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narrowly linear, unequal in breadth, 15 in. broad at the base, and at the 

 middle, nanower between and fiorn the middle upwards; 1 -nerved ; 

 finely pubescent; the inner slightly shorter and narrower. Torus 

 columnar, truncate. Ovaries strigose : ovules 3 to 5, 1-seriate : stigma 

 punctiform. Hipe carpels globose, densely rufous- velvetty, shortly stalked. 

 Malacca : Maingay (Kew Distrib,), No. 41. 



10. Unona stenopetala, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 136. A 

 tree 20 to 35 feet high : young branches softly rufous-tomentose ; the 

 older dark-coloured, glabrous, striate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 

 obovate or oblanceolate, more or less acuminate, narrowed below to the 

 slightly cordate and oblique base : both surfaces glabrous, the midrib 

 more or less pubescent on the lower ; under-surface faintly reticulate 

 when dry ; main nerves 7 to 9 pairs, curving upwards, anastomosing 

 doubly at some distance from the edge, thin but slightly prominent : 

 length 4 to 7 in., breadth 1*25 to 3 in. ; petiole '1 to '25 in., rufous- 

 tomentose. Floivers 1'5 to 2 in. long, almost sessile or shortly pedicelled, 

 in fascicles of 2 to 4 on minutely bi"acteate extra-axillary tubercles from 

 both branches and stem. Sepals united at the base, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, the bases broad, ribbed, spreading, pubescent externally, "4 to '5 

 in. long. Petals sub-equal, narrowly linear, concave, slightly wider at 

 the base, keeled, sparsely pubescent, 1"25 to 3 in. long. Stamens numer- 

 ous, short with broad flat apices hiding the lateral anthers. Ovaries 4 

 to 7, villous, 4- or 5-ovuled. Bipe carpels few, sub-globular or bluntly 

 ovate, softly tomentose at first, ultimately sub-glabrous ; the pericarp 

 thick, "5 to "65 in. long and "5 in. in diam. Seeds 1 to 3, thickly discoid, 

 bi-concave with grooved edge, rugulose. Hook. fil. and Th. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 I, 60 : Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 43 : Kurz F. Flora Burma, I, 35. 



Singapore : Lobb, Ridley. Penang : King's Collector, Scortechini ; 



common. ? Burmah, (in Tenasserim) : Lobb. 



This is a rare plant in Burmah, if indeed it occurs there at all. The 



leaves of some of the Perak specimens have petioles "5 in. long: but 



usually they are as above described. 



11. PoLTAT.THrA, Blume. 



Trees or shrubs with the habit of Unona. Sepals 3, valvate or 

 sub-imbricate. Petals 6, 2-seriate, ovate or elongated, flat or the inner 

 slightly vaulted. Torus convex. Stamens cuneate ; anther-cells extrorse, 

 remote. Ovaries indefinite ; style usually oblong ; ovules 1-2, basal and 

 erect, or sub-basal and ascending. Itipe carpels 1-seeded, berried. — 

 Distrib. Tropical Asiatic sp. about 45; African sp. 3; Australasian 

 species 2. 



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