Sagerma] IV. ANONACEiE 13 



concave^ the 3 outer a little larger than the 3 inner. Stamens on a fiat 

 torus, 9-24, short, broad and fleshy, anthers cells contiguous or distant, on 

 a broad truncate connective. Ovaries 3-6, s-tyle short, ovules 6-8. Eipe 

 carpels globose or ovoid, shortly stalked. Species 6, in tropical Asia. I follow 

 King (Ann. iv. 6) in re-establishing Sagcrcea^ united with Bocagea in ¥1 Brit. 

 India i. 92. 



A. M. bisexual. 



1. S. laurina, Dalzell ; Ann. iv. t. 35b.— Syn. Bocagea DalzelVii^ Hook. f. 

 & Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 92. Vern. Sageri^ Har-kwjalj Mar. 



A middle-sized tree, leaves 4r-l in., fl. white, \-\ in. diam., pedicels short. 



Sepals distinct, slightly imbricate, outer petals larger, but not twice the size 



of inner ; stamens 12-18, anther cells contiguous. Ripe carpels nearly sessile, 



1 in. diam. 



Evergreen forests of the Konkan (north ab far as JVIatheran) and North Ivanara. FL 

 Oct.j Nov. 2. S. Balzellii, Bedd. Ic. t. 42. Anamallays, m dense moist ^^ood^. Tiavan- 

 core, evei-green forest, 2,000 ft ; leaves 10-14 in. 'F] bright yellow, J in. diam., pedicels 

 1-1^ in. long, sepals connate at base, oihate, anthers 12-24. United -v^ itli S lanrina 

 by King, Ann. iv. p. 8. 



B. FL unisexual. 



3. S. Listeri, King I.e. t. 35a, Chittagong hill tracts, branchlets &lendt=»r, round, 

 leaves 4-5 m , ripe carpels broadly ovoid. 4 S. eUiptica, Hook, f. k Tlioms ; Ann. iv. 

 t. 34 {Bocagea elli^pHcaj FL Brit. Ind. i. 92) Tenasserim, leaves 8-14 m , ripe carpels 

 globose. 



5. POPOWIA, Bndl. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 68. 



Evergreen shrubs or trees, generally small. Fl. small, often polygamous, 

 solitary or a few together, sessile or shortly pedunculate, campauulate or sub- 

 globose, opening but slightly. Petals valvate in. bud, outer spreading, inner 

 thick, concave, connivent. Ovaries few, not more than 8, ovules 1-2. Ripe 

 carpels generally on short stalks. Species 33, Asiatic, Australian, one African. 



1. P. Hookeri, King, Ann. iv. t. 165a.— Syn. Polyalthia argenfea^ Hook, 

 fil. & Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 67. 



A shrub, nearly glabrous, leaves 3-7 in, long, silvery beneath, ripe carpels 

 oblong, granulate, glabrous, f in. long. 



Assam, Kliasi and Haga hills. PL R. S. 



2. P. Kurzii, King, Ann. iv. t. 163b.-— Syn. Polyalthia macrojjJiyllaj 

 Hook, f . & Thorns. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 66 ; P. duUa, Kurz, F. Fl. i. 38. 



A shrub or small tree, brauchlets and underside of younger leaves tawny- 

 woolly. Leaves 6-10 in., secondary nerves 10-14 p. pi-ominent beneath, arching, 

 joined by intramarginal veins. Fl. sessile, tomentose, campauulate, poly- 

 gamous, solitary or in pairs. Fruit unknown. 



Andamans, Tenasserim. M. R.S. 



The remaining species have small leaves 3. P. Beddomeana, Hook, fil & Thorns. 

 FL Br. Ind. L 68; Ann. iv. t. IGOb.— Syn. P. ramosissiima^ Bedd. Ic. PL Or. t. 75, hills 

 between Tinnevelli and Travancore, branchlets tomentose, leaves 2 in. long. 4. P. Jiitida, 

 King, Ann. iv. t. 165b. Andamans, Nicobars. Leaves thinly coriaceous, 2-4 in. long, 

 shining, carpels ovoid, | in. long, seeds l-B. 5. P. Helferi, Hook. fiL & Thorns.; Ann. iv. 

 t, 160a. Andamans, Tenasserim. Leaves membi'anons, long acuminate, B-5 in. long 



6- POLYALTHIA, Blume ; FL Brit. Ind. i. 62. 



Trees or shrubs, mostly evergreen. Fl. usually bisexual, sepals B, petals 6, 

 longer than sepals, as a rule equal, stamens oo, short, closely packed on a convex 

 torus, anther cells concealed by the overlapping connective. Ovaries numerous, 



