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68 AN>-ALS. OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
prominent beneath; length 5'5 to 7-5 in., breadth I'd to 2"25 in.; petiole '25 in.
Flowers solitary, greetiish-yollow, from the young branches below the leaves, or sometimes
from tubercles on the trunk; length from -75 to 1-25 in.; the pedicels about -5 in.
Sepak veiy small, sub-orbicular. Pcials oblong-lanceolate^ acute, glabrous. Carpels stalked,
ovoid, slightly mammillatc; the base tapeiing, purple and glabrous when ripe, •75 to 1"15
in. long; stalks '25 to -o iu. Seed broadly ovoid, grooved. Thwaites' Emm. 309;
Be.ddome Ic. PL Ind. Or., i. 53.—Guatteria coEfeoideá, Thwaites' Enum, 10; Book,
fil. ^ Tk. FL Jnd. Ul.
Ceylon, and iu the Annamaly Hills and the Wycaad iu Peninsular India.
P l a t e 91. Polyaltliia coffeoides, Benth. ^ Hook, fil 1, Flowering bi-anch; 9, ripe
fruit; 3, seed; 4, section of seed—of natural sizi; 5, andro-gynoecium; 6, the same in
section; 7, author; 8, ovary; 9, section of o-^avy—enlarged. [All copied from a drawing
made in the Herbarium of the Royal Garden, Peradeniya, Ceylon, and kindly lent by
Dr. JI. Trimen, F-BS.)
9. PoLYALTHiA MACEANTHA, Kinj in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 54. A tree 20
to 70 feet high; young branches rather slender, glabrous. Leaves large, thinly coriaceous,
oblong to elliptic-oblong, acute, slightly nan-owed below the middle to the rounded or
minutely cordate base; upper surface shining, glabrous, except the depressed slightly puberulous
midiib; lower surface paler when dry, glabrous, very minutely lepidote; main
nerves 20 to 24 paii-s, spreading, thin but prominent beneath; length 13 to 18 in.,
breadth 4-5 to 7-5 in.; petiole -4 in., stout. Flowers solitary, axillary or slightly supraaxillaiy,
2-5 to 4*5 in. in diam.; pedicels 1-5 to 2 in. long (longer in fruit), glabrescent,
T\-ith a sub-orbicular bractoole about the middle; the buds conical when young. Sépala
thick, sub-orbicular, spreading, connate by their edges and forming a cup '75 in. in
diam., puberulous on both surfaces, corrugated outside. Petals much larger than the
sepals, white, thick, fleshy, flattish, oblong-elliptic, widest above the middle, blunt, puberulous
on both surfaces except at the glabrescent bases, nerved inside; the outer row
1-3 to 2-9 in. long, the inner smaller. Stamens numerous, compressed; apical process of
connective truncate. Ovaries few, oblong, pubemlous; stigmas large, capitate-truncate,
pubescent. Ripe carpels elliptic-ovoid^ sometimes oblique, blunt at each end; the apex
mucronato, glabrous, 1 to 1-25 in. long and -75 in. in diam. Seed ovoid, solitaiy;
the testa corrugated.
Perak,—Kivgh Collector, Scortechini.
A remarkable spceies, with handsome white flowers, allied in many ways to P.
coTigngata; but at once distinguished from that by its axillary solitary flowers and
glabrous ripe carpels.
P l a t e 93. Polyalthia macrantha, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, young flower-bud;
3, advanced flower-bed; 4, calyx of mature flower seen from below; 5, andro-gynoecium;
6, ripe carpel—o/ natural size; 7, anthers; 8, ]mii\s.—enlarged.
10. POLTALTHTA PÜLCHRA, King tn Joiim. As. Soc. Bengal 61, 2, 55. A small
tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. L-iaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-lanceolate
or oblong-oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute; both surfaces minutely
muriculate; the lower paler and duU; length 4-5 to 6 in., breadth 2'5 in. (only 1-75 in;
ANONACE.E OP BEITISII INDIA. G9
in var. angtislifolia)-, petiole '25 in. Flotvers large, solitaiy, tei-minal, 2 in. or more in
diam. when cx2)anded (often 3'5 in. iu diam. in var. angmtifuli-i)-, pedicels 1.-4 to
1-75 in. long, puberulous, with a .lanceolate foliaceous bracteole at the base. S^pah
ovate, acute oi- sub-acute, noi-ved, glabrous, -6 to -75 iu. long. Petals coriaceous, subequal,
ovate-elHptic, sub-acute; the base slightly cordate (narrowly oblong-Ianccolato in
vur. angustifolia), greenish-yellow, with a triangular blotch of dark purple at the base.
. S t o m numerous; apical process of connective, broad, truncate, sub-orbicular, projecting
over the apex of the lineai- anther-cells, pubescent. Ovaries oblong, adpressed-pubescent°
l-ovuled; style short, cylindrie, thick, crowned by the convex, terminal, pubescent stigma.
Ripe carpels numerous, elHptic-ovoid, blunt, slightly contracted at the base, sparsely
pubescent, but becoming almost glabrous, purple when ripe; poricarp sub-succulent;
stalks thick, crimson when ripe, 1-5 in. long. Seed soHtavy, elliptic.
Perak: at "Weld's 'RQSi,~Scortechinii.
Vak. angustifolia, Leaves obloug-lanceola^e or oblong-oblanceolato, ecarcolj
muriculate; petals lanceolate or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, often
1'75 in. long; sepals often -70 iu. long.
Perak: on Gunong: Bubu; elevat. 5,000 feet,—TFmy.
P l a t e 94. Polyalthia pulchra, Ei«g. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower opened up-
3, flower dissected—0/nate/a/iese; 4, anthers ; 5, pistils—en/ar^ii/. '
11. PoLYALTniA Kunstleri, King in Joum. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2 55 A
shrub or small tree; young bi-anchcs puberulous, speedily glabrous. Leaves oblong-lanceolate,
rarely elliptic-lanceolate, shortly and rather bluntly acuminate, the base nai-rowed
and sub-acute or rounded; upper surface glabrous, shining; the lower paler, dull puberulous
on the midiib and nerves; main nerves 6 to 12 pairs, rather prominent beneath
ascendmg, mtor-arching -1 to -2 in. from the margin; length 4-5 to 8 in., breadth 1-5
to m.; petiole -2 in., pubescent. Flowers -4 in. in diam., axillaiy or extra-axillary
solitaiy or m pairs; peduncles •25 in. long, each with two rather large, unequal, broadly
ovate bracts above the base. Sepals broadly triangular-ovate, obtuse, nearly as long as
the petals and, like them, minutely tomentose. Petals sub-equal, bi-oadly oblong-oLe
obtuse. Ovule solitary. Fruit 2 in. in diam.; individual carj^els numerous, ovoid-rfobular'
apicuate, -3 in. long; stalks slender, -5 in. long, adpressed rufous-pubescent like the
carpels. Ellipeia parviflora, Scortechini ms.
P e r a k , — C o l l e c t o r , Scortechini, Wraij.
This much resembles P. JenkinsH and P. and<^manica in its leaves and fruit; but its
flowers are totally different. '
P l a t e 87B. Polyalthia Kunstleri, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit-
3, section of npe c a r p e l - . / natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5, flower-bud- 6 & 7
a n t h e r s — '
12. POLYALTBU SooETECamii, King m Joum. As. Stc. Bengal 61, f t . 2 50 A
small troB 1Ô to 20 feet high; young branches mmnlely rufous-tomentose, but' Bpeeffly
glabrous. Lm,,, tlmily coriaceous, oblong or oblong-eUiptio, acute or shortly acuminate
tho base rounded or sub-acute; upper surface glabrous, shining, the midrib pubescent- the