POLYALTEIA CEEASOIDES. (Nat. ord. Anonacese.) 



POLYALTHIA. (Bl.) Gen. PI. page 25. — GEN. CHAB. Sepals 3, free or connate below, valvate or slightly imbricate in aestivation ; petals 6 

 equal or sub-equal, valvate in 2 series in aestivation, ovate or linear; stamens numerous linear or cuneate, connective dilated, and thickened beyond the 

 cells, carpels numerous. Stigma oblong or capitate, ovules one or two usually erect ; fruit-carpels stipitate or oblong 1 seeded — trees or shrubs, 



iOLYALTHIA CEEASOIDES. (Dun.) Leaves oblong or lanceolate acute, pubescent beneath : flower bearing shoots almost 

 abortive lateral leafless ; peduncles solitary, terminal, with one or two bracteas at their base ; calycine lobes nearly as long as the corol : 

 petals equal oval oblong thick ; carpels globose dark red, size of a cherry, on stalks nearly twice their length. — D. C. prod. i. p. 93. 

 Guatteria cerasoides.— W. A. prod. p. 10. Uvaria cerasoides. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. p. 666. 



A straight handsome tree of moderate size, timber whitish and close-grained and of considerable value, much used in the Central Pro- 

 vinces and in the Bombay Presidency— it is used in carpentry and for naval purposes, such as boat masts and small span, but apparently little 

 known in Madras. It is common in dry forests near the foot of all the mountains on the western side of the Madras Presidency, in the Salem 

 jorests, the Nullay Midlays, Mysore, Orissa and the Godavery forests— it flowers in the hot months, and the flowers are fragrant and of a greenish 

 color. Ii has never yet been cultivated or planted. In the Godavery forests it is known by the names of Dudugu and Chilka Dudugu, (Teligoo) 

 and in the Bombay Presidency it is called Uoom, (Mahr.) 



