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8. UvAEiA CuRTisii, King n. sp. A large climber : young branches 

 densely rusty-tomentose, slender. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sometimes 

 slightly oblanceolate, acuminate, slightly nai'rowed to the rounded base ; 

 upper surface glabrous except the strong rusty-tomentose midrib and 

 the nerves ; under surface stellate-rufous-tomentose, especially on the 

 midrib, reticulations, and 7 to 12 pairs of ascending, curving, bold main 

 nerves : length 4 to 9 in., breadth 1'7 to 325 in, ; petiole '15 to '2 in., 

 stout. Flowers 1 to 1'25 in. in diam., solitary or in pairs, axillary : 

 pedicels 1 to 1"75 in., densely tomentose like the outer surface of the 

 sepals, and with an ovate supra-median bracteole. Sepals broadly ovate, 

 concave, spreading, puberulous within, '35 in. long. Petals thinly 

 leathery, white, subequal, ovate-oblong, obtuse ; the outer rather broader 

 than the inner, "5 in. long, puberulous on both surfaces but especially on 

 the outer. Stamens numerous, all perfect ; connective truncate at the 

 apex, not prolonged into a process ; the anthers linear, lateral. Ovaries 

 numerous, crowded, elongate, 3-angled, tomentose, with 12 ovules in 

 2 rows : stigma sessile, large, sub-capitate, corrugated, glabrous. Kipe 

 carpels unknown. 



Perak ; on Ulu Bubong, King's Collector, No. 8543. Peuang ; elev. 

 2,000 feet. Curtis No. 1415. 



9. UvARiA RiDLETi, King n. sp. A strong climber ; young branches 

 slender, stellate-rufous-tomentose, ultimately dark-coloured, striate ; 

 sparsely lenticellate. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, ncuminate, 

 slightly narrowed to the rounded base; both surfaces with short, stellate, 

 rather pale hairs, scabrid on the upper, soft on the lower surface ; the 

 midrib and 10 to 15 pairs of spreading curving slightly prominent main 

 nerves softly rufous-stellate-tomentose on both surfaces ; length 3 to 5 in., 

 breadth 1 '3 to 2 in. ; petiole "15 in., stellate-tomentose. Flowers '75 to 

 1-2 in. in diam., 2 or 3 together in short supra-axillary cymes ; pedicels 

 stellate-tomentose like the outer surface of the calyx, '8 or '4 in. long, 

 ■with a large orbicular amplexicaul bracteole. Sepals orbicular, connate 

 into an obscurely 3-toothed spreading cup '4 in. in diam., glabrescent 

 inside. Petals spreading, sub-orbicular to broadly oblong, very blunt, 

 subequal, rather thin, minutely pubescent on both surfaces but especial- 

 ly on the outer, dark reddish-brown. Stamens numerous (the outer row 

 converted into sub-quadrate staminodes) compressed, broad, without fila- 

 ments ; the apical process of the connective broad and flat : anther-cells 

 on the edges of the connective, linear. Ovaries numerous, crowded, 

 elongate, narrow, compressed, ridged, minutely stellate-tomentose, the 

 ovules numerous ; stigma sessile, short and broad, fleshy, obliquely 

 truncate. liipc carpels ovoid or obovoid, blunt at both ends, minutely 

 pubescent, 12 to i"5 in. long : stalks nearly 1 in., stellate-tomentose. 



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