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Hab. Frequent in tropical and low forests all over Pegu and Martaban ; 

 also Tenasserim. Fl. June ; Fr. October. 



It is difficult to distinguish some states of this species from the former, 

 for the peduncles vary very much in length, as do also the petals with regard 

 to size and shape. 



4. U. LATiFOLiA, Hf. and Th. Ind. Fl. I. 60. 



Hae. Martaban, in dry hill-forests on limestone rocks along the Nga- 

 choung of the Salween (Brandis). Fl. May. 



5. U. STENOPETAXA, Hf. and Th. FL Ind. I. 163, and Ind. Fl. I. 60. 

 Hab. Tenasserim, Moulmein (Lobb). 



6. U. LONGiFLOEA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 11. 668 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 61. 

 Hab. Chittagong. 



7. U. DASTMASCHALA, Bl. Fl. Jav. Avon. 55. t. 27 ; Hf. and Th. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 135, and Ind. Fl. I. 61. {Felticalyx argenteay Griff. Not. Dicot. 

 706?). 



Yar. a. Bltjmei, Hf. and Th. 1. c. 



Yar. /?. Wallichii, Hf. and Th. 1. c. (Z7. coelo^pJiJoea, Scheff. Obs. 

 phyt. 6?). 



Hab. Frequent in the tropical forests of Martaban and Tenasserun to 

 the Andamans ; also Ava. Fl. Febr. to May. 



Polyalthia, Bl. 



Conspectus of species. 

 Sect. 1. Monoon, Miq. Fl. hermaphrodite. Petals flat. Ovules solitary, erect. 



§ Flowers usually rather large ; carpels oblong or elongate and cylindrical, 

 X Petals linear to lineai'-lanceolate or spathulate-linear. 

 Leaves glabrous, one-coloured, apiculate or shortly acuminate ; carpels obversely ovoid, 



...P. lateriflora. 

 Leaves glabrous, glaucous or whitish beneath, shortly acuminate, ...P. Sumatrana, 



% X Petals ovate to ovate-lanceolate and elliptical. 

 Carpels almost globular, glabrous ?, leaves glabrous,... ... ... P. nitida. 



Cari^els velvety ; leaves along the nerves beneath puberulous, ,..P. memlranacea. 



Carpels elongate-oblong, glabrous; leaves along the nerves pubescent, ...P. JenJcinsii. 



§ § Flowers smaD, on slender pedicels ; carpels globular, pea-shaped. 

 Leaves along the nerves beneath pubescent, blimt or nearly so ... ...P. suherosa. 



Leaves pubescent beneath, acuminate, ... ... ... ...P. cerasoides. 



Sect. 2. Mipolyalthia. Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals flat. Ovules 2, superposed, 

 ascending. 



Powers small, sessile or nearly so, sometimes clustered, ... P. duhia. 



1. P. LATEEIFLOEA, {Gucitteria lateriflora, Bl. By dr. 20 and Fl. Jav. 

 Anon. 100, t. 50 and 52 D. ; Guatteria sjpatliiilata, T. et B. in Tydschr. Nat. 

 Yer. Ned. Ind. XXIY, petaHs latioribus ; P. simiariwi, Bth. and Hf. Ind. 

 Fl. I. 63.) 



