123 AKNALS OF THE EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
to 8'5 in., broiicUli 1-8 to 3 in.; poliole -35 to -5 in., msty-pubescent. F h i i m polygamous,
extri-axillory, soliliuy or 2 or 3 togetlior, sub-globoso, from -5 to -76 in. in
diam.; pedicels stout, tomontose, -15 to -23 in. long, -with 2 bracts nooi-ly as lorgo os the
sepals. Sqiah ovate-orbicnlar, acute, slightly smaller than the enter petals, very thick,
Yillous-tomcntose outside and glabrous inside as are all the petals; inner petals larger
than the outer, their- apices much inflesed in bud. Skmtem numerous, with flat,
rhomboid heads. Omms numerous, hirsute. Carfsb numerous, eylindric OToid, apicidatc,
irarrowcd to the stalk, sparsely strigose, -5 in. long and -25 in. in diam.; stalks -2 to -3
in. long, strigose-pubescent. Torm globular, -i in. in diam. Seed pale, shining. iu
J,,um. yls. Soc. Bengal 61, f t . 2, 9a.
Molacca,—ili«!«?«? (Eew Didrit.) No. 68. Perak: common at low elevations.
Allied to r . Kuriii, but with larger flowers which have their inner petals valvate
with much hiflexed edges.
PLATE 16-1. Popowia norTiiolia, 1, BI-anch with flowers; 2, ripe fruit;
3, bud opened out to show the inner petals; 4, flower d i s s e c t c d - . / m>t,,ral me; a,
anthers; 6, pistils—
12. POPOWIA Kmzn, King in Journ. A>. 8,e. Bengal 61, f t . 2, 98. A shrub or
small tree; young branches at first tawny-pubescent, afterwaids dark-coloured, glabrous
mid furrowed, learn sub-coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate or olliptie-oblong, sub-acute, or
shortly and bluntly acuminato, narrowed to the aub-cuneate (sometimes almost rounded)
base- upper sui-faco sub-gi-anular, minutely and sparsely adpressed-pubeseent; lower
spars'cly pubeseent; main noi-Tes 9 to 12 pairs, oblique, intci-arching dose to the edge,
rather prominent beneath; length 5 to 9 in., breadth 1-5 to 3 in.; petiole -3 to -io
in tomentose. Ihw'r> polygamous, solitaiy, or in pairs, sub-sessde, extra-axfllai-y, subo
lo'bose -i in. in diam.; pedicels tomentose, -1 to -2 hi. long, bracteolate. Sefak smaller
riian tlio petals, Talyate, semi-orbicukr and, like the petals, tomentose externally and
o-labrous iiitcmallT. Petal, .sub-equal, eonoa™; the outer OTate-orbicular, ™lvate; the
inner sK-Atly smaller than the outer, imbricate. Ukamm numerous, flattened, elongate,
with lincM lateral anther-cells and flat, oblique, rhomboid apices. (often absent)
about 10, elongate, pubescent; the stig-mas clavate. Fruit unknown l^lyalthia macro-
% i i a , mok. p . V n » . » - ( » i »/
m a c r o p h y l l a ) . - P . dubia, Kurz For. Fl. Burn. i. 38. . „ ,
South Andaman,-A',»-2, Sing': CM«,-. BuiTcah: prov-ince T e n a s s e r n n . ^ i ' o i » « , -,
' ^ " "TMS species appears to be practically dioicious. In its flowers the inner petals are
distinctly imbricate; they are not eonnivent, and their points are net inflexed. And in
these i-e'spoets they do not answer to the diagnosis of Pcpmia as heretofore understood
I haTO therefore ventured to modHy the generic chai-acter of F o f m , « m these points,
and to institute a sectien of it to receive this and other two species Ihis species is
closely allied to the plant originally described and W Ky Blame as ff».«.,-.«
m . r e U „ l l a (Fl. Jav. Anon. 96, t. « ) , and to receive which Miquel fcuuded I s genus
IrSa,-ia (Ann. Mns. Lugd. Bat. ii. 19). But in Blame's and Miquel's plant the inner
petals arc distinctly valvate, although their apices are not mflexed And m the non-
L f l S i : , : of its pefals it also fails te confoi™ to the character of. the genus P.fo^u. as
originally aofiued by i»» founder Endlicher.
ANOKACE^ OP BLLITISH INDIA.
PLATE 163B. Popowia Kni-zii, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flowei—o/)c»ii up and
of natural sise; 3, flower dissected; 4, anthais—eularged.
13. POPOWIA HooitERr, King in Jottm. As. Soc. Bengal 61, f t . 2, 97. A shmb;
young branches dark-coloured, glabrous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, broadly lanceolate or
oblanceolate, acute or acuminate, the base acute; both surfaces glabrous, the lower
silvery, shining; main nerves about 7 pairs, spreading, ascending, curving, rather prominent
beneath, evanescent at the tips; length 0-5 to 7 in., breadth 1-6 to 2-4 in.
Fiowers solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3, from short extra-axillary "woody tubercles,
polygamous, minute ; " t h e males as in Popowia Eurzii, but smaller; tho females with
many densely pubescent ovaries and a few imperfect stamens ; bracts many, minute,
strigose. Carpels many, '76 in. long, oblong, granulate, glabrous; stalk -35 in." Guatteria
pallida, E. f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. -143 [not of ii/Kwze).—Polyalthia argentea, llook.
fil. 8f Thorns. -PL Br. Jnd. \. 67.
Assam and Sylhet; in dense forests,—iZboA. f i l ^ Thorns. Naga Hills,—iYas^crs.
Khasia BiWs,-Grifith.
A species of wliicli I have seen only imperfect specimens. The description given
above of the flowers is copied from Sii- Joseph Hooker. In my opinion the plant is
a Fopowia rather than a rohjalthia, and to the foi-mer genus I have ventured to
remove it.
PLATE I65A. Popowia Hookeri, King. 1, Fraiting branch—o/ natural size; 2 carpel;
3, scction of c&x-^qX—enlarged.
DouUjul specks.
POPOWIA PAEVIFOLIA, Eurs in Journ. of Botany for 1875, p. 324. Of this I have
seen only leaf specimens with a few detached fniits. It appears to have also had the
mss. name P. nitida given to it by Kurz.
19. Oxymitra,
Climbing shmbs. Leaves parallel-nerved; nervules transverse, not forming intramar"
inal loops. Flowers leaf-opposed or extra-axillary. Sepals 3, valvate, connate below.
Petals 6, valvate, in two rows; outer large, long, flat or triquetrous and narrow,
leathery, more or less spreading or eonnivent; inner much smaller, ovate-lanceolate or
oblong (.long and narrow in 0. filipes and 0. glauca), conniving over the stamens and
ovaries. Staviens many, linear-oblong or cuneate, ti-uncale; anther-cells dorsal, remote
(small and ovoid in 0. glauca). Ovaries oblong, strigose; style oblong or clavate,
recurved; ovules 1-2, sub-basal, ascending. Ripe carpels 1-seeded, stalked. Distrib.—
About 28 species, Asiatic and African.
A genus of which the flowers have some resemblance to those of Goniothalamus ; but
the inner petals are not contracted into a claw as ia Goniothalamus, and the calyx is
smaller and not persistent.
Outer petals flat.
Sepalu ovate-lanoeolate, deciduous
Sepals broadly ovate or orbicular-ovate, persistent in the huit
1. 0. fornicafa.
2. 0. affinh.
ANN. EOY. BOX. GARD. CALCUTTA VOL. I V.