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near the base. Sepals semi-orbicular, acute, very short, united into a cup, pubescent 
outside. Petals coriaceous, yellow, sub-equal, oblong, tapering to the sub-acute apex, 
minutely adpressed-pubescent on both surfaces, but especially on the outer; length ‘75 to 
115 in. Ripe carpels 10 to 20, ovoid to orbicular, apiculate, *3 to *35 in. long, pubescent 
or sub-glabrous; stalks slender, 6 to ‘75 in. long. Seeds usually solitary and ovoid, or 
sometimes two and plano-convex. Guatteria multinervis, Wall. Cat. 6445. 
Perak: very common at elevations of from 1,000 to 2,500 feet. Penang,—Curtis 
No. 1409. Distrib.—Borneo,—Beecar? No. 1621. 
This plant closely resembles Guatteria (= Polyalthia) elliptica, Blume ; but its leaves 
have more numerous nerves and its carpels are stalked, those of P. ¢lliptica (according 
both to Blume’s description and figure) being sessile and of larger size. 
Prare 118, Polyalthia oblonga, King. 1, Branch with young and mature flowers ; 
2, smaller flower from another specimen; 3, young carpels; 4, ripe carpel; 5, plano- 
convex seed from a two-seeded carpel; 6, ovoid seed from a single-seeded carpel—of 
natural size; 8 & 9, anthers; 10 & 11, pistils; 12, stigma—en/arged. 
33. PoryatratA Beccarw, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 65. <A tree 
15 to 40 feet high; young branches slender, rufous-tomentose ; the older coarsely striate 
and lenticellate. Leaves thickly membranous, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base; both surfaces shining and reticulate ; 
the midrib pubescent on the upper, tomentose on the lower; main nerves 6 or 7 pairs, 
slender, spreading, forming bold arches far from the edge; the secondary nerves distinct; 
length 3 to 45 in., breadth ‘7 to 1:35 in.; petiole ‘1 in., tomentose. Flowers 1 in. 
long, in fascicles from bracteolate tubercles on the older branches; their pedicels slender, 
pubescent, minutely bracteolate near the base, about 1 in. long. Sepals ovate-obtuse, 
‘15 in. long, pubescent outside. Petals coriaceous, dark yellow, sub-equal, linear-oblong, 
sub-acute, 1 ia. to 1:5 in. long and from ‘1 to *2 in. broad, minutely pubescent, 
especially outside. Ovaries pubescent, 2-ovuled. Ripe carpels numerous, broadly ovoid, 
apiculate, glabrous, sub-granular when ripe, ‘35 in. long; their stalks granular, puberulous 
‘6 to °75 in. long. 
: Perak ; at low elevations,—Scortechini, King’s Collector, Wray. Distrib.—Sumatra,— 
Beecari P. 8S. No. 401. Borneo,—Motley No. 743, Beccari No. 668. — 
| The leaves of this species, although smaller, have much the same venation as those 
of P. Zeysmannii, King. The carpels of this are, however, very much smaller than 
those of P. Teysmannit. se ; 
Pratr 110B. Polyalthia Beccarii, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, a flower from a stem- 
fascicle ;_ 3, flower. with petals removed; 4 & 5, petals; 6, ripe carpels—of natural 
size; 7, anther; 8, ovary; 9, section of ovary—enlarged. 
34, PoyYALTHIA CINNAMOMEA, Hook. fil & Thoms. Fil. Ind, 188; Hook. fil. Fl. 
Br. Ind, rf 65. A tree 50° to 70 feet high ; young branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong to oblanceolate, tapering to each end, acute or 
shortly acuminate, the base rounded; upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower sparsely 
lucid-pubescent (glabrescent when old), the midrib tomentose ; main nerves about 12 
or 14 pairs, slender, curved, ascending, inter-arching freely ; length 45 to 7-5 in, 
Any. Roy. Bor. Garp Catcutra Vor. LY. 
