‘TO ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
lower dull, very minutely dotted; the midrib and sometimes the nerves: puberulous ; main 
nerves 8 to 11 pairs, bold and prominent on the lower surface, oblique, inter-arching 
close to. the edge; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 1°15 to 2°25 in.; petiole *25 in., pubescent. 
Flowers pedicelled, solitary or in pairs, from the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves : 
pedicels *5 to ‘75 in. long, rufous-tomentose, with a rather large bract about the middle. 
Sepals: small, triangular, pubescent. Petals fleshy, sub-equal, greenish-yellow changing 
into dark dull yellow, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolate, acute or rather blunt, the 
edges wavy, both surfaces minutely pubescent, 1:5 to 2 in. long. Ovaries narrowly 
elongate, adpressed-pubescent, each crowned by large fleshy glabrous stigma ; ovule 
solitary, basal. Fruit shortly stalked. Ripe cérpels numerous, pedicelled, ovoid, crowned 
by the remains of the stigma, sparsely pubescent, *3 in. long; pedicel slender, pubescent, 
‘75 in. long. Seed with pale smooth testa. P. Jenkinsii, H. f. & TJ. (in part).—Ellipeia 
undulata, Svortechini mss. 
Malacca,— Griffith No. 413; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 45. Perak,—King’s Collector, 
Seortechini. Penang,—Curtis. Distrib.—Sumatra,—Beccari Nos. 935, 976, 
Prate 95. Polyalthia Scortechinii, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower from 
another specimen; 38, young ¢arpels; 4, ripe carpels—of natural size; 5 & 6, flower with 
petals removed—enlarged; 7, anther; 8, section of ovary showing the single ovule—much 
enlarged. 
13. Poryazrata Jenkins, Benth. §& Hook. fil. Gen. Pl. i. 25. A tree; young shoots 
sparsely rufous-pubescent. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acute or 
shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the acute or rounded sub-oblique base; both 
surfaces glabrous, minutely reticulate, the upper shinmg but the midrib puberulous; main 
nerves about 7 pairs, slender, slightly prominent beneath, inter-arching at some distance 
from the edge; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1°35 to 3 in.; petiole -2 to °3 in. Flowers 
large (1°75 to 3 m. in diam.), pedicelled, solitary, rarely in pairs, axillary; pedicels 6 
to ‘75 in. long, pubescent, and with several small rounded bracts near the base. Sepals 
very small, sub-orbicular, puberulous. Petals sub-coriaceous, spreading, greenish changing 
to yellow, broadly lanceolate or oblanceolate, sub-acute or obtuse, the base much 
narrowed, puberulous or glabrous. Ripe carpels numerous, stalked, oblong, slightly 
apiculate, glabrous, -4 in. long; stalk slender, °6 in. long. Seeds smooth. Hook. fil. Fi. 
Br. Ind. i. 64 (in part); Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 375 (tn part); King in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 56.—Guatteria Jenkinsii, Hook. fil. § Thoms, Fl. Ind, 141 (in part); 
Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i pt. 2, 46.—Guatteria Parveana, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat, i. pt. 2, 
48, & Suppl. 378.—Uvaria canangioides, Reichb. fil. et Zoll. uss——Monoon canangioides, 
Mig. Ann. Mus. Iugd. Bat.. ii. 18. 
Malacca,—Grifith; Maingay No. 46 (and 45 in part) (Kew Distrib.) Penang,—Curtis 
No. 2704, Perak,— King’s Collector No. 3910. Assam and Sylhet. Distrib.—Sumatra. 
Specimens from Perak have larger flowers than those from Assam; but (otherwise 
they agree fairly well, and both appear to be specifically identical with the Sumatra 
plant named .Guatteria or Monoon canangioides by Miquel. The Andaman plant which 
Kurz originally [Andam. Report (1870), p. 29] named Polyalthia andamanica, but which 
Sir Joseph Hocker (dealing with imperfect materials) reduced (with Kurz’s assent) to this 
species, I have restored to specific rank. Recently received specimens show its flowers 
to be different from those of true P. Jenkinsii (the petals being shorter and narrower), 
while the carpels are larger. ee : 
