666 POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Uvaria. 
slightly villous: Stamina numerous, forming with the pis- 
tils, a firm globe in the centre. Filaments cuneiform, in- 
curved, rigid, crested. 
Anthers a groove on each side of the filaments. Germs 
numerous, linear, one-celled; with rows of from ten to fif- 
teen seeds attached to the inner side of the cell. Style 
none. Stigmasaclammy gland with a notch on the inside. 
Berries few, long-pedicelled, from oblong to cylindric, 
smooth, yellow, from one to three inches long. Pulp sweet 
and edible. Seeds from six to twenty, or more, crest com- 
pressed, smooth, light brown. Perisperm and embryo as 
in the genus. See Gert. sem. 2. 155, t, 114. | 
14. U. odorotissima. R. 
Shrubby, scandent. Leaves lanceolate, smooth. Ten- 
drils bearing solitary peduncled flowers. Petals equal, 
lanceolate, gibbous at the base. Berries one-seeded. . 
15. U. uncata. Lour. Cochin Ch, 4. 26. 
A native of China. In the Botanic garden at Calcutta 
it blossoms throughout the year. It is powerfully fra- 
grant, the odour not unlike that of very ripe apples, when 
tee > tte ina a garret. 
16. Uv. hited Willd. 2. 1262. ; se 
Leaves oblong, smooth, shining. Flowers fascicled. 
Calyx minute. Petals equal. Berries oval, about six-' 
seeded. 
Teling. Muoi. “TG 
A native of the Circar mountains. Flowering ti time the ) 
~~ season. peat e | 
i 
7.0. corasvides. Willd: 2. 1261. pa rans hs 
Leaves broad-lanceolate, downy underneath. »iPsdimoles 
Jateral, solitary, ee owernd.” ge spe ec mre? hee 
equal. Berries one-seeded. tet, aE 
