Polyalthia.] IV, anonace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 63 



Janceolate, glabrous. Carpds nearly 1 in., ovoid, glatroua, dark purple ; stalk their 

 own length. 



4. P. fra^rans, Benth. & H. /. I.e. ; young branches hoary, leaves 

 ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate glabrous or puberulous beneath, pedun- 

 cles few- or many-flowered, petals 1^ by \ in. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 54.. 

 Guatteria f ragrans, ■ Dalz. in Hook. Kew Joum. Bot. ill. 206 ; E.f.& T. Fl. 

 Ind. 142. 



Forests of Malabae, Wight ; South Concan, Law, &c. 



A tree, ieoues 4^9 by 2-5 in., membranous, lateral nerves many oblique close-set 

 and parallel ; petiole ^-| in. Flowers fragrant ; peduncles in the axils of fallen leaves 

 or on woody ramal tubercles, cymose, usually many-flowered, tomentose ; pedicels 1 in., 

 ^lender ; bract orbicular, infra-median. Sepals small, orbVular. Petals linear, hoary. 

 Carpels IJ in., broad-ovoid, hoary, walls thin brittle ; stalk as long. — There are in Hb. 

 Wight, detached petals apparently of this species upwards of 2 in. long. 



5. P. simiarum, Benth. & H. f. I.e. ; branches glabrous, leaves ovate- 

 oblong or oblong, lanceolate quite glabrous, flowers fascicled, inner petals 

 1-liin. Guatteria simiarum, Ham.; Wall. Cat. 6440 ; H.f. <fc T, Fl, Ind. 

 142. G. fasciculata, Wall. mss. Voigt Sort. Svh. Calc. 16. 



Forests of Assam, Silhet, Pegu, and Maetaban, Hamilton, Wallich, &o. 



A tree ; buds puberulous. Leaves 4-8 by 2-5 in., membranous ; lateral nerves close, 

 parallel ; petiole J-^ in. Flowers in the old axils or on woody tubercles ; peduncles 

 1 in., slender, hoary, naked above ; bracts 1-2, scaly, basal. Sepals very short, orbi- 

 cular. Petals linear, puberulous, glabrous within, outer J shorter than the inner. 

 Carpels IJ in., ovoid, fleshy, glabrous, orange ; stalk as long. 



6. P. hypoleuca, H. f. & T. ; quite glabrous, leaves elliptic or elliptic- 

 lanceolate obtusely acuminate, shining above white beneath, flowers solitary 

 or fascicled, sepals obsolete, petals subequal ^ in. narrowly linear-oblong 

 obtuse. 



SiNCAPOKE, Maingay. — Disteib. Borneo ? 



Branches pale, youngest puberulous. Leaves 2^-6 by 1-1 f in., base acute, thick, 

 rigid, pale and nerveless above, midrib beneath puberulous, nerves many obscure sub- 

 horizontal; petiole TT-i ™- Flowers small, axillary, suberect ; peduncle ^V in., stout; 

 bracts 2, basal, cucullate. Sepals forming an inconspicuous disk. Petals hoary on 

 both surfaces, base concave, nut dilated. Torus conical. Ovaries about 6, pubescent. 

 Carpels | in., elliptic- oblong, top roundfd, glabrous, shining, walls thin ; stalk short, 

 slender. Seed grooved and pitted. Other (imperfect?) carpels are mammillate with 

 longer thicker stalks and contain a stony pitted nucleus, connected with the walls by 

 stout fibres. Very near U. hypoglauca, Miq., of Sumatra, but carpels elliptic-oblong 

 and twice as long. • 



** Petals ovate or ovate-lanceolate or elliptic. 



7. P. acuminata, Thwaites Enum. 399 ; young branches brown-tomen- 

 tose, leaves elliptic- or obovate-oblong abruptly taper-pointed glabrous 

 above midrib and veins pubescent beneath, flowers 1-3 on woody tubercles, 

 petals 2 by 1 in., thick. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind, Or. t. 57. 



Near Eatnapoora in Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A tree ; bark silver-grey. Leaves 6-12 by 2 J-3 in., shining above, pale beneath ; 

 nerves strong, parallel; petiole J-^ in. Flowers 3-4 in. diam., greenish-yellow; 

 pedicels 1 in., stout ; bract submedian, densely tomentose. Petals 2 by 1 in., broad- 

 lanceolate, thickly coriaceous, pubescent, strongly nerved when dry. Carpels often as 

 large as a cheiTy ; broad-ovoid, tomentose ; stalk as long. 



8. P. cerasoides, Smth. & H. f. I.e. ; young branches tomentose, 

 leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above softly pu- 



