82 ANNALS OP THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTrA.
breadtli 1-25 to 2'25 in.; petiole '2 iu., tomentose. Flowers sub-sessile, solitary, or
in pairs from slioi-t woody tubercles from the young branches below the leaves,
dull red, 2 to 2-25 in. long; pcduncles very short, rusty-tomontose, bractcolate at the
base. Sepals spreading, sub-orbicular, -25 in. long, tomentose. Petals sub-equal, thick,
linear-oblong, sub-acute, slightly narrowed at the base, adpressed-pubescent externally,
glabrous -within, 2 to 3 in. long. Anthers numerous, short, compressed ; connective
with broad, fiat, .apical, truncate process. Pistils oblong, pubescent ; stigma largo, subtruucate.
Torus convex, tomentose. Fruit globose, 2-5 in. iu diam. ; the individual
cai-pels pyriform with very short stalks, '75 to 1 in. long and -5 to -To in. in diam.,
densely rusty-toiuentose ; pericarp thick. Bacds 2, i)lano-convex, with scaly testa. King
in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal dl, pt. 2, 66 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 44.—Guatteria
cinnamomca, Wail. Cat. 6444.—Unona cauliflora, II. f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 137 ; FI. Br.
Ind. ii. 60 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 43.
S i n g a p o r e , — R i d l e y . Peuaug,—FFa/Zw/i, Cur lis No. 2470. Malacca,—ifíím^ay
(Kcw DiM.) No. 37.
Apparently not a common species. Maingay's specimens from Malacca have rather
larger and smoother leaves than those from. Singapore and Peuang.
PLATE 114. Polyalthia cinnamomea, U. f . ^ Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, fruit
nearly ripe; 3, individual ripe carpel; 4, outer surface of a young petal; 5, sepals
and andr0-gyQ02cimn—o/ natural sise; 6, anthers; 7, pistils—enlarged.
35. PoLYALTHLV PACHYPHYLLA, King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 66. A tree
50 to 100 feet high ; young branches softly pubescent, afterwards glabrous and furrowed.
Leaves rigidly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, sub-acute ; the edge slightly recurved, the base
broad and rounded, or narrowed and sub-acute; both surfaces glabrous; the lower
slightly paler, the midrib tomentose at the base beneath; maia nerves 11 or 12 pairs,
spreading, prominent, evanescent at the tips ; length 4'5 to 7'5 in., breadth 1*75 to 3-5
i n . ; petiole '35 to "5 in., tomentose when young. Flowers about 1-5 in. long, in fewflowered
fascicles from small tubercles on the older branches ; their pedicels 2 in. long,
bracteolate about the middle, softly tawny-to mentóse. Sepals broadly half-orbicular,
very short, roflexed, tomentose. Petals coriaceous, nerved, pale green, oblong-lanceolate
or oblanceolate, sub-acute or obtuse, pubescent on the outer, tomentose on the inner,
surface ; the outer slightly shorter and narrower than the inner, from -9 to 1'5 in.
long and -3 to '5 in. broad. Stamens numerous, compressed ; the apical process of
the connective truncate; anthers linear, dorsal. Ovaries numerous, glabrous, vertically
s t r i a t e ; stigma sessile, truncate, puberulous. Ripe carpels numerous, crowded when
young, densely covered with minute pale tomentum ; when ripe narrowly obovoid, blunt,
narrowed to a short stalk, sub-tomentose, 1-75 in. long and about 1 in. in diam. ;
pericarp thick, fleshy. Seeds 2, plano-convex.
In its leaves this resembles Guatteria pondoJc, Miq. {Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. .380), but
that species has cai-pels with stalks from 2 to 3 in. long.
Perak ; at elevation under 1,000 ieet—King^s Collector Nos. 6655 and 7516.
PLATE 115. Polyalthia pachyphylla. King. 1, L e a f y branch ; 2, fascicle of flowers
from the stem; 3, single flower from another specimen; 4, ripe carpels—of natural size;
5, andro-gynoecium; 6, anthers.; 7, ipistih—enlaj-ged.
ANONACE/E OF BBITISII INDIA. 83
36. PoLYALTniA PYCNANTHA, King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal pt. 2, 67. A
tree ? Young branches rather stout, covered with soft yellowish pubescence. Leaves
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolatc, obtusely acuminate, the base obtuse or
rounded ; upper surface glabrous ; lower paler and puberulous on the midrib; main
nerves arching, prominent; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2-5 to 3-5 in.; petiole -2 in.,
pubescent. Flowers -5 to '75 in. in diam., in fascicles from tubercles on the larger
branches, I to 5 in. in diam.; flower-peduncles -25 in. long, pubescent, with 1 or 2
minute bracteoles at theii- bases. Sepals ovate, acute, -2 in. long. Petals linear, obtuse,
flat, sub-equal; the bases of the inner three concave, -5 to -75 in. long, pale sericeous
outside, glabrescent inside. Torus columnar, flat-topped, glabrous; ovules 2, superposed.
Unona pycnantha, Hook. fil. in Fl. Br. Ind. i. 60.
Malacca.—Maingay [Kew Distrih.), No. 48.
PLATE 116 BIS. Polyalthia pycnantha. King. ], Leaf-twig; 2, fascicle of flowers
from a stem-tubercle—o/ «afer«^ size; 3, flower; 4, inner sepal; 5, andro-gyncecium;
6 & 7, stamens ; 8, pistil; 9, section of pistil—enlarged.
Species duUm.
37. POLYALTHIA EUPESCENS, E. f . ^ T. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 66. A tree; young branches
isely tomentose. Leaves membranous, sub-sessile, nai-rowly oblong, acute or acuminate,
the base obliquely cordate; both surfaces glabrous, except the midrib beneath; the
upper shining, the lower pale; length 3 to 7 in., breadth 1 to 1'75 in.; petiole
very short, glabrous. Flowers sohtary, -5 to -65 in. in diam., brown-tomentose, pedicellate,
axillary or leaf-opposed; pedicels stout, -5 to 1 in. long, tomentose, jointed
and minutely bracteolate at the base. Sepals small, broadly ovate, acute. Petals thick
oblong or ovate-oblong, sub-acute, -25 in. long, the outer twice as large as the inner.
Ooaries densely silky.
Lidian Peninsula, in Cochin,—Wight.
The above description is copied from Hooker {I. c.)
PLATE 116 TRIS. Polyalthia rufescens, EooJc. fil. Thorns. 1, Flowering branch—
of natural size; 2, flower; 3, andro-gyncccium; 4 & 5, stamens; 6, pistil; 7. section
of pistil—enlarged.
38. POLYALTHIA NITIDA, Benth. CJ- E. f . Gen. PI. i. 2 5 ; Eook. fil. FL Br. Ind. i. 64.
This species is founded on the specimens issued by Wallich as No. 6439 of his Catalogue
under the name of Guatteria nitida, DC. The Wallichian specimon quoted by
A. DeCandolle {Mem. Anon. 41) consisted of a leaf-twig with detached fruit, but without
flowers. That iu the Calcutta Herbarium has, in addition, an Anonaceous flower which
iiowever, does not in the least agree with the flower described by Hook, fil &
Thomson {Fl. Ind. 143).
Tlie leaves of the Wallichian specimen above quoted much resemble those issued by
the same botanist as No. 4159 of his Catalogue under the name Sideroxylon? nervosum,
"Wall. To Polyalthia nitida have also been referred by Hook. fil. & Thomson a plant
collected at Singapore by Lobb, and of which the flowers have been described in Fl.
Br. Ind. i. 64. As a contribution towards further knowledge of this species, I give a
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