54 vi. anonacejE. [Polyalthia. 
coriaceous oblong-oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate, 
base acute; nerves many pairs usually invisible when dry; 2*5 
to 5 in. long, 75 to 175 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. long. Flowers 
*3 to *4 in. long, light green or yellow, solitary or fascicled from 
the axils of fallen leaves; pedicels -15 in. long, tomentose. Sepals 
very small triangular pubescent. Petals linear-oblong obtuse 
pubescent on both sides. Carpels few, or solitary elliptic-oblong 
obtuse black, *8 in. long; stalks -i to -25 in. long. Hab. Forests, 
Singapore (Maingay). Malacca (Maingay). Negri Sembilan, Per- 
hentian Tinggi. Selangor, Klang (Foxworthy). Perak, Goping 
and Larut (Kunstler). Penang, Batu Feringi (Curtis). Distrib. 
Borneo. Native name : Melian. 
(13) P. dumosa King, Journ. ris. Soc. Beng. l.c. 52; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 64, j>l. 86 a. 
Shrub glabrous except the flowers. Leaves thinly coriaceous 
lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded; nerves 
8 to 9 pairs faint; 2-5 to 3*25 in. long, *5 to -9 in. wide; petioles 
less than -i in. long. Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed, -3 to -35 in. 
long; pedicels -3 to -4 in. long. Sepals broad ovate acute or 
acuminate glabrescent. Petals sub-equal narrow oblong-acuminate, 
puberulous inside. Stamens numerous, appendages very broad 
rhomboid truncate. Ovaries very few pubescent. Stigma broad 
hairy. Carpels 1 or 2, ovoid-globose red, -25 to -3 in. long. Hab. 
Perak. No localities given, at 1200 ft. altitude (Wray, Scortechini) . 
Remarkable for its very narrow leaves. 
(14) P. parviflora Ridl. Journ. Roy. . 4 s. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 49. 
Small tree ; young parts brown hairy. Leaves thinly cori¬ 
aceous glabrous except midrib, scurfy on back, lanceolate-acuminate, 
base cuneate; nerves 6 pairs, inarching far from margin; 3 to 4 in. 
long, 75 to 1-50 in. wide; petioles -12 in. long, hairy. Flowers 
solitary axillary sub-sessile; pedicels short hairy. Sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, half as long as the petals, hairy. Petals white linear 
oblong obtuse, -12 in. long, hairy on both sides. Stamens very 
numerous, appendages rounded. Carpels oblong to globose 
sessile hairy at tip, -3 in. long. Hab. Selangor, Menuang Gasing 
(Kloss). Adang Islands, Pulau Tengah, and on Lankawi Island at 
Kwala Malacca (Ridley). 
(15) P. hirta Ridl. Journ. Roy. .4 s. Soc. S. Br. 82, p. 168. 
Small tree. Branchlets hairy. Leaves lanceolate-acuminate, 
base round; nerves slender elevate inarching about 7 pairs; 
4-5 in. long, 1 in. wide, midrib hairy, rest glabrous; petiole hairy 
*05 in. long. Flowers solitary sub-sessile, -5 in. wide. Sepals 
lanceolate acute hairy. Petals triangular lanceolate hairy outside. 
Stamens rather few, appendages broad. Pistils 6, hairy ; style 
short but distinct; stigma broad sub-orbicular. Ovule 1. Hab. 
Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis). 
