8 4 ANNALS OP THE llOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
figure prepared for me by Miss M. Smith in the Kew Herbarium both of the WalHohitm
sheet No. G-Í39 and of Lobb's Singapore specimon. Roxburgh's specics Jlvaria nítida
(Fl. Ind. ii. 66S) is stated by him to be a native of the Moluccas. I have seen no
specimens of it.
P l a t e 02. Polyaltliia nitida, BenIL IV II. f . 1, F r u i t i n g branch (drmm from Wall.
Cat. 6439) ; 3, flower ond leaf—o/ natural .lúe; 3 & 4, anthers, back and front view ;
•5, pistil (dratm from LobVs Singapore specimm)—enlarged.
89. FoLYiLTHU BIIMEIA, BeM. if Ilooh. fd. ee„. Fl. i. 25; Ilooi. fd. M. Br.
Lid. i. 62. Guatteria bifaria, A. DO. Mem. A,m¡. 41; Wall. Caí. 6447; Soot. fil.
TImm. Ft. hid. 139. The only known specimens of this are those collected by Wallich
in 1836 on the Promo Hills in Bnrmah, and subsequently issued by him as 6447 of his
Catalogue. It has never boon collected since ; and I have little doubt that, as suggested
b y S b Joseph Hooker, the species is a mixture of the flowers of P. simianim with
t h e leaves and twigs of P . cerasoides.
40. P0LY.U.THIA MEMBRANACEA mmfo-aHace«, 7) C'. J l / m . Anoii. 41; Eook.
f l . Ih. Fl. Ind. 142). With regard to this species, Sir- J . D. Hooker and Dr. Thomson
remark {I. c . ) ; — " W e cannot identify this with anything in "Wall. Cat. from Tavoy, so
that probably the only specimens known are at Geneva."
41. P0I.Y,U.THIA oiDHFLOEA, II f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 13S; Fl.Br. Inâ.i. 66. This is
known only from Wallich's specimen collected at Singapore (Cat. No. 6476). In order
to assist in its rediscovery, I give a figure drawn by Hiss Smith from the W l i c b i an
sheet above quoted.
P l a t e 116. Polyaltbia cauliflora, II. f . ^ Th. 1, Leafy branch with remains of
a flower; 2, a pair of flowers—0/ ualm-al sise; 3 & 4, stamens; 3, pistil; 6, pistil with
vertical section of the ovary—enlarfjed.
13. Anaxagorea, St. Illtaire.
Trees or shrubs. Leaves with pellucid dots. Ftomera small, greenish, leaf-opposed.
Sepals 8, valvate, connate at the base. Petals 6 or 3, sub-equal, 3-seriate, valvate, the
inner row sometimes absent. T i n s convex. Stamens indefinite ; anther-cells extrorse or
sub-lateral; connective with a terminal process. Omries few; style variable; ovules
2, snb-basal, collateral, ascending. M f e carpels follicular; stalk clavate. Seeds 1—2,
exarillate, testa slrining. Distrib.—Tropical Asia and America ; species about 8.
Petals 6 1. A. tuzenensh.
3. A. Seorleoliinii.
1. Asajagokea luzosessib, A. Gray Bot. V. S. Fxpl. Exped. 37. A shrub ; all
parts glabrous. Leaves membranous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, the base
cuneate; the under-surface pale; main nerves 7 or 8 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent
beneath; the reticulations ivide, rather distinct; length 5 to 7 in., breadth 1-75 to
ANONACEJE OP BEITISII INDIA. 85
9-5 in. ; petiole -20 t o -30 in. Flowers about -ô in. long, solitary ; pcdicels -2.5 in. long
(twice as long in fruit), with 1 or 3 amplexicanl hracteoles. Sepals small, ovate-rotund,
obtuse. Petals sub-equal, elliptic, obtuse, thin, nerved, white. Ovaries few. Follicles 1
to 3, cuneate-clavate, somewhat compj-essed, narrowed iirto a long stalk, I- to 2-seeded.
Seeds plano-convex, obovate, black, shining. Hook. fit. Fl. Br. Ltd. i.-68; Kurs For.
Flora Bum. i. 39; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 08.—A. Zeylanica, II f .
T/i. Fl. Lid. 114; Tlmaltes' Eimm. 10; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 3, 40; Beddome Ic. Fl.
Ind. Dr., t. 46.—Rhopalocarpus fruticosu.s, Tei/sm. ij- Binn. in Miq. Ann. Mis. Lugd. Bat.
ii. 22, t. 2, fig. B.—Anaxagorea fruticosu, Seheff. in Nat. Tljdseh. Aed. Ind. xxxi. 9.
Burmah; the Andaman Islands; Malacca; Pahang; Ceylon. Distrib.—Philippines,
Cambodia, Smnatra.
P l a t e 118A. Anaxagorea luzoncnsis, A. Orag. 1, Flowering b r a n c h ; 2, ripe carpel;
3, the same dehisced—0/ natural she; 4 & r,^ flower from above and beneath ; 6, torus
with a stamen and two ovaries; 7, inner petal; 8, irnihara—enlarged.
3. Anaxagoeea Scoetechb-ii, King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 3, 68. A bush
or small t r e e ; all parts, except the flower, glabrous; the young branches Bub-rngu]o.sc,
3-ridged. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, shortly and abruptly
acuminate, slightly narrowed to the rounded or sub-acute base; main nerves 7 to 9
pairs, rather prominent beneath; the reticulations open and distinct; length 6 to 8 in.,
breadth 3-Ô to 3-Ô i n . ; petiole -3 to -4 in. Flowers -75 in. long, s o l i t a r y ; pedicels -3 in!
(much longer in fruit) with 1 or 3 amplexicaul hracteoles. Sepals membranous, their
edges thin, broadly ovate, acute, pubescent outside. Petals in a single row, much larger
t h a n the sepals, oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, scurfy-pubescent outside, glabrous within,
v e r y fleshy, slightly concave at the base. Stamens numerous, those next the pistils
barren, elongate and bent over the pistils. Omries numerous, obovoid, pubescent;
styles curved. Follichs as in A. liisonensis, but two or three times as numerous. Seeds
obovoid, concavo-convex, compressed, black, shining
Perak : at low elevations,—iScoi'^cc/iMiz, Kivg^s Ootleetor, Wrag, Curtis. Pahang ; Ridleg
I have altered the diagnosis of this genus as regards the petals to admit this species
in which the inner whorl of petals is absent. In other respects the species agrees perfectly
with the original generic diagnosis. Teysmann and Pinnindyk's mono-specific genus
Wiopalocarpus (Miq. Ann. Mas. Lagd. Bat. ii. 22, t. 2, fig. B) is an unmistakable
Anaxagorea in which the iuner petals are narrow and incurved. It is probably near
A. lusonensis^ A. Gray, and A. Javanica, Bl. (See Benth. and Hook. fil. Gen. Plant,
i. 957.)
P l a t e 119. Anaxagorea Scortcchinii, King. 1, Flowering branch; 3, ripe f r u i t;
3, carpel opened; 4, seeds—0/ natural sîîe; 5, flower dissected; 6, anthers; 7, pistils
enlarged.
14. Disepalum, Uool. fit.
Trees or shrubs. Sepals 3, large, concave, valvate. Petals 4, narrowly linearspathulate,
incurved, inserted remotely from each other on the margin of the very broad,
sub-concave torus. Stamens numerous; the apical process of the connective broadly
orbicular, sub-convex. Pistils 10 to 15 or numerous, ovoid; stylo short, t e r e t e ; stigma