Uvaria. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNISA. 659 
dle. Calyx of three small, triangular, brownish leaflets. 
Petals equal, ovate, cordate, acute, the exterior three re“ 
volute, the inner three converging, and forming a conic 
dome over the genitalia, with the only apices recurvate, vil-. 
lous on the outside. Germs ten or twelve, nearly linear, in- 
curvate, one-celled, containing two vertical rows of ovula 
vertically attached to the inner angle of the cell. Style 
short. Stigmas somewhat capitate. Berries from four to 
eight; short-pedicelled, ovate, smooth, of the size ofa 
pullet’s egg, yellow. Seeds six or seven, placed in a double 
order, and separated from each other by a considerable 
portion of pulp. Shape various, but always ‘more or less 
oval, or oblong, much flattened on both sides. Integuments 
singlé, brown’ and pretty smooth, sub-ligneous, and thick, 
particularly round the margins. Perisperm conform to 
the seed, of a pale colour and horny texture; ‘deeply inter- 
sected with numerous brown, hard fibres, which. project 
from the hard integuments of the seed. Embryo small, 
straight. Cotyledons ovate-oblong. Radicle oblong, im- 
——— within the umbilicus and paemin’ to it. 
p2o WU. dipeelt. R. 
» Shrubby.» Leaves from lanceolate to oblong, ateaeiaiie 
smooth. Peduncles lateral, two-flowered. Calyx six-leay- 
ed. Corol three-petalled. | Berries! fusiform, one-seeded. 
« Tusbee, is’ the vernacular name in Silhet, where -the 
means is indigenous. It flowers in April and May; and the 
‘seed ripens in September. Trunk short; soon dividing into 
many branches and bifarious: villous branchlets. Leaves 
short-petioled, bifarious, from lanceolate to oblong, entire, 
smooth, except while very young, taper-pointed, from 
three to»six inches long,and from one to two broad. »Pe+ 
duncles lateral, and generally below the leaves, two toge- 
ther, or bifid, villous, about'an inch long. | ‘Bractes lan: 
_ ceodlate, villous. _. Flowers of a middling size, drooping. 
a Manone ‘shrubs I could discover only ——————- 
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