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86. Poryantuia pycnantua, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 67. A 
tree ? Young branches rather stout, covered with soft yellowish pubescence. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate, the base obtuse. or 
rounded ; upper surface glabrous; lower paler and puberulous on the midrib; main 
nerves arching, prominent; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2°5 to 3°5 in.; petiole -2 in., 
pubescent. Flowers *5 to *75 in. in, diam., in fascicles from tubercles on the larger 
branches, 1 to 5 in. in diam.; flower-peduncles -25 in. long, pubescent, with 1 or 2 
minute bracteoles at their bases. Sepals ovate, acute, ‘2 in. long. Petals linear, obtuse, 
flat, sub-equal; the bases of the inner three concave, °5 to ‘75 in. long, pale sericeous 
outside, glabrescent inside: Zorus columnar, flat-topped, glabrous; ovules 2, superposed. 
Unona pyecnantha, Hook, fil. in Fl. Br. Ind. i. 60. 
Malacca.—Maingay (Kew Distrid.), No. 48. 
PLATE 116 BIS. Polyalthia pycnantha, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, fascicle of flowers 
from a stem-tubercle—of natural size; 8, flower; 4, inner sepal; 5, andro-gynecium ; 
6 & 7, stamens} 8, pistil; 9, section of pistil—enlarged. 
Species dubice. 
37. Poryatruia ruFesceNs, H. f/f. §& 7. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 66. A tree; young: branches. 
densely tomentose. Leaves membranous, sub-sessile, narrowly oblong, acute or acuminate, 
the base obliquely cordate; both surfaces glabrous, except the midrib beneath; the 
upper shining, the lower pale; length 3 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 1:75 in.;_ petiole 
very short, glabrous. . Flowers solitary, *5 to °65 in. in diam., brown-tomentose,. pedi- 
cellate, axillary or leaf-opposed; pedicels stout, *5 to 1 in. long, tomentose, jointed 
and minutely. bracteolate at the base. Sepals small, broadly ovate, acute. Petals thick, 
oblong or ovate-oblong, sub-acute, -25 in. long, the outer twice as large as the inner. 
Ovaries densely silky. 
Indian Peninsula, in Cochin, — Wight. 
The above description is copied from Hooker (2. ¢.) 
Prate 116 tris. Polyalthia rufescens, Hook. fil. § Thoms. 1, Flowering branch— 
of natural size; 2, flower; 3, andro- ‘gynoeciam ; 4 & 5, stamens; 6, pistil; 7, section 
of pistil—en/arged. ne ok, Ene 
38. Poxyaurata niripa, Benth. § H. f. Gen. Pl. i. 25; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 64. 
This species is founded on: the specimens issued by Wallich as No. 6439 of his Cata- 
logue under the name of Guatteria nitida, DC. The Wallichian specimen quoted by 
A. DeCandolle: (Mem. Anon, 41) consisted of a leaf-twig with detached fruit, but without 
flowers... That in the Calcutta Herbarium has, in addition, an Anonaceous flower which, 
however, does not in the least agree with the flower described by WHook. fil. & 
Thomson (FV. Ind. 143). 
The leaves of the Wallichian specimen above quoted duck ‘roseihble those issued by 
the same botanist. as’ No. 4159 of ‘his Catalogue under the name Sideroxylon? nervosum, 
Wall. To Polyalthia nitida have also been referred by Hook. fil. & Thomson a plant 
collected at Singapore by Lobb, . and of;which the flowers have been described in Fi. 
Br. Ind. i. 64. | As,.a ¢ontribution towards further knowledge of this species, I give a 
Ann, Roy. Bor, Garp. Caxcurra Vou. IV. 
