52 iv. ANONACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [ Ucaria. 



PENANG, Phillips. 



A slender woody climber ; branchlets glabrous ; buds tomentose. Leaves 4-6 by 

 H-2 in., base acute, nerves reticulate. Flowers very minute; peduncle about 4 i-, 

 leaf-opposed or nearly so ; bracts alternate; pedicels ^-J, in., puberulous ; bracteole 

 submedian, linear ollong. Sepals orbicular, pubescent. Petals ovate, acute. 



U. SCLEROCARPA, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 27; Wall Cat. 6461, from Moulmein, is a 

 very doubtful plant, of which the ilower is unknown and fruit immature. 



3. ELLIFEIA, H. f. <k T. 



Characters of Uvaria, but differing in the oblong stylo, solitary yentral 

 or tiubbasal ovule, and 1-seeded carpels. DISTRIH. Malayan Peninsula and 

 Archipelago; species 5 or 6 Reduced to / Daillon. 



1. E. cuneifolia, //./. <( T. FL I ml. 104; leaves oblong or obovate- 

 pblong abruptly acuminate glabnuis above t< ineiitusc beneath, llowrrs 

 in terminal panicles, carpels tomentose oblong obtu-e. lln,,k. /,-. /V. t. 1025. 



MALACCA, Gri/it)i, Mui"(j<iif. 



woody, browii-toiuent' tt 6-8 by 2-3 in., firm, ooriaceooi 



ponnded or Bubcordate, shining above except the toinentoae midrib ; petiole j in. /v 



y tomentose; lu;i.t> :it each fork oblong or ovate; bracteole under 

 the cab x, orbicular. Fl<>ii;-rs 1 4 in. diam., densely tomentose. L' 'u., with 



a lateral inucro ; stalk 1 in. 



2. E. ferrug-inea, //./. & T. ; leaves oblong or obovate acute or obtuse 

 apprr.-sel jtubescent above densely stellate tomentose bciicut h, ili\\ci> 

 solitai'V terminal or leaf-opposed, carpels btc'llate tomcntose. Uvaria t'erru- 

 ginea, I/am.; ll.f. <(' T. /'/. I ml. !Hi. 



Kon'MS ..f AVA :it M.-a.l.-iy, //tmiilton ; ami I'l-cr. Kurz. 



Sciimirnt ; branclies slender, brown-tomi-nt. ' v 3-6 by 1^-34 in.; petiole 



^ | in., brown-tomentoae. / '/.// /.> 1 \ L 4 in. diam., giev pubescent; p<-dunci.- 



bractfl Subioedian, olilon^ or lanceolate, deciduous. in., broail o\ate, acute. 



Pitalx :'| in., oval. ('</rjnl* many, slu.i tly stalk<;d. il. Km/ sends detached fruits, 

 from which the description is taken. 



3. E. glabra, II. f. <( T. ; leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong shortly acu- 

 minate quite coriaceous glabrous <m l),.th surfaces, cymes axillary 3-5- 

 flowered, carj)els subglobo.se, stalk slender. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



A tree; branchlets and inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves 4-5^ by 1 ? in., 

 base rounded or acute, rigid above, hardly shining, beneath raiher paler, veins str6ug 

 arched; petiole ]-^ in., glabrous. Fln:<rx H i)i. diam., c\im-s 1 I .J, in. ; j).-dmi. 

 short; pedicels longer; bracteole oblong, i-am:.lexicau], recurved. tit'jmlx ^ in., ovate. 

 lanceolate 1 , acute, recurved. J\ taf.-i ilai, not clawed, outer 1 in. obovate-lanceolate, 

 subacute ; inner shorter, obovate, obtuse, fh-tin'cx giabinu- b' low, solid and strigose 

 above; ovule 1, erect (Maingay). r/-y,,7< ;| in., walls thin; stalk f-1^ in., slender. 

 tiecd oblong, pale, girt with a deep longitudinal furrow. Very different in habit from 

 its congeners. 



4. E. nervosa, II. f. & T. ; branches glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 lanceolate tinely acuminate coriaceous glabrous pale, nerves beneath strong 

 oblique, flowers solitary extra-axillary polygamous, carpels glabrous stalk 

 stout. 



MALACCA, Ma'mgay. 



Branches stout. Leaves 6-10 by 2|-3 in., base acute, nerves very oblique, faint above ; 



