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3. U. semecarpifolia, Hk. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 97 (1855). 

 Thw. Enum. 6. C. P. 244. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 49. Bedd. Ic. t. 82. 



A woody climber, twigs with fulvous-stellate pubescence ; 

 1. large, 8-10 in., oval-oblong, obtuse, apiculate at apex, sub- 

 cordate at base, coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely stellate- 

 hairy beneath ; ped. 2-4-fld., bracts broad, truncate, fl. i in. 

 diam. ; cal. truncate, irregularly split ; inner row of pet. 

 smaller, imbricate, covering stam. ; ripe carp, on stalks 

 \-\ in. long, ovoid or subglobose, |-i in. long, densely stellate- 

 tomentose, receptacle large, globular. 



Moist low country up to 3000 ft.; rare. Ratnapura ; Deltota ; Gala- 

 gedara. Fl. May, September ; pale buff colour. 

 Also at Malacca. 



4. U. macropoda, Hk.f. and. Th. Fl. hid. loi (1855). 

 Thw. Enum. 6. C. P. 2544. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 50. Bedd. Ic. t. 79. 



A large woody climber, shoots glabrous ; 1. 6-9 in., very 

 ■shortly stalked, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous on 

 both sides, shining above; fl. solitary, large, i| in. diam.; 

 ped. |-i in., bud conical ; cal. irregularly splitting into 2 or 3 

 segments, tuberculate ; pet. ovate, acute, often united at base, 

 leathery, densely stellate-tomentose, and slightly tuberculate 

 outside ; fr. with ped. and receptacle much enlarged and 

 woody; ripe carp. 15-20, 2-3^ in., pendulous on stalks 6 or 

 7 in. long, oblong-linear, pointed, somewhat torulose, triangular 

 on section, 6-12-seeded, brilliant scarlet. 



Low country to about 2000 ft. ; rather rare. Haragama ; Allagalla ; 

 Kandy ; Matale (Alexander). Fl. September; red. 



Endemic. 



The pendulous head of carpels is an extraordinary object, brilliant 

 scarlet in colour ; it is not figured in Beddome's plate. 



5. U. Narum,* Wall Cat. n. 6473 (1828). 



Hk. f. andTh. Fl. Ind. 102. Thw. Enum. 6. C. P. 1032. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 50. Wight, 111. i. t. 6. 



A woody climber, twigs glabrous ; 1. 4-6 in., oblong- 

 acuminate, very shortly stalked, glabrous; fl. solitary, i-i|in. 

 diam., buds globose, stellate-tomentose ; sep. distinct or nearly 

 so, rounded, apiculate ; pet. usually connate at base, broadly 

 ovate, acute, incurved, densely pubescent ; ripe carp, very 

 numerous, pendulous on slender stalks i in. long, oblong- 

 ovoid i-ij in., smooth, bright scarlet-crimson. 



* Narum-panel is the name given for this in Rheede, Hort. Mai. ii. 11. 



