Unona.] flora indica. 133 



go-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis basi rotundatis vel cordatis rarius acutis 

 apice plerumque acutis supra glaberrimi9 nitidis subtus glaucis glabris 

 vel sparse pubescentibus, pedunculis extra-axillaribus, petalis e basi 

 lata lanceolatis apice obtusiusculis sericeis vel subglabris, carpellis 1-6- 

 articulatis. — Dunal, Anon. Ill; DC. Syst. i. 494, Prod. i. 90; Alph. 

 DC. Mem. 28 ; Wall. Cat. 6420 ! excl. B, E, F ; Roxb. II. Ind. ii. 669 ; 

 Bl.l PL Java, Anon. 53; W. et A.! Prod. i. 9. U. Chinensis, DC. 

 Syst. i. 495, Prod. i. 90. U. Amherstiana, A. DC. Mem. 28 ; Wall. 

 Cat. 6424 ! U. laevigata, Wall. Cat. 6428 ! U. biglandulosa, Bl. 



, U. undulata. Wall./ Plant. As. Par. iii. t. 265. U. Rox- 



burghiana, Wall. Cat. 6423 B ! (non A). U. Lessertiana, Dun. Anon. 

 107. t. 26 ; DC. Syst. i. 492, Prod. i. 90. Uvaria cordifolia, Roxb. 

 PI. hid. ii. 662? Desmos Chinensis, Lour.! 



a. pubijlora ; foliis late lineari-oblongis acuminatis saepe 5-7-poll. 

 basi cordatis, floribus sericeis. (U. discolor, Auct.) 



/3. laevigata ; foliis oblongis vel lanceolatis plerumque 3-4-polli- 

 caribus basi rotundatis, floribus glabrescentibus. (U. Chinensis, Auct. 

 U. undulata, Wall.) 



y. pubescens; foliis subtus dense pubescentibus secus costain to- 

 mentosis. 



8. latifolia; foliis late ovalibus. (U. discolor, bracteata, Plume, 

 Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 26, 31 A quoad folia.) 



Hab. Per totam Indiam australiorem et huraidiorem in sylvis tro- 

 picis : Malaya ! Tenasserim ! Ava ! Chittagong ! Sikkim ! secus basin 

 Himalaya ; Concan ! Orissa ! Carnatica ; Zeylania ! — (v. v.) 



Dtstrib. Java, China austr. 



Frutex vel arbor mediocri9. Rami divaricati, nigro-fusci, tuberculis albi9 con- 

 spersi ; partes novelise pube aureo-fuscescente subsericese. Folia in sicco srepe ni- 

 gricantia, 2-8 poll, (plerumque 4-5) longa, l-2£ lata, petiolo vix i-poll. Fedunculi 

 graciles, 1-2 poll, longi, infra medium bracteolam oblongam vel lanceolatam 1-3 

 lineas longam (rarius foliaceain 1-2-pollicarem) deciduam gerentes. Flores solitarii, 

 nutantes, sordide virentes, demum flaveseentes vel ochroleaci. Sepala basi vix coa- 

 lita, membranacea, punctis glandulosis conspersa, sericeo-pubescentia vel subglabra, 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta, seniipollicaria, Feta/a demum 2-pollicaria et ultra, interiora 

 angustiora et plerumque paullo breviora. Stamina obloriga, antheranim loculis in- 

 sequalibus, interioribus brevioribus, connectivo in processum ovalem producto. Torus 

 depressus, medio aliquot excavatus. Ovaria 5-6-ovulata. Fedunculus fructifer 

 sa?pe incrassatus. Torus incrassatus, globosus. Carpella plurima, pedicello ^--1- 

 pollicem lougo suffulta. Articuli late ovales, 1-6, pisi magnitudine, utrinque ob- 

 tusi, ultimus apiculatus, rugulosi, demum baccati, viridi-piirpurascentes. 



We have described at considerable length this very variable plant, in order to 

 bring to notice as far as possible the various forms which it assumes. It has been 

 well pointed out by Blume that the most difFerent forms of leaves occur on the same 

 tree, and often on the same specimen. The various degrees of pubescence of the 

 flower seem somewhat more constant, the glabrous state being that common in 

 China, while the pubescent-flowered form is that generally found in India. Wallich 

 however, does not hint that his V. laevigata is of Chinese origin. The very pubescent 

 state 7, from the base of the Sikkim Himalaya, is only known to us in fruit and 

 the flowers may possibly prove it to be a distinct species. The variety B is avery 

 remarkable one, but the leaves are not always of that extreme width, but pass by in- 

 sensible gradations into the ordinary state. In the specimen figured by Blume the 



