100 flora indica. [Anojutcete. 



9. U. bracteata (Koxb. FL Ind. ii. 660) ; foliis oblongis vel ob- 

 ovato-oblongis tcnuiter coriaceis subtus praesertim secus nervos sparse 

 puberulis, pedunculis oppositifoliis plerumque bifloris, bractea ad bifur- 

 cationem ovali peiiolata foliacea decidua, bracteolis ovalibus sessilibus, 

 petalis conniventibus, carpellis oblongis obtusis subsessilibus. — Wall. 

 Cat. 6468 I U. Gomeziana, A. DC. Mem. 27 ; Wall. Cat. 6459 ! 



Hab. Silhet, Roxb.! Tenasserim, Wall./— (Fl. Maii, Fr. Sept.) 



(v. 8.) 



Fmtex alte seandens. Hamuli elongati, cinerei vel nigricantes, juniores puberuli ; 

 partes novelise tomentosse. Folia acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi angustata, ro- 

 tundata, supra nitida, glabra, secus costain et petiolum pubescentia, demuni glabrata, 

 subtus pallida, 4-7 poll, longa, lf-2^ lata, petiolo £-£-poll. Pedunculi -|-poUi- 

 cares, pubescentes, bractea semipollicari. 17 ores pallide flavescentes, nutantes, dia- 

 metro vix -J-pollicares. Sepala reniformi-rotundata, pubescentia, ad medium coa- 

 lita, undulata. Petala pubescentia, lacera, interiora basi subsaccata, -J-poll. Sta- 

 mina anguste linearia ; connectivi processus oblongus, carnosus. Torus fructus in- 

 crassatus, f-poll. Carpel la numerosa, baccantia, juniora tomentosa, matura pube- 

 rula, 1-2-pollicaria. Semina pauca, biseiialia, ovalia, compressa, f-poll., liilo magno 

 depresso. 



The flowers of this species remain so long connivent, that the petals probably drop 

 off without expanding. It appears very distinct from all but the next following 

 species, the foliage of which is very similar. 



10. 17. Lobbiana (H.f. et T.); foliis oblongis vel obovato-ob- 

 longis obtusis et obtuse mucronatis coriaceis subtus sub lente furfura- 

 ceis, pedunculis 2-4-floris ad bifurcation em bracteara rotundatam cori- 

 aceam amplexicaulem gerentibus, pedicellis sub flore ample bracteolatis, 



A 



petalis patentibus ovalibus. 



Hab. In Penins. Malayana ad Malacca, Griff.! Singapur, Lobbi 



(v. 8.) 



Frutex scandens, U. bracteata? similis. Hamuli cinerei, juniores squamulis minutis 

 stellatim radiant ibus scabri ; partes novelise dense stellato-furfuraceEe. Folia 4-7 

 poll, longa, lf-3 lata, petiolo £— |-poll., rigida, supra nitida, glabra, vel secus costam 

 pubescentia, subtus glabriuscula vel pilis minutis stellatis furfuraceis tecta. Pedun- 

 culi cum bracteis et alabastris dense albido-furfuracei ; bractese et bracteolae crassse, 

 semipollicares. Alabastri globosi. Flores diametro pollicares. Sepala rotundato- 

 reniformia, ultra medium in cyathum trilobum margine crispato-nndulatum coalita. 

 Petala coriacea, utrinque verrucosa, ovalia, obtusa ; interiora paullo minora et angus- 

 tiora. Stamina late lineari-oblonga, apice truncata, exteriora ananthera, processu 

 connectivi quadrato piano, — In Herb. Beuthamiano videmns ramulum fructiferum 

 aphyllum a Griffithioin Malacca lectum, et cum foliis hujnsspecieidistributum, in quo 

 carpella plus quam viginti, pedicellis 2-3-pollicaribus stellato-pubescentibus angu- 

 latis suffulta, globosa vel ovalia, obliqua, \-\ poll, longa, tuberculis parvis verrucosa, 



f ill vo-tomen t osa . 



Though very closely resembling the last species in leaves and habit, this seems to 

 differ in many'iraportant points. The leaves are much thicker and firm2r, with more 

 transverse nerves ; the flowers are larger, much more tomentose, with very different 

 bracts ; and the calyx is remarkable, being patent and undulated like a ruff or frill, 

 even in very young buds. The stamens, too, are very different, and exhibit to 

 perfection the peculiar foliaceons flattened form characteristic of the section. The 

 outer series are sterile ; on the next the anthers are very short, and these gradually 

 lengthen from without inwards, the process of the connective at the same time 

 becoming thicker. The fruit, described from Mr. Bentham's Herbarium, closely re- 



