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carpels "35 in. long, their stalks 6 to 75 
in. long ... ... ... 25. P. Beccarii. 
Petals linear-oblong, 2 to 3 in, long ; ripe 
carpels *75 to 1 iu. long, sab-sessile ,., 2b\ P. cinnamomea. 
Petals oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, *9 
to 1*5 in. long; ripe carpets 1*75 iu, long, 
their stalks '25 in. long ... ... 27. P. pachyphylla. 
Petals linear, obtuse, 5 to '75 in. long ... 28. P. pycnantka. 
1. PoLYALTiiiA dumosa, King n. sp. A shrnb ; young branches 
slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, the base rounded; both surfaces dull, glabrouB, very 
minutely lepidote ; main nerves 8 or 9 pairs, spreading, faint, inter-arch- 
ing far from the margin ; length 2'5 to 3'25 in., breadth *5 to '9 iu., 
petiole less than "1 in. Flowers solitary, leaf -opposed, *3 to '35 in. long ; 
pedicels slender, glabrous, 3 to '•% in, long with a small lanceolate bi-ac- 
teole about the middle. Sepals thick, spreading, broadly ovate, acute 
or acuminate, *1 in. long, glabrescent outside, quite glabrous inside. 
Petals leathery, subequal, narrowly oblong, acuminate, not widened at 
the base, sub-corrugated and glabrous outside, pnberulous inside, 3 in. 
long. Stamens numerous, short ; the apical process very broad, rhomboid, 
truncate, projecting much over the apices of the short dorsal anther-cells. 
Ovaries very few, oblong, pubescent ; stigma broad, sessile, hairy. Ripe 
carpels one or two, ovoid -globose, glabrous, cherry-red when ripe, 25 to 
•3 in. long. 
Perak ; elevafc. about 1,200 feet ; Wray, Scorteehmi. 
Near P. suberosa, H. f. and Th, but with different venation, fewer 
carpels, and without hypertrophied hark. 
2. PoLYAi/rniA htpoleuca, Hook, fil. and Thorns, in PI. Br. Ind. 
I, 63. A tree 50 to 80 feet high ; young branches Blonder, rather pale, 
striate ; all parts glabrous except the flowers. Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, the base acute, the 
edges slightly recurved when dry, upper surfaco shining, the lower dull, 
. pale : main nerves many pairs, invisible on either surface except in 
Bome occasional leaves when dry : length 25 to 5 in., breadth 75 to 
1*75 in., petiole '2 to 3 in. Flowers sub-erect, small (only "3 to "4 in. 
long) pedicelled, solitary or sub-fascicled, mostly from the axils of fallen 
leaves: pedicel stout, about *15 in. long, tomontose and with about two 
cucullate bracts near the base. Sepals very small, triangular, pubescent, 
deciduous. Petals linear-oblong, obtuse, not dilated at the base, grey- 
pubescent on both surfaces. Ripe carpels few, often solitary, stalked, 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, "8 in. long : stalks *1 to 25 in. Seed 
ovoid-elliptic, blunt, dark-coloured, transversely striate. 
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