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tis supra sparse puberulis secus costam et venas villosis subtus pube 

 minuta fulva tomentosis, panicula terminali pauciflora, pedicellis polli- 

 caribus, floribus magnis, carpellis ovoideis pedicello sequilongo suffultis, 

 seminibus numerosis oblongis lsevibus. — Uvaria rubiginosa, Alph. DC. 

 Mem. 26; Wall. Cat. 6465 ! U. nervosa, Wall. Cat. 6479! 



Hab. In sylvis Silhet ! Chittagong! et Teuasserim, Wall.! — (v. v.) 



Frutex scandens, ramulis nigricantibus vel griseis rugulosis pubescentibus ; partes 

 novelise dense fulvo-tomentosse. Folia utrinque obtusa, basi interdum snbcordata, 

 apiee acuta, rarius in acumen breve subulatum angustata, tenuiter coriacea, 3-6 poll, 

 longa, 2-3 lata, majora pedalia, 5 poll, lata, petiolo f-poll., supra opaca; nervi sub- 

 curvati, subtus prominuli. Flores aiillares, solitarii vel plerumque in paniculam 

 tcrminalem 5-6-floram congesti, dense fulvo-tomentosi. Fedicelli pollicares et ultra, 

 infra medium bracteolas 1-2 parvas ovatas gerentes. Sepala lata, vix lineani longa. 

 Petal a exterior a ultrapollicaria, extns tomentosa, intus cinereo-incana, ovali-oblonga ; 

 interiora paullo breviora, angustiora, e basi ovali concava, in rostrum longe trique- 

 trum producta, dorso cinerea, intus subglabra. Torus inter stamina glaber, inter 

 ovaria dense strigosus. Processus connectivi oblongus. Ovaria dense strigosa, 

 stigmate puberulo. Carpella 5-10 vel plura, fulvo-tomentosa, pollicaria. Semifia 

 biserialia, nitida, septis tenuibus separata ; testa atro-fusca. 



2. M. latifolium (Dunal, sub Unona) ; foliis ovalibus vel oblongis 

 supra pubescentibus secus costam tomentosis subtus cum petiolo dense 

 fulvo-tomentosis, racemis lateralibus et terminalibus laxis folio dimi- 

 dio brevioribus, carpellis numerosis subglobosis, seminibus compressis 

 transverse rugulosis. — Unona latifolia, Dtmal, Anon. 115 ; DC. Syst. 

 i. 497, Prod. i. 91 . Uvaria latifolia, Bl. FL Jav. Anon. 37. t. 15, 25 A. 

 U. longifolia, Bl. Bijd. 13.— Wall. Cat. 9411 ! 



Hab. In Peninsula Malay ana ad Malacca, Griffith ! — (v. s.) 

 Distrib. Java, ins. Molucc, ins. Philippin. (Cuming, 1548.) 



Frutex scandens vel sarmentosus. Famuli lseves, fulyo-tomentosi. Folia remo- 

 tiuscula, 4-10 poll, longa, 2-4 lata, pet. -^-poll., utrinque rotundata vel basi sub- 

 eordata et apice emarginata, subcoriacea, opaca. Bacemi ramulos ssepe terminantes, 

 subpaniculati, 4-5 vel rarius pluriflori. Fedicelli solitarii vel fasciculati, bracteis 

 parvis ovatis vel oblongis suffulti, infra medium bracteolati. Alabastri |-poll., dense 

 tomentosi. Sepala ovata, acntiuscula, vix 2 lin. longa. Fetala exteriora ovato- 

 oblonga, extns tomentosa ; interiora -| breviora, glabra, oblongo-acuiuinata, infra 

 medium concava, superne triquetra. Stamina et ovaria prions. Carpella 8-15, 

 supra torum incrassatum subglobosum umbellata, tota tomento ochraceo tecta, ob- 

 tusa vel mucronata, pericarpio subbaccato post maturitatem atro-purpureo. Semina 



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We have not seen fruiting specimens of this fine species, and have in consequence 

 followed Blurae in that part of our description. The species, though confined in con- 

 tinental India to the extreme southern part of the Malayan Peninsula, seems abun- 

 dant to the eastward. Cuming's Philippine specimens are slightly different, in 

 having more numerous flowers, forming a sort of panicle beyond the leaves. 



3. M. 1 aim gin o sum (H.f. et T.); foliis lanceolatis vel obloi 

 lanceolatis basi rotundatis supra pneter costam fulvo-pubescentem gla- 

 bris nitidis subtus cum petiolo dense fulvo-lanuginosis, floribus paucis 

 terminalibus vel oppositifoliis magnis dense lanuginosis. — Uvaria la- 

 nuuinosa. Wall. Cat. 6454 ! 



