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VI. ANONACEiE. 
[Polyalthia. 
Tree 50 to 70 ft. tall, glabrous except flowers. Leaves coriaceous 
elliptic-oblong or oblong abruptly acute, base rounded sub-cordate 
unequal; nerves 12 to 16 pairs, prominent; 8 to 15 in. long, 2*5 
to 7 in. wide; petioles stout, *3 in. long. Flowers fascicled on 
stem and branch tubercles 1-25 in. to 2 in. long, greenish yellow; 
pedicels pubescent, bi-bracteate, 1-25 to 175 in. long. Sepals 
ovate-orbicular short densely tomentose outside. Petals greenish 
yellow, dull crimson at base, oblong-lanceolate tapering to a sub¬ 
acute tip; outer ones shorter than inner, minutely pubescent. 
Carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, base narrowed, 1-25 in. long, 7 in. 
through; stalks stout, 1*25 to 2 in. long. Hab. Singapore (Maingay). 
Perak : Ulu Bubong and Larut Hills (Kunstler). Distrib. Java. 
(33) P. macropoda King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 60; Ann. 
Bol. Card. Calc. l.c. 74, pi. 104. P. clavigera, King, l.c.; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 75, pi. 105. 
A tree 30 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves rather thin oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, base acute, midrib pubescent, otherwise glabrous; 
nerves 8 to 9 pairs, prominent; 3*5 to 5-5 in. long, 1*4 to 2*1 in. 
wide; petioles -25 in. long. Flowers fascicled on tubercles near 
the stem-base, pink and white, 1 in. long; pedicels 1 in. long. 
Sepals ovate acute corrugated. Petals elliptic blunt, coriaceous 
puberulous. Stamens numerous, appendages transversely elongate. 
Carpels on a large rounded woody torus, oblong fusiform, tapering 
at each end, bright orange colour, narrowed into the stalk, 2-5 to 
3-5 in. long including the stalk. Seed 1, elongate-ovoid, grooved. 
Hab. Dense forests, usually in rocky places. Singapore : Bukit 
Timah; Selitar. Perak, Goping and Ulu Kal (Kunstler); Penang, 
Richmond Pool. 
I cannot separate King’s two species, and believe that Beccari's Polyalthia 
anomala from Matang, Sarawak, is the same plant. 
(34) P. congregata King, Journ. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 61; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 76, pi. 107. 
A tree 40 to 60 ft. tall. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
elliptic acute narrowed to the rounded base, glabrous except the 
puberulous midrib; nerves 13 to 19 pairs, prominent beneath; 
6 to 16 in. long, 375 to 7 in. wide; petioles -3 to *4 in. long, stout. 
Flowers large, white, in w r oody cymes from the trunk; pedicels 
1*25 to 175 in. long. Bract orbicular. Sepals broadly ovate- 
triangular concave corrugate, puberulous outside, *5 in. long. 
Petals thick ovate-elliptic sub-acute, puberulous except at base; 
outers i*5 to 3 in. long, ‘65 to 1 in. wide, inners narrower. Stamens 
numerous; appendages truncate oblique. Ovaries 20 to 30, 
strigose; stigma oblong pubescent. Carpels elliptic beaked pubes¬ 
cent, narrowed into the short stalk. Hab. Wet woods, usually on 
limestone, Selangor, Batu Caves; Ulu Gombak. Perak, Goping 
and Larut (Kunstler). 
