Uvaria.] flora indica. 99 



7. IT. sphenocarpa (H.f. et T.) ; foliis brcvissime petiolatis an- 

 guste obovatis vel cuneato-oblongis acuminatis supra minute scabris 

 subtus pilis fulvis stellato-tomentosis, pedunculis imifloris, bracteis ro- 

 tundatis imbricatis squaraseformibus, petalis ovalibus, carpellis sessilibus 

 obovato-cuneiformibus tuberculatis. 



Hab. In insulae Zeylanise montosis, Walker! Champion! Thwaites! 



(v. 8.) 



Frutex verosi militer scandens. Hamuli elongati, flexuosi, graciles, nigricantes : 

 juniores fulvo-tomentosi. Folia brevissime petiolata, basi rotundata vel retusa, sen- 

 sim vel abrupt e in acumeu longum gracile attenuata, 3-5 poll, longa, l-r~2i lata, 

 petiolo 1-2 lineas longo, supra atro-viridia, sicca nigricantia, sub lente stellato -pilosa. 

 Pedunculi oppositifolii, semipolli cares, tomentosi. Flores parvi, diametro vix semi- 

 pollicares. Alabastri globosi. Sepala deuse fulvo-touientosa, in cyathum obtuse 

 trilobum coalita, in fructu subpersistentia. Petala ovalia, obtusa, cinereo-tomen- 

 tosa. Torus fructus depresso-globosus. Carpel la 8-10 vel pauciora, vertice rotun- 

 data, pilis fulvis rigidis dense tomentosa, supra medium grosse et irregTilariter tu- 

 berculata, pollicaria. Semina dissepimentis cellulosis separata, oblique biserialia. 



This is a remarkable species, readily known by its very peculiar fruit. We have 

 ■een only one expanded flower, and have therefore not examined the ovaries. The 

 habit and characters, however, leave no doubt as to the genus to which it ought to 

 be referred. 



8. "U. hirsuta (Jack, Mai. Misc. et in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 87) ; 



foliis oblongis apice plerumque longe acuminatis breviter petiolatis su- 

 pra longc et laxe pilosis subtus densius hirsutis, pedunculis unifloris 

 supra basin unibracteatis rarius bifloris, petalis ovalibus puberulis, car- 

 pellis oblongis hirsutis longe pedicellatis. — Blume, Fl. Jav. Anon. 22. 

 t. 5; Wall. Cat. 6458! (excl. C, quae planta stipulata, forsan Diptero- 

 carpi species). XL pilosa, Roxb.! Fl. Ind. ii. 665. "U. velutina, Bl. Bijdr. 

 13, non Roxb. U. trichomalla, BL FL Jav. Anon. 42. t. 18. 



Hab, In Penins. Malay ana ad Penang, Jack, Wall./ Singapur, Lobbt 



— (v. s.) 



Distbib. Java, Bl. 



Frutex sarmentosu3. Eamuli cinerei vel nigricantes, rugulosi, juniores pilosi; 

 partes novelise pilis fulvis patentibus laxe hirsutse. Folia basi subangustata, rotun- 

 data vel emarginata, 5-6 poll, longa, lf-2gr lata, petiolo vix 2 lineas longo, supra 

 pilis longis plerumque simplicibus, subtus pilis stellatis hirsuta, coriacea, nervis obli- 

 quis prominentibus. FeduncuH extra-alares, laxe hirsuti, uniflori et paullo supra 

 basin articulati, ibique plerumque bractea oblonga \ poll, longa decidua pilosa rau- 

 niti, vel abbreviati, apice biflori, pedicellis pollicaribus supra medium bracteolam 

 similem gerentes. Alabastri globosi, laxe pilosi, diam. f-pollicares. Sepala sub- 

 rotundata, obtusa, reflexa, membranacea, nervosa, extus dense pilosa, petala fere 

 aqnantia. Petala sanguinea, puberula, fere \ -pollicaria. Stamina fere ad apicem 

 antherifera, connectivi ]>rocessu abbreviato obtuso. Ovaria dense fulvo-pilosa. 

 Torus fructus incrassatus, globosus, diam. pollicaris. Carpella 10-20, oblonga 

 vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa vel mucronata, interdum subtorulosa, dorso obscure cari- 

 nata, 1-H-poll., pedicello a?quilongo, rarius seminibus pluribus abortivis abbreviata, 



subglobosa. 



Some of the specimens in the "Wallichian Herbarium are identical with U. tricho- 



rnalla of Blume, which is no way different from the ordinary form of the species. 



TJ. hirsuta, Blume, is rather more softly hairy, but the floral characters present no 



differences of importance. 



