66 ANNALS OP THE EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
lanccolate, acuminate, uan-owccl to tlie minutely cordate, slightly unequal, base ; upper
surface glabrous, shining, the lower pale and pubenilous; main nerves 10 to 12
pairs, slender, sub-horizontal ; length 2-5 to 5 in., breadth to 1-5 in. ; petiole
•1 to '15 in. Flowers pedicellate, solitaiy, extra-axillaiy, '25 in. in diam. ; pedicels
•woody, pubescent, ebracteate, -3 lo^ -4 in. long. Sepals ovate, acute, sub-stngese,
much smaller than the petals. Petals coriaceous ; the outer larrceolate, acute ; the inner
lar'^er sub-acute, sub-orbicular, adpressed-pubesceut, '2 to -25 in. long. Fniit about
1 in. in diam. ; the individual cai-pels 4 to 6 iu number, globose, sub-glabrous, granular,
shortly stalked -3 in. in diam. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 66 ; Thwaites' Emm. 399 ;
Heddorrai Ic. i l . Ind. Or. t. oo.-Guatteria persicaîfolia, H. f . ^ T. Fl. Ind. 140 ;
Thwaites' Fiiim. 10.
Ceylon, near Galle,—0/;®»;»» ; at Colombo,—foyiisso».
P l a t e 87A. Polyalthia persiciefolia, Bcnt/i. ^ IL. f . 1, Flowering branch;
3 fruitmg branch—0/ natural swe ; 3, flower ; 4, sepal ; 5, inner petal ; 6 & T.
Mthers ; 8, pistil ; 9, section of ¡âme—enlarged.
à. POLIAMHIA BYPOLEncA, Iloot. f l . Tlionis. in FL Br. Ind. i. 63. A tree
50 to 80 feet high ; young branches sleirder, rather pale, striate ; all pai-ts
olabrous exccpt the flowers. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate,
l o r t l y acuminate, the base acute, the edges slightly recurved when diy ; upper
surface shining, the lower dull, pale ; main nerves many pairs, invisible on either
surface except in some occasional leaves when dry ; length 2-5 to 6 in., breadth
•75 to 1-75 in. ; petiole '2 to -3 in. Flowers sub-erect, small (only -3 to -4 in.
lou"-), pedicelled, solitary or sub-fascicled, mostly from the axils of fallen leaves ;
pedicel stout, about -15 in. long, tomentose and with about two cucullate bracts
near the base. Sejials very small, triangular, pubescent, deciduous. Felals linearoblon.',
obtuse, not dilated at the base, grey-pubescent on both surfaces. Bipe earpeh
few, "often solitary, stalked, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, glabrous, -8 in. long; stalks -1
to •35 in. Seed ovoid-elliptic, blunt, dark-colour-cd, transversely striate. King in -lourn.
As. Soo. Bengal 61, 2, 62. . . , , ,
This approaches Guatterla sumatrana, Miq., m its leaves; but that species has
much larger flowers. But this is still more allied to OuatUria hypoglama, Miq.,
from which it differs by its much larger fi-uit. The plant named F. hypoleuca by
Kurz in his Forest Flora of Burmah is, as he himself infoi-med Sir Joseph Hooker in
a letter, really P. stimatrana. Neither species, however, appears to me to occur either
in the Andamans or Bumah.
P l a t b 88. Polyalthia hypoleuca, Book. fil. ^ TJmns. 1, Branch with ripe fruits;
3, twig with flowers ; 3, seed ; 4, seetion of s e e d - » / natural she ; 5, flower dissected ;
6, anthers ; 7, ^fisûls—enlarged.
6. POLTALTHIA BUMATEANA, King (not of Kurz) in Joum. At. Soc. Bengal 61,
f t . 2, 53. A tree 30 to 60 feet high ; young branches pale, the older much
iui^ro-wed ; all parts glabrous except the flowers. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate,
acuminate, the base acute; upper surface shining, the lower dull, glaucous, both
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pale (w'hen dry); main nerves 15 to 20 pai», veiy slender and little more prominent
than the secondary; length 4^5 to 6-5 in., breadth 1-35 to 1-75 in.;
petiole •So in. Flomrs 1-4 to 1-7.5 in long, solitaiy or in fascicles of 3 or 3
from the younger branches below the loaves, or axillaiy ; their pedicels -fl to -9 in.
long, minutely bracteolate near the base, glabrous. «i/jo/s veiy small, half-orbieularovato.
Petals namwly linear-oblong, sub-acute or obtuse, puberulous, pale green to
yellowish; the outer slightly longer than the inner, l-3o to l-7o in. long and -15
to -2 in. broad. Omries glabrous, sub-cylindrie, with a single ovule; stigma hairy.
Carjiels ovoid, tapering to each end, ridged (when diy), pubescent or glabrous,
about l . i n . long and -6 in. in diam.; their stalks -5 to -6 in. long. Guatteria
sumatrana. Mi}. Fl Ind. Bat. SuppL, 380.—Jlonoon sumatranum, Mir,. Ann. Mus. Lu„d
Bat. ii. 19. L J .
Perak ; at elevations up to 2,500 feet, common. Distrib.—Sumatra,—/fw-ttafc,
Beceari P. S. No. 613. Borneo, Korthals, Beeeari Nos. 630 and 1168.
This is allied to P. h„ohuea, H. f. & T.; but has larger leaves, much larger
flowers, and slightly different carpels.
P l a t e 89. Polyalthia sumatrana. King. 1, Flowering branch; '2, youn<. flowers
from another specimen; 3, 3'oang carpels ; 4, ripe carpel; 5, flower dissected-of
natural size ; 6, anthers ; 7, -^istHa—enlarged.
7. POLVALTIIIA ANDAMAHtCA, Kurz Andam. Report (1870), p. 39. A shrnb • young
branches slender, tomentose. Leaves membranous, ovate-lanoeolate, acutc • the base
broad and rounded, slightly unequal ; some of the larger nerves underneak and the
midrib on both surfaces pubescent near the base, othei-wise glabrous and shinin» •
mam nerves 6 or 7 pairs, distant, spreading and forming bold arches far from the
margm; reticulations minute, distinct; length to 6 in., breadth 2 to 24 in •
petiole -2 m,, pubescent. Fhwers axillary or extra-axillary, solitary, 2 i„. iu
he pechcel -4 to -75 in. long, sub-pubeseent, minutely bracteolate. SepaU minute'
1 m. long), broadly tmngular, pubescent. Petals thinly coriaceous, sub-equal, obion.
blunt, 1 in. eng. lUpe ear,els 6 to 8, oblong, smooth, glabrous, slightly apieulate;
•5 or -6 m long and -15 to •B in. in diam. ; their^ stalks nearly as long. Kin., I
Ft. Br. Ind. 1. 64 (m part) ; Kuri For. Fl. Burm. i. 38.
S. Andaman,—/ill,'«, Man, King's Collector.
With - . - es
P l a t e 90. Polyalthia andamaniea, Kurz. 1, Fruitinir branch- 2 flow
^ e , , flower from b e l o w - ^ „ W . a n d r o - g y i ^ ^ c i r f C^SstlT
r . , Benth. ^ Rook. fit. Gen. PL i. 25; Soolc « Fl l<
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