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nerves 13 to 16 pairs, curving slightly, spreading below, suberect above, 

 thin but prominent beneath ; length of blade 4 to 7 in., breadth 1'5 to 

 2'25 in., petiole "25 in. Peduncles only "25 in. long or even less, termi- 

 nal or leaf -opposed, 2-or 3 -flowered, tomentose, each flower with a large 

 rotund amplexicaul bract ; buds depressed-globose, tomentose : flower 

 1 to I"2 in, in diam. Sepals conjoined into a wavy cup, tomentose out- 

 side, minutely pubescent inside. Petals coriaceous, often 7 or 8, slightly 

 unequal, broadly oval, obovate, blunt ; slightly warted on both sur- 

 faces, minutely tomentose on the outer, pubescent on the inner. Anthers 

 sessile, flattened, '1 in. long, the connectives produced at the apices, 

 compressed, obliquely truncate, the outer row sterile. Ovaries 4-angled, 

 pubescent except the truncate lobulate stigma. Bijye carpels numerous, 

 stalked, globular or globular-ovoid, slightly oblique, boldly tubercled, 

 pubescent, '5 to "75 in. in diam,, and sometimes 1 in, long ; pericarp 

 thin ; stalks slender, 1*5 to 2 in, long, glabrescent. Seeds 4 to 10, large, 

 plano-convex, smooth. Miq. Fl, lud. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 34 : Hook. fil. Fl. 

 Br. Ind. I, 49. 



Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.), Nos. 27 and 30. Singa- 

 pore and Perak ; King's Collector. Penang ; Curtis. Sumatra ; Forbes, 

 No. 3059. 



5, UvARiA MACROPHYLLA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 663. Scandent usually 

 to the extent of 15 to 20 feet, but sometimes reaching 50 or 60 feet ; 

 young branches and petioles rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 

 oblong, rarely elliptic-rotund, sometimes slightly obovate, obtuse or 

 shortly and abruptly acuminate, very slightly narrowed to the rounded 

 or minutely cordate base ; upper surface (when adult) glabrescent or 

 glabrous except the tomentose midrib and nerves ; lower with lax, 

 sometimes stellate, rusty toraentum, especially along the midrib and 11 

 to 18 pairs of prominent spreading or oblique nerves : length of blade 4*5 

 to 10 in., breadth 2*5 to 4 or (in some Burmese specimens) even 6 in. ; 

 petiole '25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary or terminal, densely rusty- 

 tomentose, 3-to 5-flowered, each pedicel with an oval or rounded bract ; 

 buds globose : flowers 1*5 in. in diam. Sepals connate into a cup with 

 wavy obscurely 3-toothed edge. Petals much larger than the calyx, sub- 

 rotund, blunt, coriaceous, purple, tomentose outside, pubescent inside ; 

 anthers sessile, "3 in. long : the connective produced at the apex to 

 nearly half the length of anther, compressed, obliquely truncate. Ovaries 

 narrow, compressed, tomentose, the stigmas truncate, Torus of fruit 

 woody, hemispheric, 1 in. in diam. sparsely pubescent, pitted. Ripe car- 

 pels stalked, oblong, blunt at each end, glabrous, '75 to 1"25 in. long, peri- 

 carp thin ; stalks "5 to 1 in. long: seeds numerous, oval, compressed, 

 shining. Wall. PI. As. Bar. t. 122 ; Cat. 6487 (excl. F. in fruit) Hk. f. 



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