26 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
the apex. Aathers sessile, angled; the tive projecting beyond the apex, broadly 
truncate, almost peltate. Ovaries (jide Scortechini) “several, with few stellate hairs, 
2—3-ovuled ; style cylindric, curved, glabrous.” Fruit unknown. é 
Perak,—Scortechini No. 1990. 
Scortechini’s are the only specimens I have seen, and they have flowers only. 
Pirate 17. Uvaria Scortechinii, King. 1, Branch with terminal flowers; 2, panicle; 
3 & 4, buds; 5, flower dissected—of natural size; 6, anthers—enlarged. 
17. Uvaria miorantua, H. f. §& Th. Fl. Ind. 103. A large climber; young branches 
slender, at first softly rufous-tomentose, afterwards glabrous, striate, and dark-coloured 
with pale warts. eaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded 
or slightly cuneate; both surfaces glabrous except the rufous-pubescent midrib; main 
nerves scarcely visible (even when dry), 12 to 15 pairs, spreading; length of blade 2°5 to 
5-5 in., breadth °8 to 1-4 in.; petiole *15 in. Peduncles terminal or extra-axillary, very 
short, 2- to 4- flowered, softly rufous-tomentose ; bracts more or less orbicular ; buds 
globose, slightly pointed, :15 in. in diam.; flowers 4 in. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund, 
densely pubescent outside, sub-glabrous inside. Petals broadly ovate, sub-obtuse, granular 
and minutely tomentose outside, pubescent inside. Ripe carpels numerous, stalked, ovoid- 
elobose, rounded at each end, glabrous, 2- to 4-seeded. Seeds plano-convex, smooth. 
Hook, fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 51; Kure Fl. Burm. i. 22; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1. pt. 2,: 26 ; 
King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 21.—? Uvaria sumatrana, Kurz Andam. Report 
29; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 51,—? Uvaria elegans, Wall. Cat. 6474 B.—QGuatteria 
micrantha, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 42; Wail. Cat. 6449.—Polyalthia fruticans, A. DC. 1. 
ce, 42; Wall. Cat. 6430.—Anaxagorea sumatrana, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 382. 
~ Burmah, Malacca, Penang. Distrib.—Sumatra. 
As regards leaves, this closely resembles Popowia nilida, King—a plant of the 
Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and there is reason to believe that some specimens 
of that Popowia trom those islands have been issued from the Calcutta Herbarium 
as Uvaria micrantha. J am also of opinion that Uvaria sumatrana, Kurz Andaman 
Report, 29, and of Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 51, is possibly Popowia nitida, 
King. 
Prare 18. Uvaria micrantha, H. f § Th. 1, Branch with flowers; 2, ripe carpels 
(from Wall. Cat, 6474B.)—of natural size ; 3, flower dissected—enlarged ; 4 & 5, anthers ; 
6 & 7, pistils—much enlarged. , | 
18. Uvarta Zeyianica, Linn. 756. A large climber; young branches very slender, 
rufous-tomentose; speedily becoming glabrous, cinereous and striate. Leaves coriaceous, 
small, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rather bluntly acuminate or ‘acute, the base 
cuneate, rarely rounded ; both surfaces quite glabrous; the upper shining, the lower 
dull and dark-coloured, the midrib prominent on the lower surface; the 8 to 10 pairs 
of spreading, slender nerves almost invisible on either, even when dry ; length 2°25 to 
3 in., breadth -75 to 1-1 in.; petiole -1 in. Peduneles terminal or extra-axillary, °3 to °4 
in. long, rufous-tomentose, 1- or 2-flowered; bracts 1 or 2, small, oblong. scaly or 
glabrous; buds ovoid-globose or globose, :15 in, in diam.; flowers -65 to °8 ahs in diam. 
Sepals membranous, rotund-ovate, sub-obtuse, spreading, minutely scaly. Petals much 
