Polyalthia] IV. ANONA< K.K 15 



6. P. longifolia, Benth. & Hook. fil. : Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 38 : Aun. iv. t. 99. 

 — Syn. Ghiatteria longifolia, Wall.: Wight Ic. t. i. Verri. Asok, Devida/ri, 



Hind. : I'nt rnjiri , Kan. : Aram i. Mai. 



A tall tree, entirely glabrous. Leaves lanceolate, long-acuminate, undulate. 

 pellucid-dotted, 5-8 in. Fl. yellowish green, on long slender pedicels, in sessile 

 or shortly pedunculate umbels. Petals from a broad base lanceolate, lon<*- 

 acuminate, spreading. Sepals broad, short. Bipe carpels ovoid. \ in., stalk 

 i in. long. 



Indigenous in Ceylon, largely planted in avenues in mosl parts of India, as far north 

 as Kushiarpur. Fl. February, May. 



7. P. fragrans, Benth. & Hook. f. : Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 54: Ann. iv. 

 t. 100a. Vern. Nedunar, Mai. 



A large tree, branchlets minutely but densely tawny-tomeutose. Leaves 

 elliptic or ovate, shining above, dull, often puberulous beneath, 6-8 in. long. 

 Secondary nerves 12-15 pair, prominent beneath. Fl. in foment >se shortly 

 pedunculate corymbs, petals linear l\ in., sepals small, orbicular Carpels 

 ovoid, 1-1 .1 in. long. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats, from the Ratuagiri district southwards. 

 M November. S. P. simiarum, Benth. & Hook. f. : Ann. iv. t. 101. Assam, Cbittagong, 

 Burma, ami tin' Andamans, sinm. Cochin China. A large tree. Leaves •">■ II in. 

 secondary nerves 12-16 pair, prominent. Fl. in sessile fascicles, petals linear, spread- 

 ing, 1$ in. long. Carpels li in. long, orange to bluish black trhen riper. 



( '. Ovules •_' or :;, superposed. Fl. solitary. 



9. P. Korinti, Benth. & Hook, fil.; Ann. iv. t. 110a.— Syn. Ghiatteria 

 Korinti, Dunal; Wight. Ic. t. 398. 



A spreading shrub, branchlets pubescent. Leaves nearly glabrous, elliptic, 

 narrowed to both ends, 3-6 in. Secondary nerves not much more prominent 

 than the reticulate veins. Fl. bright green. }.-| in. diam.. on slender pedicels, 

 petals spreading. Carpels numerous, nvoi.l. .'. in. long, red when ripe, stalks 

 short. 



Western Peninsula, Ceylon. Fl. September. 10. P. obliqua, ll..,,k. f. & Thorns.: 



Ann. iv. t. ] i h »ii. Cbittagong hills, Malacca, Sumatra. A tr r shrub. Leaves 



from an oblique base, oblong-lanceolate. S ndary nerves 6 B pair, arching, joined l>\ 



intramorginal veins a( a distance from margin. 



7. UNONA, Linn. : Fl. Urn. [nd. i. 58. 



Trees or shrubs, erect, or climbing. Petals long, the 3 inner often a little 

 smaller, wanting in two species. Stamens crowded cuneate, anther cells linear, 



extrorse, concealed by the subglobos ■ truncate, rarely conical, apex of i 



nective. Ovaries numerous, ovules 2 8, L-serral i the ventral suture. Eli 



carpels elongate, generally much constricted between s Is. Species 50, 



t ropica 1 Asia and A Erica. 



A. I 'eta Is 6, in 2 rows. 



I. U. Desmos, Dunal: Ann. iv. t. 73. 



A spreading evergreen shrub, often climbing, branchlets rufous-pubescent. 



Lieaves thinly coriai us. glabrous above, sparingly pubescent beneath. 



Secondary nerves 8-12 pair, slender bul prominent. Fl. solitary, nodding, 

 on slender e\t ra-axillarv pe.limeles. •_' i; i„. long. Petals coriaceous, ovate- 

 lanceolate, I - in. long. Ripe carpels numerous, stalked, glabrous, constrioted 

 between the 2 or 3 ovoid joints, .'. ,' in. long. 



Assam, Cbittagong, Lower Burma, Malay Peninsula. Fl. Ji 



