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IV. ANONAOEiE 



[Polyaltliia 



style globose, cyliadric or olavate, ovules 1 or 2. Fr. a cluster of numerous 

 carpels generally on long stalks. Species 50, 3 AMcan, 2 Australian, the 

 rest of tropical Asia. 



A. Ovule 1, fl. solitary. 



1. P. suberosa, Bentli. & Hook. f. ; Bedel. Ic. PL Or. t. 56; Ann. iv. t. 

 77c. — Syn. Uvaria suberosa^ Roxb. Cor. PL t. 34. Vern. Kuradia, Uriya. 



A small tree, bark corky, brancUets pubescent. Leaves distichous, elliptic- 

 oblong, sometimes broader at apex, glabrous when full grown, 2-4 in. FL 

 small, on sleader extra-axillary peduncles, shorter than leaf, bracts near base 

 small, linear. Sepals less than half the length of petals, petals oval, reddish- 

 brown, silky outside. Eipe carpels black, ^ in. diam. Stalks slender, longer 

 than carpels, but not more than twice their length. 



Oudh forests, Beliar, Northern Oirca&s., east side of the peninsula, Tenabserim. Fl. 

 H S. Ceylon, China. 



2. P. cerasoides, Ben th. cfc Hook. fil. ; Bedd- PL Sylv. t. 1 ; Ann. iv. t. 8{3b. 

 — Syn. Uoaria cerasoideSj Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 33. Vern. Sandi Ome^ Kol ; Gufti^ 

 Tel ; Thabut-thein^ Burm. 



A middle-sized deciduous tree, branchlets tomentose. Leaves distichous. 



Piu. 1. — Polyaltliia cerasoides, Bentli. & Hook, fil, Leaf, ii., fx'uit. |, 



membranous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous above, pale and more or 

 less tomentose beneath. EL \ in. diam., green, on tomentose pedicels, shorter 

 than leaf, bracts 1 or 2, small or large, ovate. Sepals ovate, membranous, 

 petals \ in. long, equal. Eipe carpels numerous, red, \ in. diam., on slender 

 stalks twice their length or longer. 



Behar, Chota Nagpore, Northern Circass., Western Ghats from Nasik southwards, 

 throughout the peninsula. Burma, often in Eng. forests. PI Pehrnary to May. 

 3. P. coffeoides, Benth, & Hook. f. ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 53 ; Ann. iv. t. 91. Waindd 

 and Anamalai hills. A glabrous tree. Sepals short, petals IJ in. Carpels oblong, 1 in., 

 narrowed into a shorter stalk. 4. P. audamanica, Kiirz; Ann. iv. t. 90. Andanians. 

 A shrub, branchlets tomentose, carpels oblong. 5. P. JenMnsii, Benth. & Hook. f. ; Ann. 

 iv. t. 96. Assam, Silhet, Malay peninsula. A tree, fl. 2 in. diam. 



B. Ovule 1, fl. fasciculate, umbellate or coiymbose. 



