ANNALS OP TUE EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
Petals broadly ovate or cvate-orbiculnr.
Leaves glaucous; stalks of oarpels -7 to "8 ÍE. . . . 27. P.
Leaves not glaucouB ; stalks of carpels vinder '2 in. . . 28. P.
Leaves elliptio-oMong to ovate ; ovules often 3 29. P.
Leaves upwards of 5 in. long, cordate at the base.
Petals uarrowly Kuear 30. P.
Petals obloDg.
aber ran s.
Moonii.
konnli.
riowors 1 iu. in diam 31. P.
Flowers 1-25 to 1'75 in. in diam 33. P.
Flowers in fnsdeles from the older branches.
Petals lineav-oblong, 1 to 1-5 in. long ; ripe carpels -35 in. long ; their
stalks -6 to -75 in. long 33. P.
Petals linear-obloug, 2 to 3 in. long ; ripe oarpels -70 to 1 in. long,
sab-sessile P.
Petals oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, -9 to 1-5 in. long; carpels
1-75 in. long; their stalks "25 in. long 35. P.
Petals linear, obtuse, -5 to •75 in. long 3(5. P.
pachijph'jUa.
¡»jcnanlh«.
Of doubtful position
.37, P. ri^mcM.
38. P. >niú/a.
39. P. Ufaria.
40. P. membranacea.
41. P. cauliflora.
1. POLYALTHIA SUBEROSA, Benth. ^ Hook. fil. Gen. PI. i. 35. A shrub or very small
t r e e ; the branches when very young rufous-tpmentose, when slightly older lenticellate,
wheii old very corky and rugged. Laam membranous, oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed
to the slightly oblique base, glabrous and shining above, pubescent beneath; main nerves
about 6 pairs, spreading, f a i n t ; length 1-7.5 to 5 in , breadth -9 to l-To i n . ; petiole -05
in. Flowers on slender pedicels, usually solitary, extra-axillary, -4 in, in diam.; pedicels -5
to 1 in. long, rufous-pubeinlous, witli a minute bract near the base. Sepals less tlian half
tlie size of the petals, spreading, pubescent. Petals oval, reddish-brown, sillcy outside,
t h e outer shorter. Carpels stalked, sub-sphierical, silky when young, <;labrous when
old. -25 in. in diam.; stalks -So in. long. Seed roundish, smooth. Rook. fil. Fl. Br.
hid. i. 65; Thwaites' Emm. 398; Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 38; Miq. Fl. Ind. But. i.
pt. 2. 45; Beddnme Ir.. PI. hid. Or., i. 56.—Uvaria suberosa, Roxb. Cor. PL i. t. 84;
Fl, hid. ii. 667.—Guatteria suberosa, Dunal Anon. 128.; DC. Prodr. i. 93; Thwaileis
10; Wall. Cat. 6437; W. ^ A. Prodr. 10; U. f . Sr 'P. Fl. Lid. 140.
Bengal, Burmah, Southern Peninsular India and Ceylon. Distrib.—China (i)rov.
Hainan).
PLATE 77B. Polyalthia suberosa, Benlli. Sf Hook. fil. 1, Flowering branch; 2 to 4,
f r u i t at various stages of ripeness—o/ natural she; 5, fio^Qx—enlarged; 6, torus with an
anther and stamen; 7, section of a s e e d — e n l a r g e d .
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acuminate, the base rounded; both surfaces dull, glabrous, very minutely lepidotc;
main nerves 8 or 9 paii-s, spreading, faint, inter-arching far from the margin; length
2-5 to 3-25 in., breadth -5 to -9 in.; potiole less than -1 in. Flowm solitaiy, lo'lifopposed,
-3 to -35 in. long; pedicels slender, glabrous, '3 to -4 in. long with a small
lauceolate bracteole about the middle. Sepals thick, spreading, broadly ovate, acute or
acuminate, •! in. long, glabrescent outside, quite glabrous inside. Petals leathery,
sub-equal, narrowly oblong, acuminate, not widened at tlie base, sub-corrugated and
glabrous outside, puberulous inside, -3 in. long. Siemens numerous, short j tho apical
process very broad, rhomboid, truncate, projecting much over the apices of the short
dorsal anther-cells. üvmes very few, oblong, pubescent; stigma broad, sessile, hairy.
Jtipe carpels one or two, ovoid-globose, glabrous, cherry-red Avhen ripe, '25 to -3 in.
lung.
P e r a k ; elevat. about 1,200 feet,—If/-ay, Scoriechini.
Near P. suberosa, H. f. & Th., bat with different venation, fewer carpels, and
without hypertrophiei bark.
PLATE 86A. Polyalthia dumosa, King. I, Flowering branch; 2, ripo c a r p e l . s - o/
natural stse; 3, flower dissected; 4, anthers; 5, instih—enlarged.
3. POLYALTHIA CEIUSOIDES, J3cnik. ^ Moot fil Gen. PL i. 25. A shi-ub or small
t r e e ; young branches minutely rufous-tomeutose, tho older glabrous w t h pale, lenticellate
bark, heaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, the bas'>
rounded or sub-acuto; upper surface shining, glabrous, except the pubesccnt midiib;
lower pubescent, becoming glabrescent when old; main nerves 8 or 9 pair.s,'
ascending, slender, slightly prominent beneath, the intermediate nerves nearly as
prominent ; length 3 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 1-7Ö in. ; petiole -1 to -25 in., tomentose.
Ji'lmirs -6 to '8 in. in diam., pedicelled, axillaiy, solitory, or 3 or .1 together from
shoi-t woody tubercles; pedicels i-ather stont, tomentose, -0 to 1 in. long, with one or
two large ovate or oborate concave bi-acts. Sefa/s membranous, ovate-lanceolate,
adpressed-haiiy outside, glabrous inside, reflexed, not much shoi-tor than tho petals!
r e l a b spreading, incurved, dii-ty green, very coriaceous, oblong to ovate-oblong, subacute,
puberulons, -4 in. long. Oarpm numerous, stalled, broadly ovoid, apicnlats,
glabrous, -30 in. long ; stalls slender, granular, -To to 1 in. long. &ed pale, dull,
dense. Bei/d. Fl. S)lv. t. 1 ; Brandts For. Flora 5; Kurz For. Fl. Burn. i. 38 Hook,
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 63.—Unona cerasoidcs, S . Bn. Pierre Fl. Forest Coch.-Chine, t. S6.—
Uvaria cei-asoides, Roxh. Corom. PL i. t. 33 ; Fl. Inä. ii. 666.—Guatteria cerasoidcs.
Dun. Mem. Anou. 127 ; 1)0. Prodr. i. 93 ; Wall. Cat. 6436 H. f . ^ T. Fl. Irnl
130 ; Dah. Gils. Bomh. Fl. 3 ; W. ^ A. Prodr. 10,
On dry hills from Bihar southward to Tinnivelly ; in Burmah, on tho Prome
and Shan Hills.
PLATE 86B. Polyalthia cerasoidcs, Beiitli. ^ Booh. fil. 1, Flowering and fr-uiting
branch ; 2 & 3, sections of ripe fnrit—o/ natural size ; 4, flower ; 5, torus with
a stamen and a pistil—cw/ar^erf; 6, section of pistil—rawe/i enlarged.
3. POLYALTHIA DUMOSA, Kinff in Jnurn. A.'<. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 53. A shrub;
young branches slender, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate,
4. POLYALTHIA pmsicjiFOLU, lleutli. ^ E. f . C,m. PI. i. 23. A shrub; young
br-anches slender, pubescent, lenticellate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, shortly petiolate,
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