glabrous above tonientose on the midrib and veins beneath, flowers 

 leaf-opposed, outer petals smaller than the inner. Guatteria ramosissima, 

 Wail. Cat. 7294, 8UU6. 



