102 



flora indica. [Jnonacea. 



numerous 



corresponds very closely in foliage with specimens from the Philippines (Cuming, 

 No. 1607, 1729) ; but these again have the flowers of the Khasia plant, and many 

 oblong, glabrous, slightly granular carpels, nearly 1± inch long, on stalks the same 



Sat round seeds in two rows. The buds of this and the 

 preceding species are remarkable for the strong union of the calyx-lobes, the lines of 

 separation of which are not distinguishable till they are about to dehisce. 



14. U.Narum (Wall. Cat. 6473 A! B!); foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis vel lineari-oblongis utrinque glabris, floribus terminalibus sub- 

 solitariis, alabastris lsevibus obtusis, petalis obovato-oblongis, carpellis 

 ovoideis obtusis longiuscule pedicellatis. — W. et A. Prod. i. 9; Wight, 

 III. i. t. 6. U. Zeylanica, Lam. non L. Unona Narum, Dun. Anon. 

 99 ; DC. Syst. i. 486, Prod. i. 89. 



Hab. In Zeylania ! Malabaria ! Carnatica ! Maisor ! Concan austr., 

 Dalzell! — (v. s.) 



Frutex scandens. Hamuli glabri, nigricantes, rugulosi ; partes novelise vix sub- 

 furfuracese. Folia acuta vel breviter acuminata, supra lucida, 3-6 poll, longa, 1|- 

 If lata, petiolo glabro i-poll. Flores rubescentes, diametro 1-1^-poll. Pedicelli 

 filiformes, glabri, 1-1-J-poll. Sepala rotundato-ovata, glabra vel versus marginem 

 adpresse stellato-tomentosa. Petala basi plus minus coalita, utrinque fulvo-tomen- 

 tosa. Torus fructus depresso-globosus. Carpella 30-40, pedicello 1-2-pollicari, 

 glabra, obscure torulosa. Semina 4-5, ovalia, compressa, hilo magno terminali, in- 

 terduni 1-2 tantum et tunc carpella subglobosa. 



This appears to be a widely- diffused plant in southern India, but it is possible that 

 more than one species are still confounded under it. Wight figures the seeds as form- 

 ing two rows j but in all the specimens which we have seen, they occupy the whole 

 breadth of the seed, and are consequently in one row. These doubtful points can 

 only be settled by careful study of the plant in a living state. The amount of 

 variation in the shape of the petals appears considerable, and in several specimens 

 from Ceylon they are united beyond the middle, and are occasionally increased in 



number to seven or eight. 



U. Zeyl 



(parvis) ellipticis vel 

 s, Dedunculis solitariis 



terminalibus vel oppositifoliis, petalis ovato-oblongis, carpellis ovoideis 

 subsessilibus fulvo-incanis. — Bun. Anon. 88; BC. Syst. i. 481, Prod. 

 i. 88. U. lutea, Wall. Cat. 6462 ! non Roxb. U. Heyaeaua, W. et 

 A. Prod. i. 8, non Wall. U. coriacea, VaM 9 Symb. iii. 72. Guatteria 

 Malabarica, Dun. Anon. 134. G. montana, DC. Syst. i. 508, Prod. i. 



94; Meed. Mai. v. t. 17. 



Malabarise et Travancor ! — (v. s.) 



Frutex alte scandens, ramosissimus, dense foliosus. Hamuli graciles, rigidi, cor- 

 tice cinereo ruguloso, adulti glabri, juniores adpresse tomentosi. Folia basi acuta, 

 apice plerumque longe angustata, 2^—3^ poll, longa, f-1^ lata, petiolo vix ^y-poll-> 

 crasse coriacea, rigida, atro-viridia, subtus (sicca) lutescentia, petiolis et costa subtus 

 subpuberulis, nervis inconspicuis. Fedunculi ramulos terminantes, vel ramulo ex- 

 currente laterales, vix i-pollieares, tomentosi, bracteolis 2—3 parvis oblongis prope 

 basin muniti. Alabastri subglobosi, pisi magnitudine. Flores rubescentes (ex 

 Burmannio punicei), diametro pollicares. Sepala ovata, membra nacea, nervosa. Pe- 

 tala extus pubescentia, intus glabra. Stamina brevia, late oblongo-cuneata. Torus 

 fructus globosus, parvus. Carpella 4-12, pulposa, utrinque obtusa, apice brevissime 

 mucronulata, ovoidea vel (seminibus plerisque abortientibus) globosa ^-pollicaria, pe- 

 dicello brevissimo vix lineam longo. Semina 3-6. 



