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Inner petals narrow. Ai^thers shortly dilated at the top, sho\viTig the 



dorsal parallel cells 2. F". hderopetala. 



1- U. mem'branacea, Benth. A long woody trailer, quite glabrous, 



except a slight tomcntum on the petioles and buds. Leaves on short stalks, 



oval^oblong, obtuse, or with a very short, broad point, 5 to 6 in, long, 3 to 



^2 in. broad, oblique, and somewhat cordate at the base, thin and mendu-anous, 



with distant primary veins branching into tlie reticulate smaller venation. 



t lowers large,^ solitaiy, on pcd^incles of about i in. Petals obovatc, very 



obtuse, fully 1 in. long, narrowed, and slightly united at the base. Connective 



truncate and dilated above the anther-ceUs. Carpels very numerous, but not 

 ^een in fruit. 



N. Australia. Scnih at Cape York, WGillivray. 



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A scmbbv shrub of 8 



to 10 ft., the young brandies densely pubescent. Leaves on veiy short 

 petioles, broadly ovate, obtuse, or shortly acuminate, 3 to 4 in. long, not 

 conaceous, glabrous above, loosely pubescent underneath. Flowers dark 

 purple, solitary, on very short recurved terminal or hiteral pedicels. Sepals 

 ovate-laneeolate, villous, 3 to 4 lines long. Petals imbricate in each scries, 

 ttie outer ones broadly ovate, attaining at least 7 lines, and probably longer 

 when full grown, silky-villous outside, glabrous inside, the inner ones nar- 

 rower and perhaps longer. Stamens numerous, the short triangular terminal 

 aj'pcndagc not dilated, showing the rather large dorsal parallel cell". Cai-pels 

 numerous, densely hirsute : stigma small. Ovules 6 to 8 in each carpel, in 

 2 series. Fruit unknown. 



Qj^eensland. Port Denison, TitzaJan. Tliis plant differs from Vvaria in the stamens, 



2L.n fr *^^"^° "^ Saceopelalum. The habit and foliage are also more those of the latter 



S n>is than of Uvaria, but the petals ccrtaiuly appear to be imbricate in each row, and the 



ler ones ai-e much more developed than is usual in Saccepctnlim. The flowers in the 



J^ecimens seen are however still young, and insufficient for fixing the precise afTiuitics of _ 



2. POLYALTHIA, Blume. 



Sepals broad. Petals 6, valvate in the very young bud, in two rows, but 

 spmuhng or open long before they have attained their full size, nearly equal 

 ^iitl tUit, nsu;dly narrow. Stamens numerous, nairow-wedge-shaped, the con- 

 ^ectn-e flattened at the top, concealing the cells. Torus sHghtly raised, 

 ^nipels several, with a short, oblong, or capitate style, and 1 or 2 erect ovules, 

 jerries stalked, globular or ovoid.— Trees or shrubs. Flowers sohtary or 

 Clustered, axillary or leaf-opposed. 



our p!?"^',*^^"^'''" ^'cnus, chiefly Asiatic, with one African species. The following Aastralian 

 ' "tends to New Caledonia: 



.^\ **• nitidissima, BentL A tree of 15 to 50 or 60 ft., glabrous in 



• ^^ Its parts. Leaves elliptical, or the upper ones almost lanceolate, obtnse 



2 ^''^'•^^^y acuminate. 2 to 3 in. long, narrowed into a petiole vamng from 



to 5 lines, smooth and shining, the veins fine and reticulate, but not 



umerous. Peduncles solitary, axillary, 3 to 6 lines long, or more when m 



'It. with 2 or 3 small bracts near the'base. Sepals short and broad. Petals 



''•'■' ^'^tlier thick, 5 or G lines long when fully out, but spreading very early. 



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