Uvaria.] iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 51 



Northern slopes of the KHASIA HILLS, alt. 2000 ft., H.f. & T. 



A large woody climber; young parts with stellate scales. Leaves 3-8 by 1-24 i n -> 

 base rounded or acute, paler beneath ; petiole ^ in. Flowers 2 in. diam., solitary or 

 geminate ; peduncles 1 in., stellately pubescent. Petals broad-obovate, obtuse. Pos- 

 sibly a state of U, Narum. 



15. U. zeylanica, L. ; leaves lanceolate or oblong lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate thickly coriaceous quite glabrous, buds very small subglobose, 

 carpels subsessile ovoid or globose hoary. Dunal Anon. 88; DC. Prodr. 

 i. 88 ; H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 102 ; Ttiwaites Enum. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. 

 t. 78. U. coriacea, Vahl Symb. iii. 72. U. lutea, Wall. Cat. 6462 (not of 

 Roxb.}. U. Heyneana, W. & A. Prodr. 8 (not of Wall.}. Guatteria'Mala- 

 barica*Z>imaZ Anon. 134. G. iriontana, DC. Prodr. i. 94. 



MALABAR, TKAVANCOR, and CEYLON. 



A large woody climber; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 24-3| by -! in., base 

 acute, dark green and shining above, red or pale beneath ; petiole very short. Flowers 

 1 in. diam., solitary or geminate, dull red ; peduncles 4 in., terminal or leaf-opposed, 

 tomentose; bracts several, scaly. Petals oblong, acute. Carpels 4 in. 



16. U. pauciovulata, H. f. & T. ; leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse or 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous shining above paler and scaberulous beneath^ 

 pubescent on the strong nerves, racemes terminal few-flowered, carpels glo-" 

 bose mammillate tomentose long-stalked. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A flexuous shrub : branchlets bracts sepals and petals externally brown tomentose or 

 scurfy. Leaves 2-5 by 1-2^ in., rigid, coriaceous, base rounded or cordate, nerves 

 many spreading; petiole -fa in. Flowers \r i in. diam.; peduncle short, stout, 13- 

 flowered ; bracts orbicular ; buds globose. Sepals in., orbicular, connate to the middle. 

 Outer petals \^ in., orbicular-oblong, very coriaceous, glabrous within ; inner as long, 

 narrower. Torus flattish. Ovaries linear, wi'h stellate scales, base solid; style cylin- 

 dric, stigma obtuse ; ovules 1-3 superposed. Carpels 12-15, g-| in. diam., 1-2-seeded; 

 stalk 4~f i n -> slender. Seeds horizontal, compressed, testa shining. 



** Flowers small, ^ inch or less in diameter. 



17. U. micrantha, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 103; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous coriaceous, petiole very short, buds globose 

 pubescent, carpels glabrous granulate. Guatteria micrantha, A. DC. Mem. 

 42 ; Wall. Cat. 6449. Polyalthia fruticans, A. DC. I.e. 42; Wall. Cat. 643U. 



EASTERN PENINSULA ; from Ava and Tenasserim, to Penang. 



A large woody climber; young parts tomentose. Leaves 2-3 by f-1^ in., base acute, 

 midrib above ancK under surface when young slightly hairy. Flowers ^-^ in. diam., 

 white ; peduncles 1-3, 4 m , tomentose ; bracteoles 2-3, orbicular. Sepals pubescent 

 outside, persistent, not much imbricated. Carpels 15-20, 3-^ in., stalk as long. 



18. U. sumatrana, H.f.&T.; leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate membranous long-acuminate tip obtuse or acute glabrous, petiole 

 very short, flowers minute fascicled. Anaxagorea sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bait. Sup-pi, i. 382. 



ANDAMAN ISLANDS, Kurz. 



Branches slender, rough, young brown-tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by f-1^ in., base 

 rounded or subacute, midrib above tomentose; petiole very short, tomentose. Flowers 

 terminal or leaf-opposed, tomentose ; bracteole submedian, small, orbicular, tomentose. 

 Sepals ovate, acute. Petals twice as long, broad-ovate. 



19. TJ. parviflora, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 103; leaves oblong usually acu- 

 minate membranous pellucid-dotted, petiole \-\ in.j buds minute globose, 

 peduncles 1-4- flowered with several bracts. 



