Pol^aUhia.] 



4. ANONACEJ). 



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trorse, remote. Ovaries iiidcfimte ; style usually oblong ; ovules 1-2, 

 basal and erect. Berries stalked, globose or oblong, 1-seeded. 



Leaves glabrous, narrowly lanceolate, edges undu- 

 late. Flowers numerous, sub-uinbelled^ Petals 



very narrowly linear, '75 in, long ... I. P, longifolia, 



' Leaves elliptic or ovate-acuminate, not glabrous or 

 undulate oa the margins. 



Peduncles cymose, usually many-flowered. Petals 



linear, 1*5 in, long, *2 in. broad 2. P. fragrans^ 



Peduncles 1-3 flowered. Petals ovate-oblong, '5 



in. long ... ... ,„ ... ... ... 3, P. cerasoides. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, pellucid»dotted. Flowers 

 solitary or fascicled. Petals broadly linear, 1 — 1*5 

 in. long 4. P. coffeoides, 



1. P. longifolia, Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. 1. 2f;. Fl. Br. I. 1. 62 ; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 5 ; King Anonacesa Br. I. 72. Guatteria longifolia, Wall. 

 Dalz. & Gibs, Bo. Fl. buppl. 2, Asoca, asupala^ Vera. ludian Fir or 

 Mast Tree. 



A handsome evergreen tree commonly planted about Poena and Bom- 

 bay, indigenous in Ceylon. Yields a close-grained, yellowish, rather 

 soft wood wbich weighs about 40 pounds to the cubic foot. 



2. P. fragrans, Beuth. &H. f. 1. c. Fl. Br. I. 1. 63; Bedd. Ic. PI. Tnd. 

 Or. t. 54 Quatteria fragrans, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 4 Gauri, K. 



A large gregarious tree with, smooth bark in th.e W. Gh.at forests from 

 N". K^nara southwards, found in the Konkan (Savantvadi) ; and common 

 on the southern ghats of N, Kdnara. Closely allied to if not the same 

 as P. Goffeoides, Benth. The sweetly scented flowers appear during the 

 month of Nov. I r. Hot season. 



3. p. eerasoides, Benth. & H. f. 1. c. Fl. Br. 1. 1. 63 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. 

 t. 1 ; Brandis For. Fl. 5. Quatteria eerasoides, W. & A. Prodr. 10 ; Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 3. Boom, M. ; Vubbina, K. 



On the dry hills from Behar southward to Tinnivelly ; in Burma, on 

 the Prome and Shan hills ; throughout the deciduous forests of the Bom- 

 bay ghats, " Wood prized on the Western Ghats, where the Hoom is 

 an important tree of the evergreen forests in the Sat^ra District." 

 Brandis. Wood olive-grey, moderately hard, close-grained. Used for 

 carpentry and boat building. Weighs 52 lbs. the cubic foot. FU Feb.- 

 May. Fr. R. S. 



4 P. cofifeoides, Benth. & H. f . 1. c. Fl. Br. I. 1. 62 ; Bedd. Fl. Syl. 

 10; Icones PI. Ind. Or. t. 53 ; King. Anon. Br, I. 6T. Murgauri, K. 



A large gregarious, smooth-barked tree with a cylindrical trunk 100 feet 

 high by 2-5 ft. in diam. Loaves membranous, pellucid-dotted. Flowers 

 on articulate 1 in. peduncles, 2-4-fascicled on the old wood, fragrant. 

 Fl. Feb. Fr. H. S. 



Common in the moist evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from 

 N. Kdnara southwards aiid in Ceylon. Very common in the forests near 

 Yellapore (in Kanara) : in the Telgiri han nearly half the trees are of this 

 species. The young foliage of a brilliant red colour comes out in February. 



