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diam. Petals sub-equal, about twice aR large as the sepals, orbicular- 

 ovate, sub-acute, cordate at the base, the eiiges incurved. Stamens 

 about 27, in three rows ; anther-cells linear, lateral, the apical process of 

 the connective obliquely truncate, papillose. Pistils numerous, forming a 

 large mass with their stigmas agglutinated. Ovaries sub-cuneate, pubes- 

 cent especially near the truncate apex ; stigma very large and viscous, 

 sessile ; ovules 1 to 3, ascending. Ripe carpels ovoid, pointed, glabrous, 

 *4 to '5 in. long. Seeds 1 to 3, compressed, the testa pale brown, shining. 



S.Andaman: King. Nicobars : Kurz. 



In its leaves this much resembles Uvaria micrantha, H. f. and T. 

 as which I have reason to believe some specimens of this have been 

 distributed from the Calcutta Herbarium. 



4. PopowiA Hklfeei, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Ind. I, 69. A 

 small spreading tree ; young branches coarsely hairy. Leaves mem- 

 branous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base narrowed 

 but rounded ; upper surface glabrous ; the lower granular, sub-strigose, 

 especially on the midrib ; main nerves indistinct, about 4 or 5 pairs, 

 ascending: length 2 to 4 in., breadth '8 to r25 in., petiole "05 in. 

 Flowers minute, globose, extra-axillary : peduncles '05 to "2 in., tomen- 

 tose. Sepals ovate, strigose. Outer petals like the sepals, the inner 

 orbicular, larger than the outer, concave, very strigose, their apices 

 inflexed. Stamens 15. Ovule solitary. Carpels about 6, globular, stri- 

 gose. Kurz. F. Flora Burm. I, 39. 



Andamans ; North of Port Mouat ; Kurz, Burmah : Tenasaerim, 

 on King's Island ; Heifer. 



A very little known species closely resembling P. Beddomiana, 

 H. f. and Th. 



5. PoPOWiA F<ETlDA, Maingay MSS., Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 69. 

 A large tree ; young branches tawny-tomentose. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, shortly caudate-acuminate, the base sub-acute ; upper 

 surface glabrous except the puberulous midrib, lower densely covered 

 with yellowish -grey tomentum as are the petioles; main nerves 11 to 

 18 pairs, rather prominent beneath, curved, spreading, inter-arching 

 close to the margin; length 45 to 65 in., breadth 16 to 2 in., petiole 

 •2 in. Floivers solitary, '35 in. in diam. ; pedicels '2 in., tomentose. 

 Sepals minute, ovate, obtuse. Petals unequal, the outer ovate-elliptic, 

 obtuse, yellow ; the inner slightly larger, apiculate, concave, the mai-gins 

 thick. Stamens about 30, the connective large. Ovaries about 6, stri- 

 gose, 2-ovuled. Ripe carpels few, very large, oblong-ovoid, obtuse, sessile, 

 densely and shortly yellowish-tomentose, 225 in. long, and 1'5 in. in 

 diam. Seed solitary, oblong, the testa bony. 



Malacca; Maingay, (Kew Distrib.; No. 55. 

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