122 FLORA INDICA. [J710?iac& 



dunculatis, alabastris elongatotriqnetris, carpellis glabris ovoidfifts 

 Uvaria prismatica, Wall. Cat. 6455 ! 



Hab. In Malaya ad Penang, Wall.! Malacca, Cuming, 2jfc$4 \ Sin- 

 gapur, Wall.! — (v. s.) 



Frutex scandens, rainis validis rugosis nigricantibns. BamulL&labri ; partes no- 

 velise fulvo-puberulse. Folia 5-9 poll, longa, 2^-4 poll, latajfpetiolo f -pollicari ; 

 inferiora in ramulo saepe abbreviata, 2^ poll, tantum longa. ffedunculi petiolo paullo 

 breviores, validi, infra medium bracteis pluribus squamrcfonjnibus cito deciduis tecti, 

 superne nudi. Sepala in cyathum late campanulatum Obscure trilobum demum 

 explanatum vix \ poll, diametro coalita, extus tonientosjhla, in fructu persistentia. 

 Petal a exterior a elongato-subulata, extus fulvo " 



superne plana triquetra, ultra pollices 2 longa ; interiora fe-X poll, longa, ovata, acuta, 

 vix puberula, intus concava, apice tantum triquetra. Suamina elongato-linearia, con- 

 nectivi processu brevi ex ovali subgloboso apiculata. s Ovaria strigosa, multiovulata. 

 Car<pella (in speeimine uno visa) 4-5, sesquipollidaria, ovoidea, utrinque obtusa, 

 glabra, granulosa, nigricantia, antice cos tat a, costp superne evidentiore. Semina 



, _ r _ r , r , _„ ,.ja, colore helvolo, hilo terminali 



maximo. 



This fine species deviates somewhat from the 

 less divided calyx, the elongated flower, and the great excess of size of the outer 

 petals. The staminal process, too, is shorter than it generally is in the genus, but 

 still sufficiently distinct, and in all other characters it quite agrees with the other 

 species. 



Sect. 2. Kentia, Bl. in Fl. Java, Anon. p. 71. (Polyalthi® sectio.) 

 Petala exteriora marginibus valde incrassatis latissimis, in- 

 fra medium tantum excavata. Ovaria glabra, pellucido-glandu- 

 losa. Ovula numerosa vel definita. Semina scrobiciilata. 



13. M. elegans (H.f. et T.jj foliis oblongo-lanceolatis in acumen 

 gracile obtusum angustatis mucrojiatis basi plerumquerotiuidatis rigide 

 coriaceis subtus adpresse fulvo-pubescentibus, pedunculis axillaribus 

 solitaviis petiolum paullo superantibus, floribus parvis, carpellis parvis 

 subglobosis glabris pedicello sequilongo suffultis. — Uvaria elegans, Wall. 

 Cat. 6474 A! (nonB). 



Hab. Malaya ad Penang, Wall.! — (v. s.) 



Frutex scandens, ramosissimus. Hamuli graciles, flexuosi, rugulosi, nigricantes, 

 pimctis callosis flavidis conspersi, glabri (juniores puberuli) ; gemmae fusco-sericea. 

 Folia longiuscule petiolata, 3-4 poll, longa, \-\\ lata, petiolo £-poll M subtus pallida, 

 in sicco flavcscentia, supra pnbe rara sparsa sub lente tantum conspicua tecta. Pe- 

 dtinculi graciles, puberuli, bracteolis 2-3 minutis squamae formibus prope basin mu- 

 niti. Alabastri ovato-triquetri, fusco-sericei. Sepala miuuta, ovata, basi cohseren- 

 tia, in fructu persistentia. Petala exteriora ^-pollicaria, ovata, obtusa, extus fulvo - 

 sericea, intus cinereo-ineana, basi excavata, rubra, linea longitudinali elevata notata, 

 marginibus superne latis planis ; interiora plus qtiam dimidio minora, ovata, crassa, 

 extus convexo-carinata, incana, intus basi profunde concava, circa marginem supe- 

 riorem excavationis longe pilosa, superne triquetra, a medio ad apicem ii ma. Sta- 

 mina procc «i connectivi brevi crasso ovali apiculata. Ovaria glabra, oblonga, pel- 

 lucide glandulosa, stylo oblongo brevi. Ovula in axi 8-10, biserialia, in pulpo ni 

 dnlantia. Carpella \ poll, longa, late ovoidea, granulosa. Semina 2-6, eompressa, 

 obovata, atro-fusca, uitid biserialia, sept-is cellulosis separata, scrobieulata 



Tb elegant little species rest bles so closely i g leral app ranee M. K tii 

 (PolyaUA Kentii, Bl.), that we had without he n referred it to th >pecies, 



till the e urination of the flow bowed remarkable differences. The petals are dif- 



