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2. UVARIA. 
Uvaria, Linn. Gen. Plant. n. 692; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 23. 
About thirty-five species, shrubby climbers. Bentham and Hooker (U. ¢.) limit the 
genus to the tropics of the Old World; and the affinities of the following plant are 
uncertain, as its flowers are unknown. | 
1. Uvaria (Porcelia ?) hahniana, Baill. Adans. viii. p. 347. 
Sour Mexico, mountain woods, Coachilote (Hahn, 239). Hb. Paris. 
8. ASIMINA. 
Asimina, Adans. ex Dunal, Anon. p. 81; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. i. p. 24. 
Shrubs or small trees: four North-American species, and two or three Mexican and 
Central-American. 
1. Asimina campechiana, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. p. 61. 
Soutn Mzxico, about Campeche (Humboldt & Bonpland). 
2. Asimina, sp. ? 
Soura Mexico, Chinitan, between Tehuantepec and the river Goazacualcos (Andrieux, 
543). Hb. Kew. 
4, GUATTERIA. 
Guatteria, Ruiz et Pav. Prodr. p. 85, t.17; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 23. 
About fifty species, trees or shrubs, confined to the warmer parts of America. The 
Asiatic species of various authors are referred to Polyalthia by Bentham and Hooker. 
1. Guatteria amplifolia, Tr. et Pl. in Ann. Sc. Nat. xvii. (1862), p.32. 
Panama, Lion-Hill railway-station (S. Hayes, 346), Chagres (Fendler, 3). Hb. Kew. 
9. Guatteria bibracteata, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars i. p. 1. 
Anona? bibracteata, Hook. Ic. Pl. iv. t. 828 (char. emend.). 
Ramis gracilibus, junioribus rufo-pubescentibus, foliis breviter petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis obtuse 
acuminatis vel gradatim attenuatis petiolisque sparse pubescentibus, floribus longe pedunculatis, 
pedunculis infra medium bibracteatis, bracteis foliaceis. 
Arbor . . . Yamis gracilibus glabrescentibus. Folia breviter petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata, 
3-4 poll. longa, integerrima, obtuse acuminata, basi attenuata, subtus secus costam mediam et 
marginem leviter pubescentia demum glabra, supra preter costam canaliculatam glabra, nitida, 
petiolis 1-2 lineas longis. Pedunculi graciles, oppositifolii, 1-2-flori, infra medium 2-bracteati, 
2-8 poll. longi; bracteis amplis foliaceis inequalibus, inferiore majore late cordato-ovata polli- 
cari. Flores virides, parvi, pubescentes ; sepala ovata, 1 lin. longa; petala oblonga, obtusa, sub- 
coriacea, ad 8 lin. longa. Carpella ovata, semipollicaria, brevissime stipitata. | 
Sourn Mexico, Consoquitla, Vera Cruz (Linden, 982); Mexico, without special 
locality (Harris). Hb. Kew. 
