Uvaria.] vi; anonace^. 35 



hairy. Petals ovate, small. Stamens narrow with erect oblong 

 appendages. Pistils hairy slender ; no style ; ovules numerous in 

 one row. Hab. Singapore (Wallich) . Penang, Pulau Betong reserve 

 (Curtis) . 



The habit and foliage are very like that of Cyathostemma Hookeri, but the 

 flower is tomentose. Curtis describes this as a tree ; I do not think it is an 

 Uvaria at all, but I have seen no really adult flowers nor fruit. The stellate 

 pubescence is peculiar. 



6. UVARIELLA, Ridl. 



Climbers with the habit and flowers of Uvaria. Flowers small 

 extra-axillary solitary or few. Petals sub-similar. Stamens 

 numerous with short broad appendages. Pistils hairy, i-ovuled. 

 Style o. Carpels oblong or ovoid; stigma terminal. Seed i. 

 Species 4, India, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula. 



(i) Uvariella leptopoda Ridl. Ellipeia leptopoda King, Joiirn. 

 As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 25; Arm. Boi. Gard. Calc. I.e. 33, pi. 29. 



A liane, 50 to 70 ft. long; young branches and petioles covered 

 with ashy tomentum. Leaves coriaceous obovate-oblong blunt, 

 or with a short blunt point, narrowed to the cordate base, above 

 sparsely stellate-pubescent when young, glabrous except the midrib 

 when adult, beneath softly densely tomentose; nerves 10 to 12 

 pairs; 3-5 to 5 in. long, 2-25 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -2 to -25 in. 

 long. Peduncles extra-axillary, -5 in. long. Flowers 3 to 4 on short 

 pedicels. Bracts round hooded, all with the sepals stellate-tomentose. 

 Flower -75 in. wide. Sepals often 4, semi-orbicular, blunt, connate 

 below. Petals three times as long as the sepals, ovate-round 

 obtuse pubescent on both sides, dark crimson. Anthers very small, 

 appendages flattened oblique. Carpels numerous ovoid-rounded 

 oblique, with a lateral beak, ashy pubescent, stalks slender, 1-5 to 

 2-5 in. long. Seed ovoid, flattened on one side. Hab. Rare. Johor 

 at Pinerong (Cantley). Perak, Larut to 300 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



7. 'ELLIPEIA, Hook, and Thom. 



Climber. Flowers yellow in terminal racemes. Petals connivent 

 not spreading, outer 3 much larger than inner 3, all foveolate at 

 base. Stamens numerous, appendages large. Pistil hairy ; ovule i 

 ventral. Style distinct and rather large. Carpels i-seeded, stalked ; 

 style lateral. Species i, Malayan. 



The other species referred to this genus later by Hooker and 

 by King are separated, E. nervosa Hook., and E. pumila King, 

 being Popowias, E. glabra Hook., a Polyalthia and E. leptopoda 

 an Uvariella. 



(i) E. cuneifolia Hook. fil. and Thom. Fl. Ind. 104 ; Hook. fil. 

 Ic. PI. t. 1025; F.B.I, i. 52; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 25; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 32, pi. 29. 



A very lofty liane, as long as 150 ft. ; j^oung branches tomentose, 



