ANONACEX OF BRITISH INDIA, re 
18. Potyatrnia simiaruM, Benth. § Hook. fil. Gen. Pl. i. 25; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. 1. 63. A tree 50 to 80 feet high; .all parts glabrous except the puberulous leaf- 
buds, under-surface of nerves of leaves and inflorescence; young branches pale brown, 
striate, sparsely lenticellate. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or shortly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-acute; upper surface shining; lower 
dull, sometimes puberulous on the midrib and nerves;. main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 
oblique, prominent beneath; length 5 to 11 in., breadth 2 to 4:5 in.; petiole °25 in. 
Flowers pedicelled, in few-flowered sessile fascicles from the axils of fallen leaves or 
from tubercles on the larger branches; pedicels minutely pubescent, with a small bract 
below the middle, 1 to 1°25 in. long. Sepals small, bluntly triangular, recurved, 
pubescent outside. Petals spreading, linear, sub-acute or acute, greenish-yellow to purplish, 
puberulous outside, glabrous inside, 1 to 1°25 in. long, the inner rather the longer. 
Ripe carpels stalked, ovoid-elliptic, slightly mammillate, contracted towards the base, 
glabrous and orange-red to bluish-black when ripe, 1:25 to 15 in. long; stalk from 1 
to 1:75 in. Seed ovoid, grooved, transversely striate. Aurz For. Fl. Burm, i, 37; Hook. 
fil. Fl, Br. Ind. 1. 63; King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 58.—Guatteria simiarum, 
Ham., Wail. Cat. 6440; Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 142.—G. fasciculata, Wail. 
uss. ex Vutgt Hort. Sub. Cale. 16,—Polyalthia lateriflora, Kurz (not of King) Journ, As. 
Soc. Bengal, pt. 2 (for 1874), 52.—Unona simiarum, JI, Ln., Pierre Fl. Coch.-Chine, 
t. 23. 
Andamans,—Bot. Garden Collectors. Perak,—<King’s Collector. Forests at the base of 
the Eastern Himalaya, the Assam range, Chittagong, Burmah. 
Var. parvifolia, King. Leaves smaller than in typical form (3°5 to 6 in. long 
and 1:25 to 2°25 in. broad), puberulous beneath. 
Perak; at elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Distrib—Sumatra: on Goenong Trang, 
Lampongs,—Forbes No. 1536, 
Prare 101. Polyalthia simiarum, Benth. § Hook. fil. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe 
carpels; 3 & 4, sections of ripe carpels; 5, seed—of natural size; 6, flower with the 
petals removed; 7 & 8, anthers; 9 & 10, pistils; 11, section through ovary—enlarged. 
19. PoLyALTHIA LATERIFLORA, King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 58. <A tree 
50 to 70 feet high; young branches lenticellate and striate; all parts, except the 
inflorescence, quite glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, abruptly acute 
or shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded, rarely sub-cordate, and unequal 
base; upper surface shining, the lower paler, rather dull; main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, 
rather prominent, oblique, spreading, evanescent at the tips; length 8 to 15 in., breadth 
25 to 7 in.; petiole *3 in., stout. lowers in fascicles from tubercles on the stem and 
larger branches, pedicelled, 1:25 to 2 in. long; pedicels slender, thickened upwards, 
pubescent, with 2 bracteoles about the middle, 1:25 to 1:75 in. long. Sepals coriaceous, 
ovate-orbicular, very short, densely and minutely tomentose outside. Petals coriaceous, 
greenish-yellow, dull crimson at the base, oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering to the 
suh-acute apex; the outer rather shorter than the inner, minutely pubescent, especially 
on the outer surface. ipe carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, slightly narrowed to the base, 
glabrous, 1°25 in. long and ‘7 in. in diam.; the pericarp thin, fleshy; the stalks stout, 
- Axn. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catccttra You. LY. 
