POLYALTHIA COFFEOIDES. (Nat. order Anonaeeee.) 



For Gen. Char, see under " P. cerasoides." 



POLYALTHIA COFFEOIDES. (Thw.) A good sized tree, young parts minutely puberulous, leaves lanceolate- or 

 oblonco-lauceolate glabrous on both sides shining above, (veins very prominent beneath) acute or rounded at the base, gradually- 

 attenuated into an obtuse point at the apex, margins slightly undulate, 4-10 inches long 1J-3 broad, petiole | inch long, pedicels 

 several together from woody tubercles about the trunk and larger branches or solitary or twin in the axils of the fallen leaves on the 

 young branches, 1-1 J inches long, minutely adpresso-puberulous, articulated at the base, and furnished with 2-3 deciduous squamae- 

 form bracts, sepals nearly round, petals coriaceous, glabrous or slightly hairy, lanceolate, acute or obtuse at the apex, about an inch 

 long, inner ones rather larger, carpels puberulous about 1 inch long ovoid attenuated at both ends on pedicels about 1 inch long, 

 seed oblong, 7 lines long 5 lines broad, flowers cream-colored. Guatteria coffeoides. Hook, and Thorn. Fl. Ind. p. 141. 



A common tree in all the moist forests on the western side of the Madras Presidency, from 1,000 to about 3,500 feet elevation, and, in 

 Ceylon. It is very abundant in the Wynad, where the Kuramhars make ropes from the lark, which when fresh has a strong smell of ammonia. The 

 tree is found in floioer at all seasons but most plentifully so in March and April. I know nothing of its timber, the young leaves come out a most 

 brilliant red, color, and the tree is highly ornamental. 



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