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narrowly linear, unequal in breadth, 15 in. broarl at the bane, and at the 
middle, narrower between and from the middle upwards; 1-nerved ; 
finely pubescent; the inner slightly shorter and narrower. Torus 
columnar, truncate. Ovaries strigose : ovules 3 to 5, 1 -seriate : stigma 
punctiform. Mipe carpels globose, densely rufous* velvetty, shortly stalked. 
Malacca : M&ingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 41, 
10. Unona stenopktala, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 136. A 
tree 20 to 35 feet high : young branches softly rufous- toineutoso ; the 
older dark-coloured, glabrous, striate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
obovate or oblanceolate, more or less acuminate, narrowed below to the 
slightly cordate and oblique base : both surfaces glabrous, midrib 
more or less pubescent on the lower ; under-surface faintly reticulate 
when dry; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, curving upwards, anastomosing 
doubly at some distance from the edge, thin but slightly prominent: 
length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1*25 to 3 in. ; petiole "1 to "25 in., rufous- 
tomentoae. Flowers 1*5 to 2 in. long, almost sessile or shortly pedicel led, 
in fascicles of 2 to 4 on minutely bracteate extra-axillary tubercles from 
both branches and stem. Sepals united at the base, lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, the bases broad, ribbed, spreading, pubescenc externally, 4 to *5 
in. long. Petals sub-equal, narrowly linear, concave, slightly wider at 
the base, keeled, sparsely pubescent, 1*25 to 3 in. long. Stamens numer- 
ous, short with broad flat apices hiding the lateral anthers. Ovaries 4t 
to 7, villous, 4- or 5-ovuled. Ripe carpels few, sub-globular or bluntly 
ovate, softly tomentose at first, ultimately sub-glabrous ; the pericarp 
thick, -5 to "65 in. long and '5 in. in diam. Seeds 1 to 3, thickly discoid, 
bi-concave with grooved edge } rugulose. Hook, fil. and Th. Fl. Br. Ind. 
I, 60 : Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 43 ; Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 35. 
Singapore : Lobb, Ridley. Penang : King's Collector, Scortechini ; 
common. ? Burmah, (in Tenasserim) : Lobb. 
This is a rare plant in Burmah, if indeed it occurs there at all. The 
leavea of some of the Perak specimens have petioles "5 in. long: but 
usually they are as above described. 
11. PoLYAJiTFIfA, Blume. 
Trees or shrubs with the habit of Unona. Sepals 3, valvate or 
sub- imbricate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, ovate or elongated, flat or the inner 
slightly vaulted. Torus convex. Stamens cuneate ; anther-cells extrorse, 
remote. Ovaries indefinite; style usually oblong; ovules 1-2, basal and 
erect, or sub- basal and ascending. Ripe carpels 1 -seeded, berried. — 
Distrid. Tropical Asiatic sp. about 45; African sp. 3; Australasian 
species 2. 
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