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powerful climber : young branches slender, softly rufous-tomentose, be- 

 coming glabrous. Leaves membranous, elliptic-oblong to elliptic, some- 

 times slightly obovate, acuminate ; the base narrowed or rounded, some- 

 times slightly unequal, never cordate ; upper surface adpressed-pubescent, 

 almost glabrous when old, the midrib minutely rufous-tomentose ; lower 

 surface softly stellate-tomeutose ; main nerves 14 to 17 pairs, spreading, 

 rather prominent beneath ; length of blade 4 to 8 in., breadth 225 to 3'5 

 in., petiole '15 to '2 in. Peduncles solitary or 2 to 3 together, "75 to 1*75 

 in. long, extra-axillary, 1-flowered ; flowers ] "5 to 25 in. in diam. : bract 

 single, sub-orbiculai', rufous-tomentose outside, shortly hispid inside : 

 buds turbinate, tomentose. Sepals broadly triangular, ultimately re- 

 flexed, membranous. Petals much longer than the sepals, coriaceous, 

 obovate, the apices obtuse and incurved, minutely tomentose on both 

 surfaces, brick-red. Anthers sub-sessile, equal, obliquely truncate at the 

 apex, "IS to -2 in. long. Ovaries slightly shorter than the stamens, 

 compressed, pubescent. Torus hemispheric, tomentose, pitted when 

 adult. Eipe carpels on long slender stalks, ovoid to sub-globular, about 

 1"5 in. long, and 1 in. in diam. when fresh, tomentose, scarlet ; when 

 dry slightly constricted between the seeds ; stalks slender, tomentose, 

 1 to 1"5 in. long. Seeds about 6, flat, shining. Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 

 48. U. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 6485 E. 



In the Forests at the base of the Eastern Himalaya ; Madhopore 

 Forest in E. Bengal : Assam ; Khasia ; Shan Hills (Prazer). 



Var. Kurzii, King. Leaves with broader bases often minutely cor- 

 date; fewer nerves (12 to 14 pairs; ; smaller flowers (1*3 in. in diam.) 

 on shorter pedicels (1 to 1 25 in.) ; petals yellowish, ovate-oblong. 



South Andaman : Kurz, Kings' Collector. 



This was referred by Kurz who first collected it, to Z7. macropJiylla, 

 Roxb., then to U. purpurea, Bl. : but was finally considered by him as 

 "altogether doubtful." The fuller materials recently received show it 

 to be, in my opinion, a very distinct variety of JJ. Hamiltoni, allied no 

 doubt to U. purpurea, Bl., but a much larger plant with smaller flowers 

 and more globular fruit. 



3. UvARiA DULCis, Duual Anon. 90, t. 13. A powerful creeper 

 often 80 to 100 feet long; youngest branches softly cinereous-tomentose ; 

 the older sub-glabrous or glabrous, dark-coloured, rather rough. Leaves 

 coriaceous, elliptic or oval, sometimes unequal-sided, acute or sub-acute ; 

 the base broad, rounded, or sub-truncate, minutely cordate ; upper 

 surface sparsely adpressed-stellate-pubescent. The midrib ferruginous- 

 tomentose ; lower surface densely sub-ferrugiueous or cinereous woolly- 

 tomentose : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, slightly curving, pro- 

 minent beneath : length of blade 4*5 to 7 in., breadth 2*5 to 3"5 in., 



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