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abruptly acute or shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded 
rarely sub-cordate and unequal base : upper surface shining, the lower 
paler, rather dull : main nerves 12 to JG pairs, rather prominent, oblique 
spreading, evanescent at the tips: length* 8 to 15 in., breadth 2'5 to 
7 in. ; petiole *3 in. stont. Flowers in fascicles from tubercles on the 
stem and larger branches, podicelled, 1'25 to 2 in. long 1 ; pedicels slender, 
thickened upwards, pubescent, with 2 bractcolcs about the middle, 125 
to i"75 in. long. Sepals coriaceous, ovate-orbicular, very short, densely 
and minutely tomentose outside. Petals coriaceous, greenish-yellow, dull 
crimson at the base, oblong-lanceolate, gradually tapering to the Bub- 
acute apex, the onter rather shorter than the inner, minutely pubescent 
especially on the outer surface, llipe carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, slightly 
narrowed to the base, glabrous, 1 25 in, long and "7 in. in diam. ; the, 
pericarp thin, fleshy : the stalks stout, glabrous, sub-asperulous, 1*25 to 
2 in. long. Quatteria lateriflora, Bl. Bijdr. 20: Fl. Jav. p. 100, t. 50 
and 52 D. : Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2 p. 47. Monoon lalerifiorttm, 
Miq. Ann. Mas. Lugd. Bat. II, 19. 
Perak ; at low elevations, Wray, King's Collector. Distrib : Java, 
This is closely allied to P. simiarum, Benth. and Hook. fil. : but 
has smaller flowers which are often borne on the smaller branches ; 
smaller leaves ; and shorter stalked carpels. Moreover the leaves and 
young branches of this are invariably glabrous. The leaves of old trees 
are very markedly smaller than those on young specimens. Specimens 
in young fruit of a plant which may belong to this species have been, 
recently received from the Andamans from the Collectors of the Bot. 
Garden, Calcutta: but, until the receipt of fuller material, I hesitate to 
include these islands in the geographical area of the species. 
14. Polya i. th i a scleuoi'JIYLLA, Hook, fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. 
I, 65, A glabrous tree : young branches pale. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong, ovate or linear- oblong, acute or obtusely acuminate, the base 
broadly cuneate, shining on both surfaces and with the reticulations 
distinct; main nerves about 10 to J2 pairs, spreading, slender: length 
G to 8 in. : breadth 15 to 2 6 in., petiole 5 in. Flowers pedunculate, in 
fascicles from small tubercles on the trunk, 2 in. in diam , greenish : 
tubercles 5 to 1 in. in diam. : peduncles 1 to I '5 in. long, stout, rusty- 
pubescent, becoming glabrous ; bracts small, orbicular, fmru about the 
middle of the peduncle. Sepals ovate, obtuse, short. Petals linear- 
oblong, obtuse, the base slightly concave, puberulous on both surfaces, 
1"C in. long, the inner rather smaller. Torus broad, flat, the edge 
raised. Ovaries pilose, shorter than the cylindric style. Ripe carpels 
elliptic-oblong, slightly narrowed at cither end, 1 to 1"5 in. long, 
glabrous, the pericarp thin: stalks i to 1'5 in. long. Seed oblong, the 
testa sliining, pale, 
