64 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Petals broadly ovate or ovate-orbicular. 
Leaves glaucous; stalks of carpels ‘7 to‘8in. . . . 27. P. aberrans. 
‘ - Leaves not glaucous; stalks of carpels under '2in. . . 28. P. Moonit. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong to ovate; ovulesoften3 . . . . . . 29. P. korinti, 
Leaves upwards of 5 in, long, cordate at the base. 
PoP ctale MATEO WL Ve lites 1005) 75) > cielac oceans ee 30. P. bullata, 
_ Petals oblong. 
Helawwerst leit M Gia oe ee, | een yo ee eb ees CULL OT data. 
Miowers loco tO oun. In (IAM. | hg elias) dace ie me Ooapie OUlONOG: 
Flowers in fascicles from the older branches. 
Petals linear-oblong, 1 to 1°5 in. Ue : a carpels °35 in. a ; their 
stalks 6 to’75in. long . . 30. P. Beecarii. 
Petals linear-oblong, 2 to 3 in. aban ; ae onrels 75 to 1 in. 5 pie 
sab-sessile . 34. P. cinnamonea. 
Petals cblong-lanceolate or Satianvedtate, 9 to iG 5 i in. n long: : oul 
1°75 in. long; their stalks °25in.long . . . ... . 8d). P. pachyphylla. 
Petuls linear. obtueeyeo to fo in-iong = =. 5. 2 2 ke te OO. P, pycnantha, 
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37. P. rufescens, 
38. P. nitida. 
Of doubtful position . ie ee * prma gig ae Se ODE RAUL ATEe 
40. P. membranacea. 
41. P. cauliflora. 
1, Poryanrnia suBerosa, Benth. & Hook, fil. Gen. Pl. i. 25. A shrub or very small 
tree; the branches when very young rufous-tomentose, when slightly older lenticellate, 
when old very corky and rugged. eaves membranous, oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed 
to the slightly oblique base, glabrous and shining above, pubescent beneath; main nerves — 
about 6 pairs, spreading, faint; length 1:75 to 5 in, breadth °9 to 1°75 in.; petiole -05 
in. Flowers on slender pedicels, usually solitary, extra-axillary, °4 in. in diam.; pedicels °5 
to 1 in, long, rufous-puberulous, with a minute bract near the base. Sepals less than half 
the size of the petals, spreading, pubescent. Petals oval, reddish-brown, silky outside, 
the outer shorter. Carpels stalked, sub-sphzerical, silky when young, glabrous when 
old, -25 in. in diam.; stalks -25 in. long. Seed roundish, smooth. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. i. 65; Thwaites’ Enum. 398; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 88; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. 
pt. 2,45; Beddome Ic. Pi. Ind. Or., ¢. 56.—Uvaria suberosa, Rozb. Cor. Pl. i. t, 84; 
#1, Ind. ii. 667.—Guatteria suberosa, Dunal Anon, 128; DC. Prodr. i. 93; Thwaites’ 
Enum. 10; Wall. Cut. 6487; W. § A. Prodr. 10; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 140. 
_ Bengal, Burmah, Southern Peninsular India and Ceylon, Distrib,—China (prov. 
Hainan). | ae 
_ Puate 77B. Polyalthia suberosa, Benth. §& Hook. fil. 1, Flowering branch; 2 to 4, 
fruit at various stages of ripeness—of nutural size; 5, flower—enlarged ; 6, torus with an 
anther and stamen; 7, section of a sced—much enlarged. 
2. Potyatrata pumosa, King in Journ. As. Soe. . Bengal 61, pt. 2, 52. A shrub; 
young branches slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriacequs, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
