PlmenuthHs. AXOXACF.A K. 17 



7. POLYALTHIA CERASOiDES, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; F. B. I. i. 63 ; 

 Bedd. Fl. t. 1 ; King Ann. Calc. iv. 65, t. 86e. Uvaria 

 cerasoides, Boxb. Cor. PL i. t. 33. (riuitteria cerasoides, 

 W. & A. 10. 



Forests of almost all Districts, especially in the N. Circars 



and Deccan, up to 3,000 ft., less common in the W. Ghats. 



An evergreen tree. Vern. Mar. Hoom; Tel. Gutti ; Tarn. 



Nakulsi. 



7. Popowia, Endl. 



Trees. Flowers small, subglobular, opening but slightly, 

 usually hermaphrodite, sometimes polygamous, extra-axillary or 

 leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, ovate, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in two 

 whorls (the inner series very rarely imbricate), more or less 

 orbicular ; outer, like the sepals, spreading ; inner thick, concave, 

 connivent, acute, the tip sometimes inflexed. Stamens indefinite 

 or subdefinite, short, cuneate ; anther-cells hidden beneath the 

 overlapping connectives, dorsal, remote. Carpels about 6, ovoid ; 

 style large, oblong or subclavate, straight or recurved ; ovules 1-2 

 on the ventral suture, rarely 1 basal erect. Fruit a ring of 

 stalked, globose or ovoid berries. 



POPOWIA BKDDOMEANA, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; F. B. I. i. 68 ; King 

 Ann. Calc. iv. 119, t. 160B. P. ramosissima, Bedd. Ic. t. 75. 

 A small tree ; leaves 2-3 in. long, glabrous, granulate beneath ; 

 flowers small, solitary; petals tomentose without. 

 Evergreen forests of the W. Ghats in S. Travancore and 

 Tinnevelly, at 3,000 to 5,000 ft. A small tree, scarce. 



8. Phaeanthus, Hook, f . & Thorns. 



Trees or climbers. Flowers solitary, terminal or in extra- 

 axillary fascicles. Sepals 3, small, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in 

 2 whorls ; outer small, like the sepals ; inner large, flat, coriaceous. 

 Stamens numerous, oblong or quadrate, truncate ; anther-cells 

 dorsal, distant. Carpels numerous; styles cylindric or clavate, 

 sometimes grooved ventrally. Ovules 1-2, sub-basal, ascending. 

 Fruit of stalked, 1-2-seeded carpels 



PHAEANTHUS MALABARICUS, Bedd. Ic. t. 76 ; F. B. I. i. 72 ; King 



Ann. Calc. iv. 154, t. 20lB. 



A small tree ; leaves glabrous except the midrib below, 



