POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA. (Nat. ord. Anonacese.) 



POLYALTHIA. (Blume.) Gen. Pl..p. 25.— GEN. CHAR. Sepals 3, free or connate below, valvate or slightly imbricate in cessation ; 

 petals 6, equal or sub-equal, valvate in 2 series in Eestlvation ovate or linear ; stamens indefinite linear or cuneate, connective dilated and thickened beyond 

 the cells ; carpels indefinite, stigma oblong or capitate, ovules 1-2 usually erect, fruit carpels stipitate globose or oblong, 1 seeded ; trees or shrubs, flowers 

 solitary or fascicled axillary or extra-axillary. 



POLYALTHIA LONGIFOLIA. (Wall.) A good sized tree, up to 50 feet in height and 6 feet in girth, leaves linear 

 lanceolate acuminate waved on the margin glabrous shining 4 to 6 inches long by 1 to 1-J broad on petioles about \ inch long ; pedun- 

 cles long and slender, fascicled along the short lateral leafless shoots ; flowers greenish yellow ; petals equal, narrow lanceolate 

 acuminate undulated ; fruit oblong or ovoid, 1 seeded, purple when ripe. Guatteria longifolia. W. A. Prod. p. 10 ; — Wall. L. n. 

 6,442, Uvaria longifolia. Roxb. Fl. hid. ii, p. 664 ; — Unona longifolia. Dunal. Be. Prod. 1, p. 90. 



This is a very handsome tree of erect growth and yielding a good shade. It is extensively planted at Madras and elsewhere in the 

 Presidency as an avenue tree and for ornamental purposes. I have never met with it wild, but it is said by Br. Wight to be indigenous in Tanfore, 

 and it is also wild in the northern pari of Ceylon. The timber is seldom used; it is whitish yellow in color, light and very flexible, tolerably close 

 and even grained, and weighs 44 to 48 lbs. the cubic foot lohen unseasoned, and 37 lbs. when seasoned; audits specific gravity is- 592 ; it is used 

 for making drum cylinders. The tree flowers in February, and the seeds ripen in the rains, and the fruit is eaten by birds ; ii is called Deoddree 

 in Hindustani^ and Assothee in Tamil. 



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