Pohjalthia,] IV. ANoNACE^. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) 63 



in the middle, yarns glabrous. Ovariet hirsute. Cbrp«/s (unripe) 1 J in., ovoid or 

 oblong, gibbous, ^jubescent, beaked ; stalk stout. — A. magnificent species, referred to a 

 new genus in Maingay's mss. Colour, odour, &c. of flower like a Magnolia. 



p. Flowers extra-axillary on the terminal branchlets, or on small truncal 

 tubercles. 



13. F. blg'landulosa, Benth. & H.f. I.e.; young branches silky, leaves 

 elliptic or oblong acute or acuminate glabrous above appressed pubescent 

 beneath, basal margins recurved and glandular, peduncle solitary leaf- 

 opposed. — Guatteria biglandulosa, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 51 ■, H. f. & T. 

 Ff.Ind:\iZ. 



Malacca, Griffith, &c. — Distkib. Sumatra and Malay Archipelago. 



A scandent shrub. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-3 in., shining above, glaucous beneath, base 

 subacute ; nerves 7 on each side, strong, curved, rather distant, parallel ; petiole \ in. 

 Flowers unknown. Carpels 1 in., oblong, mucronate, dark purple, subglabrous ; stalk 

 a little longer. — Griffith's specimens correspond to Blume's description and to Miquel's 

 var. a. Carpels 1 -seeded according to Miquel. 



14. P. svLberosa,, Benth. S H. f. l.a. ; young branches pubescent, leaves 

 oblong obtuse glabrous above puberulous beneath, .peduncles 1-2 on a short 

 woody extra-axiUary tubercle, petals | in. long. — Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 56. Uvaria suberosa, Roxb. Gor. PI. i. t. 34 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 567. Guatteria 

 suberosa, ' DC Prodr. i. 93 ; Wall. Cat. 6437 ; W, >& A. Prodr. 10; IT. f. 

 ihT.FLInd.UO. 



Forests of Benoal, the Western FENinguLA, Tenassekim, and Cetlon. — ^Distkib. 

 Java? Philippines (this or a closely allied species), 



A small tree or shrub; bark corky, rugged, grey; young branches slender, often 

 spotted white. Leaves 2^-5 by 1-1| in., usually obtuse at both ends, or base Bub- 

 obhque, thin, glabrous beneath in age ; petiole ^^ in. Peduncles 4-1 in., solitary, rarely 

 geminate, pubescent, bracts inframedian. Sepals small, pubescent. Petals 4 in., oval, 

 silky outside, red-brown, outer shorter. Carpels pisiform, young silky, ripe glabrous ; 

 stalk their own length. 



16. P. sderopliylla, ff, f. <& T. ; glabrous, leaves oblong or ovate or 

 Unear-oblong obtusely acuminate rigid reticulate and shining on both sur- 

 faces, peduncles fascicled on small truncal tubercles, sepals ovate, petals 

 linear-oblong obtuse inner rather smaller. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree. Zeoweg'6-8 by li-2^ in., base ronncled or acute, nerves conspicuous and 

 midrib quite glabrous on both surfaces ; petiole 4 in. Flowers 2 in. diam., greenish ; 

 tubercles 4-1 in. diam., globose; peduncles I-I4 in., stout, rusty-pubescent; bracts 

 small median, orbicular. Sepals short obtuse. Petals I4 in., base slightly concave, 

 puberulous on both surfaces. Torus broad, flat, border raised. Ovaries pilose, shorter 

 than the cylindric style. Carpels I-I4 in., elliptic pblong, obtuseat both ends, walls 

 thin, smooth ; stalk as long, slender. Seed oblong, testa fibrous shining pale. 



Sect. II. Bupolyalthia, Flowers hermaphrodite. PetaU flat. Ovules 

 2, superposed, subbasal, ascending. 



* Flowers extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. 



16. P. oinnamomea, H.f. <Ss T. Fl. Ind. 138 ; young branches brown 

 tomentose, leaTves lanceolate or oblanceolate glabrous above, young pubes- 

 cent beneath, peduncles solitary or geminate, petals | in. oblong acute. 

 Guatteria cinnamomea atid G. multinervis, Wall. Cat. 6444 and 6445-. 



■VOL. I. ^ 



