Ouatteria.] flora indica. 139 



oblongus, basi intus sulcatus. Torus parum elevatus, plano-convexus, 

 iuterdum medio excavatus. Carpella sicca, pericarpio tenui saspe fra- 

 gili. Semen erectum. — ^Arbores sape procercB, vel frutices {interdum 

 acandentes ?) habitu varice, foliis oblique nervods, iufloresceutia axillari 

 vel oppodtifolia. 



We retain the genus Guatteria nearly as left by Blame and Martins. It is stiU 

 very extensive, and perhaps not quite natural, though we have not been able to 

 find any good characters for subdividing it. The greater number of the species ai'e 

 American. 



1. G. longifolia (Wall. Cat. 6443 !) ; foliis e basi lata longissime 

 angustatis, floribus versus apicem pedunculi axillaris racemosis, petalis 

 elongatis, carpellis ovoideis. — JF. et A.! Prod. i. 10; Wight, Ic. t. 1. 

 Uvaria longifolia, Lam.;Roxb.!FL Ind.ii. 664. Unona longifolia, Dun. 

 Anon. 109 ; DC. Syst. i. 492, Prod. i. 90. 



Hab. In sylvis Zeylaniee ! et Tanjor, Wight! per totam Indiam 

 tropicam frequentissime culta. — (v. v. cult.) 



Arbor procera, elegans, ramis adscendentibns. Eamnli graciles, glahri ; gemmte 

 puhescentes. Folia basi plerumque in petiolum angustata, rarius rotundata, sub- 

 membrauacea, margine undulata, 5-8 poll, longa vel interdum jfere pedalia, 1-3 

 rarius 3 poll, lata, pet. -J— .|-poll. ; utrinque glaberrima, lucida, peliucido-punctata, 

 nereis obliquis parallelis, venulis crebre reticulatis. Fedunculi ad axillas foliorum 

 delapsorum, breves, ^ poll, longi vel plerumque multo breviores, interdum vix ulli, 

 solitarii vel bini (et tunc 1 sessihs), cinereo-incani, basi bracteoUs minutis squamte- 

 formibus muniti. Pedicelli plurimi, secus pedunculi apicem dense racemosi, brac- 

 teis parvis suffulti, elongati, graciles, l-S-poUicares. Se^ala extus pnberula. Petala 

 f-poll., e basi lata subulata, parallele nervosa. Tons fructus pubescens. Carpella 

 plerumque pauca, J poll, longa, pedicello 4-poIl., glabra, fusca, vix granulata. 



This well known and very ornamental tree is commonly planted along roads in 

 Bengal and throughout the southern parts of ludia, but scarcely at all beyond the 

 tropics, the winters of the northern parts of Hiudostan being probably too cold for 

 it. Roxburgh did not know its native country, and we learn from Blume that it is 

 not a native of Java. It appears, however, to be really indigenous in Ceylon, and 

 in the southern part of the Madras Peninsula. 



3. G. bifaria (Alph. DC. Mem. 41) ; foliis ellipticis acuminatis 

 basi aoutis punctatis superne glabris subtus pubescentibus, pedunculis 

 axillaribus nudis 1-floris, petalis lineari-lanceolatis, carpellis longe sti- 

 pitatis ovoideis. — Wall. Cat. 6447 ! 



Hab. In Ava circa Prome, Wall.! — {v. s. dne flare.) 



This species is said to diifer from the next only by the linear petals. The speci- 

 mens in the Linnean Society's herbarium, which are the only ones we have seen, are 

 unfortunately not in flower. We cannot, however, distinguish them in any way from 

 G. cerasoides ; om' diagnosis is, therefore, taken verbatim from Alph. De CandoUe. 



3. G. cerasoides (Dunal, Anon. 38) ; foliis lanceolatis vel ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis subtus pubescentibus, pedicellis 1-8 ad apicem pe- 

 dunculi axillaris tuberculiformis, petalis ovato-oblongis, carpellis ovoi- 

 deis apiculatis longe pedicellatis. — DO. Syst. i. 503, Prod. i. 93 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6436 ! W. et A.! Prod. i. 10. Uvaria cerasoides, Boxb.! Cor. i. 

 t. 33, Fl. Ind. ii. 666. 



Hab. In moiitibus tropicis et subtropicis Baliar, Ilam.! Orissa, 



