36 ANONACER. [ Polyalthia. 
(1-4-6 in.), 1-flowered ; flowers orange-coloured outside, yellowish 
inside, about 5-6 in. long; sepals oe eae mucronate, hardly 
2 lin. jong, pubescent outside ; petals 3, usually 2 of them united, 
elongate-linear-lanceolate, usually twisted at theie tips, glabrous ; 
berries on a 4-1 mm. long gi 1-4-jointed, glabrous, the joints 
oblong or oval, c. 4-8 lin. long. 
Has.—Chittagong. 
aU, aschala, BL; Hf. Ind. Fl. i. 61,—An evergreen 
shrub or little ae, 15-20 ft. ‘high, the shoots pubescent or tawny 
tomentose ; leaves obovate-oblong, cordate or rarely rounded at base, 
on a thick petiole a line long, acute or acuminate, 5-9 in. long, glab- 
rous, opaque, glaucous beneath ; peduncles axillary, slender, 1-14 in 
long, minutely bracteoled at base, 1 1-flowered ; sepals broadly ovate, 
mucronate, about 3 lin. long ; petals linear -lanceolate, flat, coriace-. 
ous, nearly 3 in. long, while young pubescent outside ; berries on 
tawny pubescent stalks about 3 lin. long, 7- 1-jointed, strigose- 
pilose, soon glabrescent, the joints oblong. 
Has. sadn ony in the tropical <— of Martaban and Tenasserim ; also on 24 
the Andamans and Ava.—Fl, Febr.—May.—-s. 4 
POLYALTHIA, Bl. -_ 
Sepals 3, usually valvate. Petals 6, valvate in 2 rows, but 
spreading or ‘opened long before full-sized, nearly equal and flat. 
Stamens numerous, cuneate, the connective truncately dilated beyond 
the anther-cells. Torus slightly raised, flat or slightly concave. 
Ovaries numerous, with | or 2 erect ovules ; style short, oblong or 
capitate. Berries stalked, globose or oblong, l-seede i —Trees or 
shrobe, with the flowers solitary or fascicled, axillary or leaf-opposite. 
% Flowers hermaphrodite. Petals flat. Ovules solitary, 
erect. : 
| eae io ae 711. it. + re; p 1 Sm 2, - elongate, 
or eylindrical. = = 
X Petals linear to linear: spat 
Leaves glabrous, one. onsé-colotired, indus or on acuminate ; car- 
pels obversely ovoid . P. simiarwm. 
Leaves glabrous, {eae or whitish beneath, shortly acuminate © P. Sumatrana. 
etals ova 
2" 4 ovate-lanceolate and cee: 
Carpels almost globular, acronis ? ; leaves glabrous . P. nitida. 
Carpels velvety ; leaves SS ee puberulous us along the nerves . ‘ aes membranacea. 
P. Jenkinsii 
§ § Funds small, on slender pedicels ; carpels ae a 
pea-s 
Leaves along the nerves beneath cil Sarees blunt or nearly so —..-:~&P. suberos 
pubescent beneath, ac ree iodine: 
ger x Flowers s hermaphrodite, eerie ‘Ovules 2, super 
Flowers small, sessile or sae SO, 
x Flowers iermaplodite, aS fat. Ousted solitary wa a 
