64 IV. ANONACE^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Polyulthia. 



bescent beneath, peduncles on axillary tubercles 1-3-flowered, petals | in, 

 Uvaria cerasoides, ^ocp6. Cmvm. PI. i. t 33 ; FL Ind. ii. 666. Guatten^ 

 cerasoides, Dun. Mem. Anon. 127'; BG. Prod/r. i. 93 ; Wall. Cat. 6436 ; U.f. 

 & T. Fl. Ind. 139 ; Dak. d: Gibs. Bomh. FL 3. 



Dry forests on Eastern exposures, from Behak to Teavakcoe, Hamilton, Wight, &c. 



A tree ; bark light-grey ; branches glabrous with asre. Leaves 3-8 by 1-2 in., mem- 

 branous, base, acute or rounded, dark green above. Peduncles tV in-. ^o°p I pedicels 

 4-1 in., slender, with a few basal imbricating scales, and sometimes 2-3 oblong or ovate 

 bracts, j-J in. long. Petals ovate-oblong, dirty green, thickly coriaceous. Carpek.mzs 

 of a small cherry, dark-red ; stalk 1 in. 



9. P. Korinti, Benth. & H.f. l.c. ; young branches glabrous or sub- 

 pilose, leaves variable ovate to elliptic-oblong acute or acuminate-^oriaceous 

 glabrous, flowers axillary solitary, inner petals i in, oval. Guatteria Korinti, 

 Dunal; DG. Prodr. i. 94 ; W. S A. Prodr. 10 ; Wight Ic. t. 398 ; H.f.di T. 

 Fl. Ind. 141. G. acutifloraj Wall. Cat. 6438 excl. D. 



Westekn Peninsula, from Vizagapatam, Cleghom, southwards; wanner parts of 

 Cetlojt, very common. 



A spreading shrub ; bark grey, leaves 2-4 by 1-2 in., firmly coriaceous, pellupid- 

 dottedi shining above, glabrous or sparsely pilose on the midrib beneath, strongly reti- 

 culate ; petiole J in. Peduncles 1-2 in., strigose, bract submedian. Petals thickly 

 coriaceous, inner rather the longest. Carpels ^ in., subglobose. 



10. P. Jenkinsii, Benth. & H.f. l.c. ; young shoots brown- tomentose, 

 leaves oblongTlanceolate glabrous, flowers axillary solitary rarely gemiaalte, 

 outer petals If by \ in. Guatteria Jenkinsii, //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 141. 



Forests of Assam; Silhet; Eastekis Penisbula; And amahs, Kwz. — Distbib. 

 Sumatra. 



A tree ; branches spreading, glabrous. Leaves 4-7 by 1^-24 in., iirm, shining above, 

 pale beneath, base rounded acute or oblique ; petiole ^ in. Flowers large, spreading ; 

 pedicels \-\ in., erect, bracts. 2-3, scaly, basal, and a mesian and an apical one which 

 are oval and deciduous. Petals broad-lanceolate, narrowed to a claw, thinly coriaceous, 

 inner shorter and narrower. Carpels | in., oblong, glabrous ; stalk as long. — Nearly 

 allied to Monoon cctnangioides, Miq. 



11. P. nitida, Benth. & II. f. l.c. ; young branches puberulous, leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous obtuse or acute, bracts |-amplexicaul, sepals 

 connate to the middle, petals 1 in. long. Guatteria nitidi,.4. DC. Mem. 41 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 6439 ■,H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 143. 



Tatot, WaMeh; Sincapoee, Ldbh. 



A tree ; bark grey, rugged, dotted with Trhite lenticels. Leaves 8-12 by 3-5 in., 

 thinly coriaceous, shining above, pale beneath, nerves strong, oblique ; petiole \-^ in. 

 Plowers axillary; pedicel 1 in., bracts 1-2, oval, submedian. Sepals \ in., orbicular, 

 pubescent. Petals oval, thickly coriaceous, tomentose, inner a little shorter. Carpels 

 large, subglobose, stalked. — i^Zower described from the Sincapore specimen, the fruit 

 from Tavoyan. 



12. P. naagnoHseflora, Maingay mss. ; branchlets rusty-tomentose, 

 leaves large narrow obovate-oblong obtusg or acuminate glabrous except^ 

 the midrib above membranous, base cordate, bracts |-amplexicaul, sep^' 

 connate to the middle, outer petals elliptic. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree; branches stout. Leaves 10-13 by 3-5 in., opaqne above, beneath paler, 

 nerves strong many arched ; petiole i in., stout. Flowers large, greenish-white-; 

 peduncle short stout curved ; _ bracts broad-ovate acute. Sepals silky tomentose. 

 Outer petals fleshy, concave, hairy, tips imbricate; inner 2-2 J in., oblong, constricted 



