38 ANONACES. | Polyalthia. 
tose ; leaves ovate-oblong or oblong, 6-7 in. long, on a 2-3 lin. long, 
thick, tomentose petiole, rounded or obtuse and usually more or less 
oblique at base, acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous, the nerves slightly 
and shortly tomentose beneath, the netveination lax, but conspi- 
euous ; flowers yellowish-white, solitary, axillary, on a shortly to- 
mentose pedicel 4 to 6 lin. long; len oblong, blunt ; petals oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, about an im. long, 2-3 lin. broad, glabrous ; 
berries several, elliptically oblong, mucronate, 4 in. long, on a slen- 
der stalk of similar length. 
Has Showa in the = forests of South Andamans and the adjacent 
islands.—Fl. Begin. of R. 8.—s.—SS. = Chloritie rocks and SiS 
5. P. suberosa, Bth. & H. f. Ind. Fl. i. 65; Brand. For. Fl. 5.— 
A small deciduous tree or shrub, the younger parts slightly 
pubescent ; leaves oblong or obovate-oblong , very shortly petioled, 
usually narrowed and rounded at base, 3-4 in. long, blunt or 
bluntish apiculate, chartaceous, more or less puberulous beneath, 
soon quite glabrescent ; flowers hardly 3 in. across, greenish white, 
on a $ to 1 in. long pubescent 1-bracted peduncle, arising solitary 
pairs ; sepals small, pubescent ; petals oval, blunt, pubescent, 
about 8-9 lin. long, the inner ones nearly pities Be ectties torus 
tomentose ; berries the size of a pea, ee mucronulate, on long 
slender stalks, somewhat silky, soon glabrou 
Haz.—Upper Tenasserim.—Fr. Febr. 
6. P. serene eee a & H.f. Ind. Fl. i. 63; Bedd. Sylv. 
Madr. t. 1; Brand. For. Fl. 5.—A small tree, “featlees | in HS,, the 
younger parts abeocent leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 
in. sone: acute at base, on a short tomentose petiole, acuminate, softly 
| mt beneath, except the midrib glabrous above ; flowers about 
8-10 Tin | in diameter, on a slender } to 1 in. long pedicel, arising 
by 1-3 from wart-like axillary peduncles; nae about 4 lin. long, 
spprese petals hardly cai see or line geen coriaceous, 
Has .—Prome- a Sept.-Oct. 
7. P. dubia, Kz. (P. macrophylia, H. £. & Th. Ind. Fl. i. 66, 
not Bl.) —An evergreen small tree or shrub, the younger parts tawny 
or pale tomentose; leaves oblong or elliptically oblong, acute or obtuse 
and often oblique at base, 7-8 in. long, on a rather short, thick, 
tomentose petiole, acute or bluntish acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous 
ma) beneath pe coloured, and aes the nerves a kenpocinlly, on the 
