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Uvaria obovatifolia HAYATA sp. nov. Ramuli graciles teretes dense 

 ferrugineo-tomeiitosi. Folia alterna, subsessilia, obovato-elliptica, 20 cm. 

 longa, 8 cm. lata, chartaceo-coriacea vel tenuiter coriacea, apice rotundato- 

 obtusa ad summum breve cuspidato-acuta, basi gradatim cuneato-angustata ad 

 extremitatem leviter cordata, margine subiiitegra, in exsiccato supra fascentia 

 subtus fulvescentia, pimiivena, venis lateralibus primariis utroqne latere costse 

 14-15, veiiis sursnm arcuatis, costis et venis supra impressis subtus promi- 

 nentibus, ad costas et venas tomentosa, utraque pagine stellato-hirsuta, 

 petiolis brevissimis 3 mm. lougis dense tomentosis. Flores axillares solitarii, 

 pedmiculis 2 cm. lougis prope basin 1-bracteatis, bracteis parvis oblongis 

 5 mm. longis. Flores patentes 3|-4 cm. in diametro. Sepala 3, late rotundata, 

 utraque pagine breve denseque tomentosa, 7 mm. longa 9 mm. lata, basi 

 connata. Petala 6, imbricata, obovato-cuiieata, 2i cm. longa, 12 mm. lata, 

 apice rotundata, basi cuneata, ad basin 2|- mm. lata, utraque pagine brevissime 

 et denseque pubescentia. Stamina oo, circ. 10-seriata requilonga, ea extima 

 staminodia ; staminodia circ. 1 cm. longa 1 mm. lata liiiearia, apice gradatim 

 dilatata, 14- mm. lata, apice truncato-obtusa, plicata, basi attenuata. 

 Stamina fertilia augnstiora quam staminodio, 1 mm. lata, linearia, partibus 

 antlieriferis 4 mm. longis, loculis antlierarum liuearibus adnatis, connectivis 

 apice productis, partibus productis 3 mm. longis apice obtusis, filamentis 2 mm. 

 longis. Carpella oo linearia, 7 mm. longa, dense tomentosa, apice glabra, 

 stigmate latero canaliculate^ 



HAB. Hainan, leg. KATSUMADA, 1909. 



Near U. allxt, but differs by tlie much narrowed base of the leaves. 



Uvaria purpurea BLUME, Fl. Jav. Anon. p. 13, t. 1 et t. 13-A; 



BENTH. Fl. Hongk. p. 9 ; FORBES et HEMSL. Lid. Fl. Sin. I. p. 26. 

 HAB. Hainan, leg. KATSUMADA, 1910. 

 DISTBIB. Malay archipelago and Hongkong. 



Uvaria sp. iiov. Near U. purpurm BLUME ; but differs in having lance- 

 olate petals and much smaller leaves ; too imperfect for describing. 

 HAB. Hainan, leg. KATSUMADA, 1910. 



