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longer than the ‘sepals, thinly coriaceous, ovate-oblong or oblong, acute, pubescent 
outside, glabrous inside. Anthers sessile, *05 in. long, broadly oblong-cuneate ; connective 
produced at the apex, obliquely and broadly truncate; torus small. Curpels 4 to 12, 
almost sessile, ovoid with obtuse ends; the apex slightly mucronate, pubescent, *5 in. 
long. Seeds 3 to 6, apparently in a single row, compressed. Dunal Anon. 88; DC. 
Prodr. i. 88; H. f. §& T. Fl. Ind. 102; Thwaites’ Enum. 6; Hook. jil, Fl. Br. Ind. i. 51; 
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 
Malabarica, Dunal Anon, 1384.—G. montana, DC. T'rodr. i. 94, 
Malabar, Travancore and Ceylon ; at low elevations. 
Prater 19, Uvaria Zeylanica, Linn, 1, Flowering branch; 2, carpels—of natural 
size; 3 & 4, flowers; 5, anther; 6, ovary—enlarged. (Nos. 5 to 6 are copied from 
Beddome’s Icones, t. 78.) 
19. Uvarra mAcropopa, H. f. § Th. Fl. Ind. 101. A powerful, nearly glabrous 
climber ; young branches slender and (like the petioles) sparsely  stellate-pubescent, 
speedily becoming glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate or oblanceolate, shortly rather abruptly and obtusely acuminate, the base 
rounded or slightly cuneate; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, 
spreading, rather faint ; length 3 to 6in,, breadth 1:5 to 2 in. Peduneles extra-axillary 
or terminal, very short, about 2-flowered, densely covered with rusty scurfy tomentum 
as are the 1 to 3 rounded bracts; buds sub-globose, beaked ; flowers 1 to 1°75 in. 
in diam, Sepals sub-orbicular, mucronate, tomentose inside, granular outside, connate 
in the. lower third. Jetals longer than the sepals, oval-oblong, sub-obtuse, their apices 
sub-inflexed, sometimes united at the base, rather fleshy, tomentose outside, pubescent 
inside. Anthers sub-sessile ; the connective at the apex truncate. Ovaries longer than the 
anthers, pubescent. Zorus sub-globose. Carpels numerous, on thin clavate stalks 3 to 6 
in. long, oblong, mucronate, glabrous, 3-ribbed, granular, reddish when ripe, 1 to 2 
in. long. Seeds oblong, compressed, smooth. Thwattes’ Enum. Pl. Ceyl. 6; Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. i. 50; Beddome Ic. Pi. Ind. Or., t. 79.—? Uvaria eucincta, Bedd. uss. 
Forests. in Central and Eastern Ceylon. S. India; hills west of Russelkonda,— 
Beddome. : 
Prats 20, Uvaria macropoda, H. f. § Th. 1, Flowering branch—of natural size ; 
2, calyx, stamens and pistils; 3 & 4, anthers; 5 & 6, ovaries—enlarged, (Nos. 2 to 6 
are copied from Beddome 1, ¢., t. 79.) : 
Prate 20 sis. Uvaria macropoda, H. f. & Th. 7, Ripe fruit; 8, seed—of natural 
size; 9, section of seed; 10 & 11, embryo—enlarged. (Nos. 7 to 11 are copied from a 
drawing made in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, Ceylon, and kindly 
lent to me by my friend Dr, H. Trimen, F.x-s.) 
20. Uvarta Narom, Wall. Cat. 6473 (in part). A large climber; young branches 
slender, dark-coloured ; all parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, rarely slightly oblanceolate, acute, or shortly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate; 
both surfaces glabrous, the lower darker; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, very 
faint, reticulations minute, distinct; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1 to 1°6 in.; petiole 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catcurta Vou. IY. 
