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connective very slightly produced. Ovaries compressed, tomentose. Carpels sessile, cuneate- 
obovate, the broad convex apex boldly tuberculate and ferruginous-tomentose; the sides 
not tuberculate and less tomentose, nearly 1 in, long and ‘75 in. broad at the apex. 
Thwaites’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 6; Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or., t. 80. 
Ceylon ; in hill forests ascending to 1,500 feet. 
Pirate 5. Uvaria sphenocarpa, HZ. f, § Th. 1, Branch with unripe fruit; 2, broader 
eaf from another specimen ; 3 & 4, flowers; 11, ripe carpels—of natural size; 5 & 6, 
flowers; 7 & 8, stamens; 9 & 10, ovaries—enlarged. (Nos. 1 and 11 are drawn from 
Thwaites’ C. P. No. 1045. Nos. 2 to 10 are copied from Beddome’s Fl. Sylvatica.) 
3. Uvarta Hamintoni, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 96. A powerful climber ; 
young branches slender, softly rufous-tomentose, becoming glabrous. Leaves membranous, 
elliptic-oblong to elliptic, sometimes slightly obovate, acuminate; the base narrowed or 
rounded, sometimes slightly unequal, never cordate; upper surface adpressed-pubescent, 
almost glabrous when old, the midrib minutely rufous-tomentose; lower surface softly 
stellate-tomentose ; main nerves 14 to 17 pairs, spreading, rather prominent beneath ; 
length of blade 4 to 8 in., breadth 2-25 to 3-5 in.; petiole +15 to +2 in. Peduncles solitary 
or 2 to 3 together, ‘75 to 1°75 in. long, extra-axillary, 1-flowered; flowers 1°5 to 2°5 in. 
in diam.; bract single, sub-orbicular, rufous-tomentose outside, shortly hispid inside; buds 
turbinate, tomentose. Sepals broadly triangular, ultimately reflexed, membranous. Peéais 
much longer than the sepals, coriaceous, obovate, the apices obtuse and incurved, 
minutely tomentose on both surfaces, brick-red.  Anthers sub-sessile, equal, obliquely 
truncate at the apex, ‘15 to *2 in. long. Ovaries slightly shorter than the stamens, 
compressed, pubescent. Zorus hemispheric, tomentose, pitted when adult. Ripe carpels on 
long slender stalks, ovoid to sub-globular, about 1°5 in. long and 1 in. in diam. when 
fresh, tomentose, scarlet; when dry slightly constricted between the seeds; stalks slender, 
tomentose, to 1 to 1:5 in. long. Seeds about 6, flat, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
i. 48; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 13.—U. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 6485E. 
In the forests at the base of the Eastern Himalaya; Madhopore Forest in Eastern 
Bengal; Assam; Khasia; Shan Hills (Prazer). 
Var. Kurzii, King. Leaves with broader bases, often minutely cordate; fewer 
nerves (12 to 14 pairs); smaller flowers (1:3 in. in diam.) on shorter 
pedicels (1 to 1:25 in.); petals yellowish, ovate-oblong. 
South Andaman ;—Xurz, King’s Collector. 
This was referred by Kurz, who first collected it, to U. macrophylla, Roxb., then to 
U. purpurea, Bl.; but was finally considered by him as “altogether doubtful.” The 
fuller materials recently received show it to be, in my opinion, a very distinct variety 
of U. Hamiitoni, allied no doubt to U. purpurea, BI., but a much larger plant with 
smaller flowers and more globular fruit. 
Prats 6. Uvaria Hamiltoni, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower; 
3, peduncle and bud with bract; 4, bud seen from above; 5, ripe fruit; 6, vertical 
section of a ripe carpel; 7, seed; 8, mass of stamens seen from the side—all of 
natural size; 9, stamen—siightly enlarged. | 
Ann. Roy. Bot. Garp. Caucutra Vou. LY. 
