14 ANNALS OF. THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Sepals triangular, blunt, spreading. ‘Petals as in C. Scortechinii; connective of stamens 
forming at the apex a thick imcurving point. Ovaries as mm ©. Scortechinit, buat with 
conical stigmas. Cymes of female flowers much shorter than those of the hermaphrodite, 
dichotomous, few-flowered, about 1°5 in. long (of which the peduncle is 1 in.), slightly 
rufous-pubescent ; bracts few, lanceolate. Flowers about ‘4 in. in diam. when open ; buds 
conical. Sepals broadly triangular, cordate, acute, spreading, pubescent. Petals coriaceous, 
eranular-pubescent, concave; the outer broadly ovate-triangular, the apex sub-acute, m- 
curved in bud; the inner row smaller, narrower, erect, connivent. S~amens absent. 
Ovaries as in the hermaphrodite, but the stigma larger, and not conical. — 
Upper Perak,—Wray No. 3468. 
A remarkable species, of which I have seen only Wray’s incomplete specimens. 
These specimens are accompanied by some loose young carpels, ovate-globular, oblique, 
with persistent recurved styles, and a single or at most two seeds. If these carpels 
really belong to the specimen, the definition of the genus will have to be modified. 
The structure of both the hermaphrodite and pistillate flowers agrees perfectly with that 
of the other species above described. _ } | 
Puare 41, Cyathostemma acuminatum, King. 1, Pee 2, hermaphrodite 
inflorescence ; 8, female inflorescence ; 4, ripe carpels—of natural size ; 5, hermaphrodite 
flower from below; 6, the same from above; 7, male flower dieecial- 8, anthers from 
hermaphrodite flower; 9, abortive ovaries from the same; 10, female owes dissected ; 
11, abortive anthers from female flower; 12, perfect ovaries from female flower—enlarged. 
5. Uvaria, Linn. 
Scandent or sarmentose shrubs, usually stellately pubescent. Flowers terminal or 
leaf-opposed, rarely axillary, cymose, fascicled or solitary, yellow, purple or brown. 
Sepals 3, often connate below, valvate. Petals 6, orbicular, oval or oblong, imbricate in 
2 rows, sometimes connate at the base. Stamens indefinite; top of connective ovoid- 
oblong, truncate or sub-foliaceous. Torus depressed, pubescent or tomentose. Ovaries in- 
definite, lmear-oblong ; style short, thick ; ovules many, 2-seriate, rarely few or 1-seriate. 
Ripe carpels many, dry or berried, few- or many-seeded. 
Distrib.—About 110 species: many tropical Asiatic, a few African species, and some 
Australian. . 
A genus chienctersed by the eee large hoee flowers with imbricate rosaceous 
corolla; allied to the American genus Guatieria, Ruiz and Pavon (Cananga, Aubl. ), and 
_ distinguished from it chiefly by its multi-ovulate ovaries. 
- Flowers more than ‘5 in. in diam. &: 
Connective of anthers slightly produced at the apex, compressed, oblique. 
Carpels stalked, oblong, rugulose . . . 5 4b Le Weare 
Carpels sessile, cuneate-obovate, the apex tron ae eabapoaites » 2. U, sphenocarpa. 
-Carpels ovoid to sub-globular. 
Carpels 1:5 to 2:25 in. long, not buberenl pulpy. 
Carpels tomentose eM ee OS Ie tigre 
Cavpels PIpUrdUs os ok Wik]. iy, 2 eee . 4. UT. bracteata, 
