664 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Uvaria. 
“dle. Calyx inferior, about eight or ten-leaved; leaflets . 
unequal, roundish, concave, imbricated, smooth, cadu- 
cous. Corol none. Stamina none. Germs numerous, in an 
imbricated, globular head, single, conical, containing two 
ovula that are attached to the inner side of the cell. Style — 
scarcely any. Stigma short, small, and, bifid, situated 
where the keel ends in the upper edge of the twin apex 
of the germ. Berries numerous, sessile, on a globular, 
“peduncled receptacle, distinct, turbinate,.of the size of a 
red currant, and of nearly the same colour, succulent, one- 
celled. Seeds two, round, reniform, curvate, one end some- 
what longer than the other, Integuments single, thick, and 
firm, of a brownish ash-colour. Perisperm conform to the 
seed, smelling spicy when cut. Embryo small, lodged 
in the small end of the perisperm. Cotyledons two small 
projections only. Radicle oval pointed, pointing to the 
end of the seed where itislodged. Male flowers axillary, 
&c. as in the female ; sometimes on a different tree. Calyx 
asin the female. Corol none. Stamina a small globular 
fleshy body in the centre formed by many imbricated, 
fleshy, sessile filaments, or bases for as many gaping, two- 
valved, one-celled anthers. 
10. U. longifolia. Willd. 2. 1263. 
Leaves narrow-lanceolate, waved, smooth, shining. | 
Flowers fascicled, long-pedicelled ; petals equal, narrow, 
lanceolate, waved. Berries oval, one-seeded. 
| Devadari. Asiat. Res. 4. p. 288. 
Hind. and Beng. Devadaree, or Debdaree. «alt 
Its native place uncertain. In Bengal it blossoms i in 
February and the seed ripens during the rains; the tree 
is large and elegant, but of slow growth, yet the wood 
is soft and white, and deemed of little use. 7 
LL U. villosa. R. alate ia ala tiiag sal 
aytheaves oval, entire, villous. Peduncles fow-flo were! 
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