50 vi. anonace^. [■ Polyalthia. 
Unona desmantha Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 61; King, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 60, pi. 83. 
A small tree; young branches pubescent. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate shortly acuminate, base acute above 
glabrous except the pubescent midrib, beneath paler puberulous, 
especially on nerves; nerves 8 to 11 pairs; 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in- 
wide ; petioles 10 in. long. Flowers densely crowded on large tuber¬ 
cles on stem and larger branches; peduncles 75 in. long, puberulous. 
Sepals ovate acute, *3 in. long. Petals linear-oblong acuminate, 
base not dilate, 1 to 1-5 in. long, *2 in. wide, inner row narrower, 
orange colour. Ovules 3 to 5 superposed. Carpels globose, glabrous 
•5 in. through; stalks 1 in. long. Hab. Sandy woods. Singapore 
(Maingay); Changi; Chan Chu Kang. Johor, Sedenah. Malacca 
(Maingay); Selangor. Perak, Gunong Bubu and Selama (Kunstler); 
Bindings, Pangkor; Telok Sera (Curtis). 
(3) P. stenopetala Ridl. Journ. Roy. ds. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 6. 
P. crinita Ridl. l.c. Unona stenopetala Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. 
136; King, Journ. ds. Soc. Beng. l.c. 49; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc, 
l.c. 61, pi. 85. U. crinita Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 61; King, Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. pi. 84. 
A slender tree 20 to 35 ft. tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous oblong-obovate or oblanceolate-acuminate, base 
narrowed cordate, glabrous except the pubescent midrib, 6 in. long, 
2 in. wide; nerves 7 pairs, doubly inarching, slender; petioles very 
short. Flowers pedicelled in hairy tufts of 2 to 8 branchlets on 
tubercles on stem and branches, salmon colour or brick red. Sepals 
lanceolate acuminate connate at base, pubescent outside, *4 to 
*5 in. long. Petals narrow linear slightly wider at base pubescent, 
1-25 to 3 in. long. Stamens numerous, connective broad flat. 
Ovaries 4 to 7 villous, ovules 4 or 5. Carpels sub-globular or ovate 
brown tomentose at first, *5 to *65 in. long, *5 in. through. Seeds 
1 to 3, discoid rugulose. Hab. In dense forests, Malacca (Maingay). 
Selangor, Kwala Lumpur; Petaling; Ginting Sempah. Perak, 
Kenering (Wray); Lenggong; Ulu Temengoh. Dindings, Bruas. 
Native name : Jambol Chichit. 
(4) P. Beccarii King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 65; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 81, pi. iiob. 
A small tree 10 to 30 ft. tall; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous, narrow oblong to oblong-lanceolate, glabrous shining; 
midrib pubescent above, tomentose beneath; nerves 6 or 7 pairs 
inarching far from the edge; 3 to 4-5 in. long, 75 to 1-35 in. wide; 
petioles -i in. long, tomentose. Flowers 1-50 in. long, pendent 
from branches or trunk in tufts; pedicels slender, pubescent, 1 in. 
long. Sepals ovate obtuse -15 in. long, pubescent. Petals cinna¬ 
mon brown, with a pink blotch at the base inside, linear oblong 
acute, pubescent. Stamens flesh colour. Ovaries pubescent 2- 
ovuled. Carpels numerous oval *3 in. long, white becoming red 
