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rufous-tomentose, with a single ovate bract near the base. Sopah coria- 

 ceous, cordate or ovate, sub-acute or acute, spreading, rufous-tomentose, 

 '4 in. long. Petals obovatc-spathulate to broadly ovate-lanceolate, taper- 

 ing to each end, vertically nerved, densely pubescent at first, less so 

 when old ; the inner row smaller. Bipe carpels numerous, stalked, gla- 

 brous, '75 to 1'4 in. long, much constricted between the 2 to 3 ovoid 

 joints. Seeds shining, tlie albumen with transverse fibres. Wall. Cat. 

 6429. H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 131 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 59. 



Malacca : Maingay, Nos. 42 and 43 (Kew Distrib.). Pex-ak ; King's 



Collector, L. Wray Junior. Sylhet ; Roxburgh, Wallich. Assam; Simons. 



The form which occurs in the Malayan Peninsula has narrower 



petals than that which is found in Assam and Silhet, and its leaves are 



more oblong and less ovate. 



5. UxONA LONGiFLORA, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 668. A glabrous shrub 

 or small tree, the leaf-buds silky ; young bianches slender. Leaves 

 membranous, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less acumi- 

 nate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; upper surface shining, the 

 lower glaucous : main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, oblique, rather prominent 

 beneath : length 6'5 to 11 in., breadth 1"75 to 3'25 in., petiole '4 in. 

 Flowers solitary, pedunculate, axillary, pendulous, 3"5 to 6 in. long ; the 

 peduncles minutely bracteolate and jointed near the base, slender, from 

 1*25 to 8 in. long, still longer in fruit. Sepals very small, broadly tri- 

 angular, spreading, mucrouate, rufous-pubescent externally. Petals linear- 

 lanceolate, much acuminate, cohering by their margins, the base slight- 

 ly expanded, no constriction between the limb and claw, adpressed- 

 sericeous when young but afterwards glabrous, yellowish ; the inner 

 row absent. Stamens with the connective produced and truncate at the 

 apex. Ovaries 10 to 20, sessile, hairy ; ovules few : stigmas large, re- 

 curved. Bipe carpels about 10, stalked, moniliform, 3- to 4-jointed, all the 

 joints except the lowest often falling off : individual joints elongated- 

 ovoid, "5 in. long, glabrous. Seeds with thin smooth testa, the albumen 

 intersected by numerous horizontal fibrous processes. Wall. Cat. 6419 ; 

 Hook. fil. and Th. Fl. Ind. 134 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 61 ; Kurz Fl. 

 Burm. I, 35. 



Perak ; in forests under 3,000 feet. E Himalaya; Assam; Khasia 

 Hills, Chittagong. 



Most of the specimens which I have seen from Assam, the Khasia 

 Hills, and Chittagong have flower-pedicels under 2 inches long, and 

 petals quite 6 inches long. Specimens from Perak, on the other hand, 

 have shorter flowers (3 to 4 in long) ; and much longer (5 or 6 in.) and 

 more slender peduncles : otherwise the two sets agree. In many of 

 the flowei'S from both sets of localities there are only two petals. 



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