Uvaria.] vi. anonace^. 31 



red, 1-5 in. across. Sepals connate into a cup ; edge wavy. Petals 

 longer, sub-rotund blunt coriaceous, brown tomentose below, 

 pubescent above. Anthers -3 in. long, appendages nearly half as 

 long, obliquely truncate. Ovaries tomentose. Torus woody, hemi- 

 spheric I in. across, pubescent in fruit. Carpels oblong, blunt at 

 both ends, glabrous orange, -75 to 1-25 in. long ; stalks -5 to i in. long. 

 Seeds numerous, oval. Hab. Common in woods and open country 

 all over the peninsula. Singapore, Changi. Malacca, Ching 

 (Griffith). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunst- 

 ler). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Distrib. Burma, Ceylon 

 and Java. 



(5) U. purpurea 5/. Bijdr. 11; Bl. Fl. Jav. Anonacece 13, t. i 

 QXidt. 13 /I.; Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 47; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 I.e. 17; Ann. Bat. Gard. Calc. I.e. 21, pi. 12. U. grandiflora Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ii. 665; Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. t. 121. 



A climbing or sarmentose liane, never very thick, bark black, 

 young parts stellate pubescent or tomentose. Leaves thickly 

 membranous glabrous above, stellate-tomentose beneath, deep 

 green shining, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acute or acuminate, 

 base rounded or cordate; nerves 14 to 17 pairs, 4-5 in. to 11 in. long, 

 2*5 to 3-75 in. wide; petioles hairy, -15 to -25 in. long. Peduncles 

 I to 1-5 extra-axillary, i- to 2-flowered. Flowers showy, 3 to 3-5 in. 

 across. Sepals ovate-obtuse, pale green, hairy. Petals spreading 

 flat coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-acute, 1-75 in. long and -7 in. 

 wide, nearly equal, deep madder red. Anthers -3 in. long brownish 

 flesh colour, appendages conspicuous, oblong, irregular. Pistils 

 numerous, tomentose. Stigmas covered with a waxy yellow gum. 

 Torus depressed hemispheric, pubescent. Carpels numerous, oblong- 

 cylindric obtuse minutely tomentose, orange colour, stalked, 1-5 to 

 2-5 in. long, -5 in. through; stalks -5 to i in. long. Hab. Borders 

 of woods and roadsides, a sarmentose plant ; in dense forest climb- 

 ing high on the trees. Common often in open country. Singapore, 

 Changi. Malacca, Ayer Panas and Ching (Griffith) ; Nyalas (Derry) ; 

 Selandor; Pahang. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Kwala 

 Rumpin (Wray). Ulu Bubong and Larut (Kunstler). Prov. Wel- 

 lesley, Krian. Penang (Porter, Jack) ; Batu Feringhi. Singora 

 (Annandale). Distrib. Malay Islands, S. China. Native name: 

 Pisang-Pisang. 



The most showy and conspicuous in the genus. King's variety tuberculata 

 has rough tubercled fruit. It was collected at Goping by Kunstler. 



(6) U. hirsuta Jaek, Mai. Mise. i. (2), 46 ; Bl. Fl. Jav. AnonacecB, 

 22, t. 5; King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 18, Anit. Bat. Gard. Calc. 

 I.e. 22, pi. 14. 



A tall slender liane twining by twisting its branches round 

 supports to 80 ft., or more. Young branches, petioles and most 

 of the other parts of the plant covered with stiff red hairs. Leaves 



