70 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
lower dull, very minutely dotted; the midiib and sometimes the nerves puberulous; main
nerves 8 to 11 pairs, bold and prominent on the lower surface, oblique, inter-arching
close to the edge; length 4 to 8 in., breadth 1-15 to 2'25 in.; petiole -So in., pubescent.
Floivers jjedicelled, solitary or in pati-s, from the axils of leaves or of fallen leaves;
pcdicels '5 to '75 in. long, rufous-tomeutose, with a rather large bract about the middle.
Sepals small, triangular, pubescent. Petals fleshy, sub-equal, gi-eenish-yellow changing
into dark dull yéllow, oblong-lanceolate or oblong-oblanceolato, acute or rather blunt, the
edges wa-\y, both sux-faces minutely pubescent, 1-5 to 2 in. long. Ooaries narrowly
elongate, adpressed-pubescent, each crowned by large fleshy glabrous stigma; ovule
solitary, basal Fmiif shortly stalked. Ripe carpels numerous, podicelled, ovoid, crowned
by the remains of the sfcigma, sparsely pubescent, 'H in. long; pedicel slender, pubescent,
•75 in. long. Seed with pale smooth testa. P. Jenkinsii, M. f . T. (in ^^ari).—Ellipeia
undulata, S-ortechhii xss.
M a l a c c a , — N o . 413; Maingay {Km Distrih.) No. 45, Perak,—Zï^s Collector,
Scorteckini. P e i i a n g , — D i s t r i b . — S u m a t r a , — ^ í c c a a Nos. 935, 976.
PLATE 95. Polyalthia Scortechinii, King. 1, Flowei-ing branch ; 2, flower from
anothei specimen; 3, young carpels; I , lipo carpels—O/NAJFWRAZ size; 5 & 6, flower with
petals YQiwoyciX—enlarged ; 7, anther; 8, section of ovary showing the single ovule—nmcA
enlarged.
13. POLYALTHIA JENKINSII, Benth. ^ Hook. fil. Gen. Fl. i. 25. A tree; young shoots
sparsely rafous-pubcscent. Leaves membmnous, oblong-lauceolate to eliiptic-ovate, acute or
shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed to the acute or rounded sab-oblique base; both
surfaces glabrous, minutely reticulate, the upper sinning but the midi-ib puberalous; main
nerves about 7 pairs, slender, slightly prominent beneath, inter-arcliing at some distance
from the edge; length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1-35 to 3 in.; petiole -2 to -3 in. Flowers
large (1-70 to 3 in. in diam.), pedioelled, soKtaiy, rarely in pairs, axillaiy; pedicels -6
to -70 in. long, pubescent, and with several small rounded bracts near the base. Sepals
veiy suiall, sub-orbicular, pubemlous. Petals sub-coriaceous, spreading, greenish changing
to yellow, broadly lanceolate or oblanceolate, sub-acute or obtuse, the base much
narrowed, pubemlous or glabrous. Ripe carpels numerous, stalked, oblong, slightly
apiculate, glabrous, -4 in. long; stalk slender, -6 in. long. Seeds smooth Hook fil Fl
Br. Ind. i. 64 [in part)-, Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 375 (in part); King in Joum. As 'Soc
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 56.—Guatteria Jenkinsii, Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 141 (in part)-
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i pt. 2, 46.—Guatteria Pai-veana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i pt 2
48, Suppl. 378.-Uvaria canangioides, Reiekb. fil. et Zoll. Mss.—Monoon cJnano-ioides'
Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 18.
M a l a c c a , — M a i n g a g No. 46 {and 45 in part) {Kew Distrib.) Penang,—
No. 2704. Perti\-King's Colleetor Assam and Sylhet. Distrib.—Sumatra.
Specimens from Perak have larger flowers than those from Assam ; but (otherwise
they agree fairly well, and both appear to be specifically identical with the Sumatra
plant named GuatteHa or Monoon canangioides by Miquel. The Andaman plant wliich
Kurz oi-iginally \iAndam. Report (1870), p. 29] named Polgalthia andamanica. but which
Sir Joseph Hocker (dealing with imperfect mateiials) reduced (with Kurz's assent) to this
species, I have restored to specific rank. Recently received specimens show its flowers
to be difíerent from those of tme P. Jenkinsii (the petals being shorter and narrower)
while the carpels are larger.
ANONACE.I: OF BEITISH INDIA.
PLATE 96. Polyalthia Jenkinsii, Benth. 8f Rook, fil 1, Flowering biunch; 2, flower
dissected; 3, ripe fi-uit—o/ natural size; 4, anthers; 5, pistils—et
14. POLYALXNIA HOOKERIANA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt, 2, 57. A tree
20 to 70 feet high; young branches softly tawny-pubescent, ultimately glabrous and
darkly cinereous. Leaves membmnous, obovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, shortly acuminate,
narrowed from above the middle to the sub-cuneate base; both surfaces reticulate, the
upper glabrous except the pubescent midrib and nei-ves; lower glabrous, the midrib and
nerves adpressed-pubescent; main nerves 10 or 11 pairs, oblique, forming imperfect
arches close to the edge, prominent beneath; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 2'25 to 3'2O in.;
petiole -15 to -2 in., tomentose. Flowers in pairs from peduncles with several aborted
flowers near their bases, extm-axillary; pedicels -o to -75 in. long, lengthening in fmit,
stout, pubescent, with 1 or 2 small ovate bractcoles at the middle or below it. Sepals
broadly ovate, concave, free, or connate only at the base, pubescent outside, glabrous
"\%'ithin, -2 in. long. Petals coriaceous, yellowish, sub-equal, ovate or obovate-oblong, subacute,
puberulous except at the base inside, only slightly contmcted at the base, nearly 1
in. long. Stamons numerous, very short, cuneate; the apical process of the connective
thick, with a truncate orbicular top hiding the linear dorsal anthers. Ovaries short, oblong,
puberulous, with 1 ovule; stigma sessile, large, obovate with sub-truncate lobed apex.
Ripe carpels numerous, ovoid, slightly apiculate and somewhat narrowed at the base, '65
in. long; stalks 1'2 in. long. Seed solitaiy, ovoid, smooth, with a vertical fun-ow.
Pciuk,—¿"m^'s Collector., Wray.
This is a common tree in Perak. In Malacca, however, it appears to be rare; for
it is so veiy imperfectly represented in Maingay's gi-eat Malayan collection (of which
the best set is at Kew) that Sir Joseph Hooker, while recognising it as a Polyalthia,
had not sufficient material to enable him to desci-ibe it in his Flora of British India.
PLATE 97. Polyalthia Hookeriana, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, unripe carpels of
natural size; 3, anthers; 4, ovaries—enlarged.
15. PoLYALTULi ACUMINATA, Thwaites^ Emim. PI. Ceyl. 399. A tree; young branches
tawny-tomentose. Leaves membranous, eUiptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, sometimes
slightly obovate, shortly acuminate, the base rounded; upper surface shining, glabrous,
the niiclrib depressed and puberulous; under-surface dull, rather darker in colour than
the upper (when diy), puberulous, the midiib and 15 to 18 pairs of stout oblique nerves
pubescent; length 7 to 11 in., breadth 2-75 to 4 in.; petiole -4 in., tomentose.
Flowers large (3 to 4 in, in diam.), greenish-yellow, podicelled, solitary or 2 to 3
from rough woody peduncles about -75 to 1 in. long from the branches below the leaves;
pedicels from 1 to 2 in. long, tomentose and with one or more bracts. Sepals triangular,
acute, spreading, tomentose, about '35 in. long. Petals coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, subacute,
pubescent, veined, 2 in. long and about 1 in. broad; the inner thi-ee rather smaller
than the outer. Ripe carpels stalked, ovoid-globose, tomentose, about 1 in. long; stalk
from -75 to 1 in. Seed broadly ovoid, smooth, shining, grooved. Beddome Ic. PI. Ind.
Or,, t. 57; Book. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 63.
Ceylon, near Katnapura.
A magnificent species, but very local.