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POLYALTHIA SUBEROSA. (DunA small tree or shrub, bark corky, adult branches glabrous, young ones slightly pubes¬ 
cent, leaves oblong obtuse at both ends, or rarely a little narrowed at the base and acute at the apex, sometimes oblique at the 
base, submembranaceous, margin undulate, glabrous above, beneath more or less pubescent, at length glabrous, 21-5 inches long 1-lf 
inches broad, petioles 1-2 lines long, peduncles axillary very short, pedicels solitary or two together, ^-1 inch long slender, subclavate 
at the apex, pubescent, furnished with a linear subulate bracteole below the middle, sepals pubescent, small, sub-persistent in 
fruit, petals oval obtuse pubescent, interior \ inch long nearly twice as long as the exterior ones, ovaries fusco strigose, torus in fruit 
small globose tomentose, carpels numerous mucronulate, size of a pea, subsericeous, at length glabrous. Hook and Thom. FI. Ind. 
p. 140 ; W, A. prod, p , 10 ; Uvaria suberosa, Roxh. FI. Ind. ii. 667. 
Cumbuin valley Madura district (specimen figured), Carnatic, Orissa, Bahar, Bengal, Assam, Tenasserim, Ceylon. 
PLATE No. LYI. 
POLYALTHIA ACUMINATA. (Thw.) A tree, branchlets and petioles pilose, leaves oblong or obovato-oblong, rostrato, 
acuminate, narrowed at the base subglabrous, channelled at the costa above, pilose on the costa and very prominent veins beneath. 
6-12 inches long 2J-4 inches broad (petioles 2-4 lines long), flowers cauline, large yellowish subsolitary or few, pedicels 1-2J inches long 
fulvo-tomentose furnished with a small bract below the middle, sepals ovate 4 lines long fulvo-tomentose on the outside, petals 13 lines 
long, interior a little broader than the exterior, fulvo-tomentose, ovato-lanceolate acuminate ; torus convex tomentose, style as long 
as the pilose ovary, stigma pilose, carpels ovoid tomentose, size of a nut. Thw. En. p. 399. 
Ceylon, near Batnapoora. 
PLATE No. LYI I. 
GoNIOTJIALAMUS ThWAITESII. (H. f. et T.) A small tree, branches glabrous, leaves oblong shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, 31-6 inches long 1|-2|- broad, rigid coriaceous, glabrous on both sides, shining above, pale beneath, petioles £ to I an inch long 
peduncles axillary §rd to 1 inch long, subclavate at the apex, furnished with minute scale like bracts at the base, flower about 1 inch 
long, exterior petals ovato-lanceolate glabrous, thickly coriaceous with a short broad ciaw at the base, inner petals closely conniveut 
into a mitrifovm ovate cup, ovaries linear oblong strigose, style subulate longer than the ovary, ovules 2, torus plane, carpels numerous 
or fewer by abortion, very shortly pedicelled a little more than \ an inch long, oval, obtuse, seed 1. Hook, and T. FI. Ind. p. 106. 
In moist forests on the South Tinnevelly and Travanoore mountains at an elevation of 3 to 4,000 feet; it flowers in July. — 
also found in Cevlon. The specimen figured is from the Paupanassum hills in Tinnevelly. 
PLATE No. LVIII. 
GONIOTHALAMUS ThOMSONI. (Thw.) An erect shrub, 1-1-3 feet, leaves obovate, or obovato lanceolate, with a long ab¬ 
rupt acumination, 5-12 inches long, 1J-3 inches broad, (petioles about Jinch long), peduncles cauline solitary or twin, f inch long ascending 
and curved down near the apex, flowers yellow, sepals persistent lanceolate J inch long, exterior petals lanceolate much narrowed towards 
the apex, rounded at the base, h inch long, interior conniveut into a mitriform oval acute cup, which is 6 lines long, ovaries pilose, style 
as long or larger than the ovaries divided into 2 filiform segments, ovules 2 superposed, carpels 1 seeded oval apiculate £ inch long, 
pedicels 2 lines loug. Thw. En. p. 7. 
Ceylon (foresls between Galle and Rutnapoora). 
PLATE No. LIX. 
GoNIOTHALAMUS GaRDNERI. (H. f- et. T.) An erect shrub, 8-10 feet high, leaves narrow oblongo-lanceolate, acute a 
the base, obtuse at the apex or shortly acuminate, 5-8 inches long 1-2 broad (petioles £ inch) thickly coriaceous, shining above, pale beneath 
principal veins connected by loops near the margin (as in the other species), peduncles axillary cr little above the axils scarcely longer 
than the petioles furnished with scales at their base, flowers greenish yellow 1 inches long, sepals persistent cordate at the base, 
submembranaceous, with rather prominent veins (wheu dry) exterior petals oblongo-lanceolate glabrous scarcely unguiculate at the base 
ovaries adpressedly pilose crowned with a long subulate style nearly 3 times their length, carpels oblong short pedicellate, generally 
2 seeded. Thw. En. p. 7 ; Ilook and Thom. FI. Ind, p. 107. 
Ceylon, 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. LX. 
