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flora indica. [Jnonacea. 



vionons, noribus f -poilicari bus, petahs ext. ovalibus obtusis.— Polyal- 

 thia cardiopetala, Date, in Hook. Kew Joum. Bot. ii. 39. Uvaria obo- 

 vata, Heyne ex Wall. Cat. 64711 



Hab. In montibus Canara, Bottler (in Hb. Eoyle) ! Hei/ne t Date. 

 Gibson /— (Fl. Apr.) (p. «.) 



Arbor parva. Hamuli glabri, cortiee fusco ruguloso. Gemma adpresse fulvo- 

 pubescentes. Folia 6-9 poll, longa, 2-3 lata, petiolo |-poll. Pedunculi basi pluri- 

 bracteati. Sepala reniformi-rotundata, brevissima, apiculata, velathio-puberula. Pe- 

 tala exteriora crasse coriaeea, utrinqne adpresse tomentosa ; i?ite?iora ± breviora, in 

 roitram ovalem obtasiusculura coalita. Ovaria lineari-oblonga, stylo sequilougo. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Our description is taken from Heyne's specimens in Wallich's collection in the 

 museum of the Linnean Society, and from a specimen just received from Dr. Gibson, 

 DalzelTs description quite corresponds, so that we have no doubt of the identity of 

 the two. 



7. G. sesquipedalis (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lanceolatis vel Iineari-ob- 

 longis obtusis abrupte et obtuse acuminatis, pedunculis supra-axillari- 

 bus petiolo brevioribus, floribus vix f-pollicaribus, petalis exterioribus 

 oblongis loDge acuminatis. — Guatteria sesquipedalis, Wall. Plant. As. 

 Rar. iii. t. 266 ! Cat. 6446 ! G. macrophvUa, A. DC. Mem. 42, non 

 Blame; Wall. Cat. 6451! 



Hab. In montibus Khasia a basi ad alt. 4000 ped.! in prov. Silhet! 

 et Tenasserim, Wall.! — (FL Apr. Mai.) (v. v.) 



Frutex 2-4-pedalis, subsimplex, erectus, cortiee griseo vel nigricante rugoso gla- 

 bro. Folia 9-13 poll, longa, 2-3-| lata, petiolo f -poll., coriaeea, glaberrima, supra 

 nitida, subtus pallida, marginibus in sicco recurvis, niinutissime pellucido-punc- 

 tata. Pedunculi |— ^-pollicares, basi bracteis pluribus minutis squamseformibus di- 

 sticliis niuniti. Sepala ovata, glabriuscula, ^-poll., in frnctu persistentia. Pelala 

 exleriora vix puberula, intus obscure carinata, basi macula oblonga tomentosa no- 

 tata ; interiora subaequilonga, in mitram elongatam apice attenuatam eoalita, extus 

 pubescentia, intus dense fulvo-sericea. Torus truncatus. Ovaria linearia, dense 

 aureo-strigosa, intus sulcata, stylo cylindrico recurvo sequilongo. Carpella 8-10 vel 

 abortu plerumque pauciora (3-4), pedicello vix lineam longo snffulta, f -poll., ovalia, 

 apice niucronata, glabra, minute granulata. 



8. G. Simonsii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis Iineari-obloi w 

 obovato-oblongis basi acutis apice longe acuminatis subtus puberulis, 

 pedunculis axillaribus petiolo brevioribus, floribus altrapollicaribus, pe- 

 talis exterioribus oblongo-lanceolatis. 



Hab. In montibus Kliasia, alt. 2-3000 ped., Simons ! — (FL Jun.) 



(v. v.) 



Arbor parva, vix 20-pedalis, erecta, parum ramosa. Rami elongati, rngosi, cortiee 

 cinereo ; ramuli lscvigati, cum omnibus partibus novellis dense ferragineo-tomen- 

 tosi. Folia 9-15 poll, longa, SfHk$ lata, petiolo ^-poilicari, apice in acumen an- 

 gustum fere lineare -|-1 poll, lougum, apice obtusum, subito angustata, tenuiter co- 

 riaeea, minute pellucido-punctata, supra glabra, nitida, subtus pallidiora, secus petio- 

 lum et nervos ferrugineo-tomentosa. Venula arcuate, in ncrvum submarginalem 

 conspicuum coalite. Pedunculi plerumque ad axillas foliorum delapsorum secus 

 ramos nudos dispositi, vix -| poll, longi, basi bracteolis oblongis vel ovatis sqnama> 

 fonuibus distich is niuniti. Sepala late ovata, acuta, nervosa, pubescentia, £ -poll, 

 longa, in fiructu persistentia. Petala exteriora apice obtiLsiuscula, crasse coriaeea, 



