ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
PLATE 98. Polyalthia acuminata, Thw, 1, Bi-anch with young leaf and flower-bud;
2, branch with gowor and fruit; 3, adult leni—all of naluml ske ami cofiti Jnm
a drawing made in the Perad^iii^a Uerbayium aiid h'mdhj lent by its Director^ Br. U.
Trirmn, Fji^.
16. POLYALTHIA LONOITOHA, Bentli. ^ Hook. f l . Oen. I'l. i. 33. A tall tree; young
branches slender, glabrous, dark-coloured when dry. Zeaees membranous, narrowly
lanceolate, taper-pointed, the edges undulate; the base broadly cuneate, rarely rounded;
both surfaces glabrous, the upper shining ; main nervos 20 to 35 pairs, faint, oblique;
length 3-5 to 7 in., breadth -Jo to I'o in. ; petiole -25 to -33 in. Flomers in fascicles or
shortly jjeduncled umbels, numerous, yellowish-green, about 1 in. long; pedicels slender,
1 to 2 in. long, with one or even two minute bracts about the middle.
triangular, spreading, hoary-pubescent, much shorter than the petals. Felals sub-equal,
linear, spreading, pointed, with slightly expanded bases, puberulous. Ripe earpels numerous,
stalked, ovoid, obtuse at both ends, glabrous, -75 in. long; stalk -5 in. long, stout,
glabrous. Seed smooth, shining. Jloot. fit. Fl. Br. lad. i. 62; Ihwaitei Emm. 398;
Medd. Fl. Sylvat., t. 38.—Guatteria longifolia. Wall. Cat. 61-12; W. A. Prodr. 10-
Wijlkl le., t 1; B. f . ^ I . Fl. Jnd 139; Tkwmtei Enmi. 10; M'm. Fl. lad. Bat. i. pt.
2, 43.—Uvaria longifolia. Lam. ; Ro£b. Fl. lad. ii. 661,
Indigenous in the south of British India and in the drier parts of Ceylon. Planted,
fspe-cially near temples, throughout the warmer and moistcr parts of British India.
In the south of India known by the vernacular name of Asoke: in Northern India
named Deldar.
PLATE 99. Polyalthia longifolia, Benlh. ^ Book. fil. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe
f r a i t ; 3 & 4, sections of rii>e fruit; 5, section o£ ripe seed—o/ mlaral sue; 6, flower;
7, anther; 8, pistil—enlarged.
17. PoLy.iLTBiA MAGEASS, Bcalh. Sf Hook. fil. Gen. PI. i. 25. A tree; young
branches densely but minutely tawny-tomentose, the older dark and lenticellate. Zeaves
membranous, elliptic or ovate, rarely oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, tho
base rounded; npper surface shining, glabrous, except tho puberulous midrib; lower dull,
glabrous or puberulous; main nerves 13 to 18 paira, oblique, curving little, bold and
prominent beneath; length 6 to 8 in., breadth 1-5 to 3-23 in.; petiole -35 to -5 in.
Flowers in shortly pedunculate few ^ or many-flowered cymes, from the axils of the
leaves or tubercles on the brfliiches ¡ peduncles aucl brancliss of the cymcs tonientos6'
pedicels from -5 to 1 in. long with a sub-orbicular bract about the middle. Sepals
small, orbicular. Peíais sub-equal, narrowly linear, puberulous, 1-5 in. long and -2 in.
"broad. Carpels stalked, ovoid, oblique, blunt, puberulous, 1 to 1-5 in. long; pericarp
very brittle. Seed orbicular-ovoid. Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or., t. 54; Uouk. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. \. 63.—Guatteria fragrans, Dah. in Eew Joarn. Bot. iii, 20G; Sook. fil. ^ Th. PI
Ind. 142; Dah. ^ Gils. Fl. Bomh. 4.
Forests of the South Concan, Cañara and Malabar in Peninsular India.
PLATE 100A. Polyaltliia fragrans, Bmtk. ^ Book. fil. 1, Flowering branch;
2, flov/er; 3, carpel; 4, seed; 5, transverso section of seed—o/TíflíaroZ size; 6, anthers*
T, pistils—ewíffiryeíí {parlly copied frwn a drawing kindly lent hj Dr. Trimen, FJ¡.S.)
ANONACE^ OP BRITISH INDIA. 73
18. POLYALTHIA SIMIARUM, Benth. ^ Hook. fil. Gen. Pl. i. 25; Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. i. 63. A tree 50. to 80 feet high; .all parts glabrous cxcept the puberulous leafbuds,
undcr-surface of nerves of leaves and inflorescence; young branches pale brown,
striate, sparsely lenticellate. Leaves sub-coriaceous, ovate-oblong to oblong-lanceolate,
acute or shortly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-acute; upper surface shining; lower
dull, sometimes puberalous on the midrib and nerves;, main nerves 12 to 16 pairs,
oblique, prominent beneath; length 5 to 11 in., breadth 2 to 4-5 in.; petiole -25 in.
Flotvers pedicellcd, in few-flowered sessile fascicles from the axils of fallen leaves or
from tubercles on the larger branches; pedicels minutely pubescent, with a small bract
below tho middle, I to 1-25 in. long. Sepals small, bluntly triangular, recurved,
jjubescciit outside. Petals spreading, linear, sub-acute or acute, greenish-yellow to purplish,
puberulous outside, glabrous inside, 1 to 1-25 in. long, the inner rather tho longer.
Ripe carpels stalked, ovoid-elliptic, slightly raammillate, contracted towards the base
glabrous and orangc-rcd to bluish-black when ripe, 1'25 to 1-5 in. long; stalk from 1
to 1'75 in. Seed ovoid, gi-ooved, transversely striate. Eurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 37- Hook,
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 63; Ki^g in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 58.—Guatteria simiarum.
Hum., Wall. Caí. 6440; Hook. fil. Sf Thorns. FL Ind. 142.—G. fasciculata, Wall.
J/5S. ex V'dgt Hori. Sub. Calc. 16.—Polyalthia lateriflora, Kurz [noi of King) Journ. As.
Soc. Bengal, pt. 2 {for 1874), 52.—Unona simiarum, H. Bn., Pierre Fl. Coch.-Chine
t. 23. '
A n d a m a n G a r d e n Collectors. Versk,—King's Collector. Forests at the base of
the Eastern Himalaya, the Assam rango, Chittagong, ISurmah.
VAR. parvifolia, King. Leaves smaller than in typical form (3-5 to 6 in. long
and 1-25 to 2-25 in. broad), puberulous beneath.
Perak; at elevation of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. Distrib.—Sumatra: on Goenong Tr ang
Lainpongs,—Forbes No. 1536,
PLATE 101. Polyalthia simiarum, Benth. ^ Hook. fil. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe
carpels; 3 & 4, sections of ripe carpels; 5, seed—o/ natural size; 6, flower with the
petals renioved; 7 & 8, anther.; 9 & 10, pistils; 11, section through OYiiTy-~mlurged.
19. POLYALTHIA LATERIFLORA. King hi Joujm. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 3, 58. A tree
50 to 70 feet liigli; young brauches Icnticellate and striate; all parts' except tlie
inflorescence, quite glabrous, leaves coriaceous, oblong to elliptic-oblong, abruptly acute
or shortly acummate, slightly narrowed to the rounded, rarely sub-cordate, and unequal
base; upper surface sbnmg, the lower paler, rather dull; main nervos 12 to 16 p Ss
rather promment, obhque, spreading, evanescent at the tips; length 8 to 15 in,, breaTth
2-0 to 7 m.; petiole -3 m., stout. in fascicles from tubercles on the tem and
larger branches p^d^elled, 1-25 to 2 in. long; pedicels slender, thickened Z Z t
.pubescent with 2 braceóles about the middle, 1-25 to 1-75 in', long. Sepals
ovate-orbicu ar, very short, densely and minutely tomentoso outsid!. i L l l o k Z '
greenish-yellow, dull crimson at the base, oblong-lanceolate, , gradually tapering T o the
subacute apox; he outer .ather shorter than the inner, minutely p L s c e n t ' s l e i a ^^
on the outer surface. R^pc carpels ovoid-elliptic, blunt, slightly narrowed tn
glabrous, 1-25 in. long and -7 in. in diam.; I ' p e r i c J p t l L / U ^ e l i t s ^ . :!
ANN. EOY. BOT. GAUD. CALCVITA VOL. I T .