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IV. ANONACE.E 



[Polyalthia 



style globose, eylindric or olavate, ovules 1 or 2. Fr. a cluster of numerous 

 carpels generally on long stalks. Species 50, 3 African, 2 Australian, the 

 rest of tropical Asia. 



A. Ovule 1, fl. solitary. 



1. P. suberosa, Benth. & Hook. f. ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Or. t. 56; Ann. iv. t. 

 77c. — Syn. Uvaria suberosa, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 34. Vern. Kuradia, Uriya. 



A small tree, bark corky, branchlets pubescent. Leaves distichous, elliptic- 

 oblong, sometimes broader at apex, glabrous when full grown, 2-4 in. PL 

 small, on slender extra-axillary peduncles, shorter than leaf, bracts near base 

 small, linear. Sepals less than half the length of petals, petals oval, reddish- 

 brown, silky outside. Ripe carpels black, ^ in. diam. Stalks slender, longer 

 than carpels, but not more than twice their length. 



Oudh forests, Beliar, Northern Cireass., east side of the peninsula, Tenasserim. Fl. 

 H.S. Ceylon, China. 



2. P. cerasoides, Benth. & Hook. fil. ; Bedd.- PI. Sylv. t. 1 ; Ann. iv. t. 86b. 

 — Syn. Uvaria cerasoides, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 33. Vern. Sandi Ome, Kol ; Gutti, 

 Tel ; Thabut-thein, Burm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets tornentose. Leaves distichous, 



Fig. 4. — Polyalthia cerasoides, Bentli. & Hook. fil. Leaf, fl., fruit. J. 



membranous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous above, pale and more or 

 less tornentose beneath. PL h in. diam., green, on tornentose pedicels, shorter 

 than leaf, bracts 1 or 2, small or large, ovate. Sepals ovate, membranous, 

 petals \ in. long, equal. Ripe carpels numerous, red, \ in. diam., on slender 

 stalks twice their length or longer. 



Behar, Chota Nagpore. Northern Cireass., Western Ghats from Nasik southwards, 

 throughout the peninsula. Burma, often in Eng. forests. Fl. Fehruary to May. 

 3. P. cbffeoides, Benth. & Hook. f. ; Bedd. Io. PL Ind. Or. t. 53 ; Ann. iv. t. 91. Wainad 

 and Anamalai hills. A glabrous tree. Sepals short, petals li in. Carpels oblong, 1 in., 

 narrowed into a shorter stalk. 4. P. andamanica, Kurz ; Ann. iv. t. 90. Andamans. 

 A shrub, branchlets tornentose, carpels oblong. 5. P. Jenknisii, Benth. & Hook. f. ; Ann. 

 iv. t. 96. Assam, Silhet, Malay peninsula. A tree, fl. 2 in. diam. 



B. Ovule 1, fl. fasciculate, umbellate or corymbose. 



