Uvaria. polyandria polygynia, 665 



Inner three petals larger and orljicular. Berries oval, two- 

 seeded. 



A tree of considerable si/e, a native of Bengal. Flow- 

 ering time March and April, and the berries ripen in June 

 and July. They are very much like black cherries. 



' 12. U. pilosa. R. 



Leaves oblong, entire, hairy, as are also the young 

 shoots, petioles, and solitary one-flowered peduncles. 

 Calyx hairy. Petals equal, smooth, and longer than the 

 calyx. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



13. U. grandiflora. R. 



Shrubby. Leaves cuneate-oblong, villous underneath, 

 peduncles one-flowered. Petals sub-equal, obovate, flat. 

 Berries long-peduncled, many-seeded. 



A native of Sumatra, from thence introduced into the 

 Botanic garden in 1804, and in June 1809 they blossomed 

 for the first time. Stem in our young plants short, and as 

 thick as a man's leg. Branches many, sub-bifarious, 

 nearly erect, with their villous, round, extremities spread- 

 ing ; the height of the plants about six feet. Leaves alter- 

 nate, bifarious, short-petioled, cuneate oblong, narrow- 

 ing most towards the base and there rounded, with entire, 

 margins and the apex rather acute, downy underneath, 

 simple and parallel-veined, six inches long, and three 

 broad. Peduncles leaf-opposed, solitary, drooping, one- 

 flowered, villous, from one to two-jointed near the middle, 

 and in the aril of the lower bracte a flower bud and its 

 bracte. Flowers very large, flat, about three inches in 

 diameter, of a crimson colour, gradually changing to very 

 dark red, inodorous. Calyx three-parted ; divisions ovate, 

 veined, villous. Petals six, nearly equal, the three exte- 

 rior ones oval, the three inner ones obovate-oblong, all are 



obtuse, spread out flat ; their texture is soft, thick, and 



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