ft 
branches, their pedicels slender, pubescent, minutely bracteolato near the 
base, abont 1 in, long. Sepals ovate-obtuse, '15 in. long, pubescent out- 
side. Petals coriaceous, dark-yellow, sub-equal, linear-oblong, sub-acute, 
1 in. to 1'5 in. long and from '1 to 2 in. broad, minutely pubescent 
especially outside. Ovaries pubescent, 2-ovuIed. Ripe carpels numerous, 
broadly ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, sub-granular when ripe, *35 in. long ; 
their stalks granular, pnbernlous, "6 to 75 in long. 
Perak : at low elevations. Scortechiui, King's Collector, Wray. 
Distrib. Sumatra; Beccari P. S., No. 401. Borneo; Motley No. 743. 
The leaves of this species, although smaller, have much the same 
venation as those of P. Teysmannii y King, The carpels of this arc, how- 
ever, very much smaller than those of P. TeysmantUi. 
26. Polyalthia cinnamomea, Hook, til. and Thorns. PI. Ind. 138 ; 
Hook fil. PI. Br. Ind. I, 65. A tree 50 to 70 feet high; young branches 
msty-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, narrowly oblong to oblan- 
ceolate, tapering to each end, acute or shortly acuminate, the base 
rounded ; npper surface glabrous, shining ; the lower sparsely lucid- 
pubescent, (glabrescent when old), the midrib tomontose; main nerves 
about 12 or 14 pairs, Blender, curved, ascending, inter-arching freely ; 
length 4*5 to 7*5 in., breadth 1*25 to 2*25 in. ; petiole '2 in., tomenfcose. 
Flowers sub-sessile, solitary, or iu pairs from short woody tubercles from 
the young branches below the leaves, dull red, 2 to 2 25 in. long; pe- 
duncles very short, msty-tomentose, bracteolate at the base. Sepals 
spreading, sub-orbicular, *25 in. long, tomentose. Petals sub-equal, 
thick, lincar-obloug, sub-acute, slightly nan-owed at the base, adprcssed- 
pubescent externally, glabrous within, 2 to 3 in. long. AntJiers numerous, 
short, compressed ; connective with broad, flat, apical, truncate process. 
Pistils oblong, pubescent; stigma large, sub-truncate. Torus convex, to- 
menlose. Fruit globose, "J .1 in. in dium. ; the iiulividiml em-pclx pvriform 
with very short stalks, *75 to 1 in. long and. '5 to '75 in. in diam., densely 
rusty- tomentose ; pericarp thick. Seeds 2, plano-convex, with scaly 
testa, Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, p. 44. Quatteria cinnamomea, Wall. 
Cat. 6444. Q. multinervis, Wall. Cat. 6445. Unona cauliflora, H. f. and 
Th. PI. Ind., 137; PL Br. Ind. 2, GO. Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 43. 
Singapore ; Wall ich, Ridley. Penang; Wallich, Curtis No. 2470. 
Malacca, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 37. 
Apparently not a common species. Maingay's specimens from 
Malacca have rather larger and smoother leaves than those from 
Singapore and Penang. 
27. Por.YAr/NiiA pacitypiiyll.*, King. n. sp. A tree 50 to 100 feet 
high ; young branches softly pubescent, afterwards glabrous and fur- 
rowed. Leaves rigidly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sub-acute ; the edge 
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