Vvaria.} iv. ANONACE2E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 49 



y. Leaves glabrous, except on the nerves. 



6. IT. bracteata, Roocb. Fl. Ind. ii. 660 ; leaves oblong or obovate-ob- 

 long acute or shortly acuminate, peduncle 1-2-flowered, bract median leafy 

 petioled, carpels subsessile oblong obtuse young tomentose. Wail. Cat. 

 6468; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 100. U. Gomeziana, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 27; 

 Wall. Cat. 6459. 



EASTERN BENGAL, from Silhet, Roxburgh ; to Tenasserim. Wallich. 



A large woody climber; young branches tomentose. Leaves 4-7 by lf-2^ in., base 

 rounded, thin, lirm, glabrous except the midrib and nerves beneath ; petiole -4 in., 

 tomentose. Flowers 4 in. diam., pale yellow ; peduncles ^ in., leaf-opposed ; bract 2 in., 

 oblong or ovate. Sepals connate to the middle, pubescent. Carpels 1-2 in. 



7. U. Lobbiana, H. /. & T. FL Ind. 100 ; leaves oblong or obovate- 

 oblong obtuse acute or mucronate glabrous, peduncle 2-4-flowered, bract 

 small cordate amplexicaul at the fork, carpels obliquely ovoid long-stalked 

 tubercled. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay, and SINGAPORE, Lolb. 



A large woody climber; branchlets pubescent. Leives 4-7 by lf-3 in., base 

 rounded or subcordate, thin, coriaceous, midrib and under surface with sometimes a 

 few stellate hairs; petiole |-g in. Flowers 1 in. diam., purplish-brown; buds globose; 

 peduncles terminal and leaf-opposed, pedicels bracteolate ; bracts and bracteoles abont 

 ^ in. ^Sepals connate for their length into a wavy cup. Petals broad-oval, tomeutose, 

 warted on both surfaces. Carpels 1 in., tomentose. Near U. ptychocalyx, Miq. 



** Peduncles S-e^flowered, leaf-opposed. (See 3, didcis and 7, Lobbiana.) 



8. U. macrophylla, Roxb. FL Ind. ii. 663 ; leaves oblong or obovate- 

 oblong abruptly acuminate, glabrous or stellate-pubescent beneath, peduncle 

 many-flowered, bracts small oval basal, carpels ovoid or oblong glabrous 

 sessile or stalked. Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 122 ; Cat. 6487 ; H.f. & T. FL Ind. 

 97 : Beddorw Ic PL Ind. Or. t. 81. U. cordata, Wall. Cat. 6486. Guatteria 

 cordata, Dunal Anon. 129, t. 30 ; DC. Prodr. i. 93. 



EASTERN BENGAL, from Silhet to Ava and Sincapore ; South- Eastern districts of 

 CEYLON. DISTRIB. Java. 



A large sarmentose shrub ; young parts tomentose. Leaves 6-12 by 3-6 in., base 

 cordate, nerves above tomentose ; petiole J-^ in. Flowers 1^ in. diam., reddish-brown ; 

 peduncles 1 in., and bracts tomentose ; pedicels short ; bracteole snpramedian. Petals 

 broad-oval, pubescent. Carpels 1-1 g in., berried, sometimes shorter than their stalk. 

 1 he Borneo and Philippine specimens formerly identified with this, we refer to U. 

 ovalifolia, Blume. 



9. U. semecarpifolia, H. f. & T. FL Ind. 97 ; leaves oblong or ob- 

 ovate-oblong obtuse or mucronate rarely acute very thick stellate-pubescent 

 beneath, peduncle 3-6-nowered, bracts at the forks scaly, carpels shortly 

 stalked smooth tomentose. Tliwaites Enum. 6 j Beddorne Ic. PL Ind. Or. 

 t. 82. 



MALACCA, Griffith ; tropical forests of Central and S. E. CEYLON. 



A woody climber ; branches tomentose. Leaves 6-10 by 2^-4^ in., slightly cordate, 

 nerves above pubescent ; petiole J in. Flowers 1-1^ in. diam., greenish-brown ; pe- 

 duncles ^ in., leaf-opposed, tomentose. Petal* broad-o\al, hoary. Carpels I in. diam., 

 subglobose. Malacca specimens have more distant nerves than Ceylon ones. 



10. U. ptychocalyx, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 4 ; leaves oblong 

 or obovate-oblong obtuse or abruptly acuminate stellately hairy beneath at 

 length glabrous, peduncle 2-3-flovvered with a large leafy bract at the base 



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