Sagercea] IV. AXOXACE.E 13 



concave, the 3 'Miter a little larger than the 3 inner. Stamens on a flat 

 torus, 11-24, short, broad and fleshy, anthers cells contiguous or distant. <m 

 a broad truncate connective. Ovaries 3-6, style short, ovules 6-8. Ripe 

 carpels globose or ovoid, shortly stalked. Species 6, in tropical Asia. I follow 

 King (Ann. iv. 6) in re-establishing Sm/ri-nn, united with Bocagea in Fl. Brit. 

 India i. 92. 



A. Fl. bisexual. 



1. S. laurina, Dalzell ; Ann. iv. t. 35b. — Syn. Bocagea Dalzellii, Hook. f. 

 & Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 92. Vern. Sageri, Har-kinjal, Mar. 



A middle-sized tree, leaves 4—7 in., fl. white, |— J in. diam., pedicels short. 

 Sepals distinct, slightly imbricate, outer petals larger, but not twice the size 

 of inner ; stamens 12-18, anther cells contiguous. Ripe carpels nearly sessile, 

 1 in. diam. 



Evergreen forests of the Konkan (north as far as Matheran) and North Kanara. PI. 

 Oct., Nov. 2. S. Dalzellii, Bedd. Ie. t. 42. Anamallays, in dense moist woods. Travan- 

 core, evergreen forest, 2,000 ft. : leaves 10-14 in. Fl. bright yellow, i in. diam., pedicels 

 1— li in. long, sepals connate at base, ciliate. anthers 12-24. United with S. laurina 

 by King, Ann. iv. p. 8. 



B. Fl. unisexual. 



3. S. Listeri, King I.e. t. 35a, Chittagong hill tracts, branchlets slender, round, 

 leaves 4-5 in., ripe carpels broadly ovoid. 4. S. elliptiea, Hook. f. & Thorns. : Ann. iv. 

 t. 34 {Boccijra rlllj.lica, Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 92) Tenasserini. leaves 8-1-1 in., ripe carpels 

 globose. 



5. POPOWIA, End!. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 68. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, generally small. Fl. small, often polygamous, 

 solitary or a few together, sessile or shortly pedunculate, campanulate or sub- 

 globose, opening but slightly. Petals valvate in bud, outer spreading, inner 

 thick, concave, connivent. Ovaries few, not more than 8, ovules 1-2. Ripe 

 carpels generally on short stalks. Species 33, Asiatic, Australian, one African. 



1. P. Hookeri, King, Ann. iv. t. 165a.— Syn. Polyalthia argt ntea, Hook, 

 fil. & Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 67. 



A shrub, nearly glabrous, leaves 3-7 in. long, silvery beneath, ripe carpels 

 oblong, granulate, glabrous, J in. long. 

 Assam, Ehasi and Naga hills. Fl. 1.'. S. 



2. P. Kurzii, Bang, Ann. iv. t. 163b.— Syn. Polyalthia macrophylla, 



Hook. f. & Thoms. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 66 : P. dubia, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 38. 



A shrub or small tree, branchlets and underside of younger leaves tawny- 

 woolly. Leaves 6— 10 in., secondary nerves 10 I I p. prominent beneath, arching, 

 joined by iutrainarginal veins. Fl. sessile, tomentose, campanulate, poly- 

 gamous, solitary Or in pairs. Fruit unknown. 



Andaman-, Tenasserini. Fl. 1!.S. 



The remaining speoies have small leaves. 8. P. Beddomeana, Hook g i tioms. 



Fl. Br. Iml. L 68; Ann. iv. t. 160b. Syn. P. ramorimima, Bedd. b PL Or. I 7:., hills 

 between Tinnevelli and Tra vancore, branchlets tomentose, leaves 2 in. long. I. P. nltida, 



King, Ann. iv. t. L65b. Lndo s, Nficobars. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 2 I in. long, 



shining, carpels ovoid, | in. long, seed- I :;. :>. p. Helferi, lb>ok.tili\ Tl i-.: Ann. iv. 



i. 160a. Andaman-. Tenasserim. Leaves membranous, long acuminate, 3-5 in. long. 



6. POLYALTHIA, Blume : Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 62. 

 Trees or shrubs, mostly evergreen. Fl. usually bisexual, sepals 3, petals 



longer than .-opals, as a rule equal, stamens / , short, closelj packed OD B GOnvOX 



torus, anther cells eonrea led by the overlapping eon nee tive. Ovaries numerous, 



