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spreading, minutely pubescent. Petals fleshy, about 1 in. long, con- 

 nivent ; tbe outer 3 ovate-rotund, very obtuse, tomentose-pubescent on 

 botb surfaces, tbe outer surface "witb some small superficial scales, the 

 inner witb a round glabrous spot at tbe base : inner 3 petals obovate, 

 clawed, pubescent outside, glabrous inside except a broad pubescent 

 band near the apex. Anthers sessile, angled, the connective projecting 

 beyond the apex, broadly truncate, almost peltate. Ovaries (fide 

 Scortechini) "several, with few stellate hairs, 2-3 ovuled : style cylin- 

 dric, curved, glabrous." Fruit unknown. 

 Perak : Scortechini, No. 1990. 



Scortechini's are tbe only specimens I have seen, and they have 

 flowers only. 



12. UvARiA MiCRANTHA, H. f. and Th. n. Ind. 103. A large clim- 

 ber ; young branches slender, softly rufous-tomentose, afterwards glab- 

 rous, striate, and dark-coloured with pale warts. Leaves thinly coriace- 

 ous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; 

 both surfaces glabrous except the rufous-pubescent midrib : main nerves 

 scarcely visible (even when dry), 12 to 15 pairs, spreading ; length of 

 blade 2'5 to 5"5 in., breadth '8 to V4! in., petiole '15 in. Peduncles ter- 

 minal or extra-axillary, very short, 2-to 4-flowered, softly rufous-tomen- 

 tose, bracts more or less orbicular; buds globose, slightly pointed, '15 in. 

 in diam. ; flowers "4 in. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund, densely pubescent 

 outside, sub-glabrous inside. Petals broadly ovate, sub-obcuse, granular 

 and minutely tomentose outside, pubescent inside. Ripe carpels numer- 

 ous, stalked, ovoid-globose, rounded at each end, glabrous, 2- to4-seeded. 

 Seeds plano-convex, smooth ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1, 51 ; Kurz Fl. 

 Bui-m. I, 22 ; Miq Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt, 2, 26 ; JJvaria sumatrana, Kurz 

 Andam. Report, 29 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I. 51. ? JJvaria elegans, Wall. 

 Cat. 6474 B. Guatteria micrantha, A. DC. Mem. 42 ; Wall. Cat. 6449. 

 Polyalthia fruticans, A. DC, 1. c. 42 ; Wall. Cat. 6430. Anaxagorea 

 sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 382. 



Burmah, Malacca, Penang. Distiib. Sumatra. 



As regards leaves, this closely resembles Popoioia nitida, King — a 

 plant of tbe Andaman and Nicobar Islands ; and there is reason to 

 believe that some specimens of that Popowia from those islands have 

 been issued from the Calcutta Herbarium as JJvaria micrantha. I am 

 also of opinion that JJvaria sumatrana, Kurz Andaman Report, 29, 

 and of Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. B. Ind. I, 51, is possibly Popowia nitida, 

 King. 



13. UvARiA ANDAMANICA, King n. sp. Scandent : young branches 

 rather stout, scurfily stellate-tomentose. Leaves oblong-oblauceolate, 

 shortly acuminate, much narrowed to the rounded, unequal, or minutely 

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