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Limb of petals Iroad-lanceolate or elliptic-ohlong . 



1. A. odoratissimus, R. Br. in Bot. Reg. 423, not of Blume ; leaves 

 oblong or lanceolate glabrous, petals glabrous when expanded, carpels gla- 

 brous. WaU. Cat. 6415; W. & A. Frodr. 10 : H,f d: T. Fl Ind. 128. A- 

 hamatus, BluTm Fl. Jav, Anon. 60, t. 29, 31 G Unona liamata, DmalAnon. 

 106, t 17; DC, Frodr. i. 90. Uvaria odoratissima and hamata, Roxo. /(. 



Ind/\\. 666. 



Southern parts of the Western Peninsula, and in Ceylon ; cuhivated throughout 

 India— DisTKiB. Java, S. China. ,., 



A glabrous shrub; branches long. Lmm^^ 2-8 by 1-2 in. Flowers yellow, soiuar/ 

 or geminate. Petah l-l? in., nearly ec[ual, young pubescent, especially at the bas . 

 Carpels obovate-oblong, yellow, odorous. 



a A. Kurzii, H. f dc T. ; leaves obovate-oblong obtuse or o^^f ^^ 

 mucronate or elliptic and acute at both ends, glabrous except the pilos 

 nerves and midrib, flowers on solitary slender (not hooked) peduncles, petaiis 

 grey-pubescent, carpels glabrous. 



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Forests of Pegu, Kurz. i oi 'n 



Shrubby, sarmentose ; young parts brown-toraentose. Leaves 2 J-6 hy la^y •- * 

 shining above, pale below; petiole | in. Flowers extra-axillary ; peduncle « i •» 

 strigose. Sepals 4 in-» triangular, acuminate. Petals about IJ in,, limb oblong, ^ 

 acute or obtuse, grey-pubescent ; inner rather shorter. Carpe^^ (unripe) many.-^ 

 peduncles, which are not hooked in flower, may become bo in fruit. -V 



' 3. A. zeylanlcuB, H.f & T. Fl.Ind. 128: leaves oblong or lanceolate 

 acute or obtusely acuminate glabrous, peduncle leaf-opposed, sepals as broa^ 

 as long, petals tomentose, carpels tomentose. Beddmne Ic. FL Ind. Or. 1 4e. 



Forests of Malab\r, Can\ra, Central and Southern Ceylon, , " .'. 



A woody climber; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 4-6 by 1^-24 in. ; petiole 4 i»- 



Flowers brown-tomentose ; pedicels 4 in., pubescent. Sepals puberulous, I in. long- 

 Petals IJ-I4 in., inner shorter and narrower; limb flat, lanceolate. Carpels otoa 

 obovoid, mucronate. 



4. A. crassifollus, E.f d: T. ; leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse subacute 

 or obtusely mucronate, coriaceous glabrous or pilose beneath, petiole very 

 thick, peduncles reflexed woody, petals and carpels densely tomentose. ^ 



Eastern Peninsula, from Martaban, Brandisj to Malacca, Griffith. f or 



A large woody climber; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 6 by 24-3 in,, base acute 

 obtuse, lucid above, pale and strongly nerved beneath; petiole { in., glabrous. •^'^^'^1^ 

 4 in., brown-tomentose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, and petals densely tomentose; ^ 

 latter 14 by 14in., inner shoiier and half the width. Ovaries sparingly hairy; fi^y 

 cylindiic, Car^eh many, 1^ in., obovoid, very thick, glabrous, granulate ; sta 

 hardly any. 



6. A. pleurocaii>us, Maingay mss. ; leaves elliptic or oblong-lanceo- 

 late or oblanceolate caudate-acuminate membranous glabrous, flowers las- 

 cicled, peduncles falcate, petals subequal elliptic-oblong obtuse,ovaries gl^' 



brous, carpels pubescent broad elliptic. ! \ 



Malacca, Maingay. , .^ 



A scandent shrub ; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves 5-8 by l|-2 in., tase aCTi t 



J ale, finely reticulate on both surfaces, nerves slender, spreading ; petiole |'J ^^' 

 ^Hduncles 4 in., densely pubescent. Sepals | in., broad-ovate, obtuse or ^ubacul • 

 Petals flat, pubescent on both surfaces ; outer l-ii in., inner rather smaller. Connecti 

 apiculate. Ovaries many, slender. Carpels | in., mamihillate, obscurely grt>^^ ' 

 narrowed into the short stout stalk. Seeds 2, testa stony. 



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