28 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
15 to °25 in. Peduneles terminal, 1°75 to 2 in. long, slenaer, sparsely ok Hon 
ebracteolate, 1-flowered ; buds depressed-globose, minutely eee a ae ae 
1 in. in diam. Sepals rotund-ovate, conjoined in their lower third, reflexed, minutely 
pee Petals much larger than the sepals, ovate-rotund, ee a is ett 
minutely tomentose. Anthers with the connective produced at the ee roa : sar : 
“Torus depressed-globose. Carpels very numerous, on long ccieee ae io ; eens 
each end, slightly torulose, elabrous, scarlet, ‘4 to ‘9 in. long an - : e i 
Seeds in a single row, 4 or 4, oval, smooth, compressed, peas only 2 | . : 
plano-convex. W. § A. Prod. 9; Hook, il. § Thoms. £l Ind. 102 (in cael - 
and Gibs. Fl. Bomb. 3; Hook. fil. Fl, Br. Ind. i. 50 (excl. var. 2); Thwartes ue f 
Ceyl. 6.—Uvaria lurida, Dak. § Gibs, (not of H. TAG Ly Be Sie ae jh 
Narum, Dunal Anon. 99; DC, Prod. i. 89 (both in part)—U. Zeylanica, Lam. (not of 
Dee Central Province up to 4,000 feet: common. Malabar. 
Piare 21. Uvaria Narum, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, bud; 3, carpels; 
4, vertical section of carpel; 5, seed—all of natural size. 
21. Uvarta Hooxert, King. A climber; all parts except the inflorescence glabrous. 
Leaves as in U. Narum, but longer (6 to 9 in.) Flowers as in U. Narum, but. ee 
(1 to 15 in. in diam.) Curpels ovoid, tapering to each end, their peduncles thick, 1:5 
to 2 in. long. Seeds in two rows, otherwise as in U, Nurum. U. N arum, Wall Cat. 
6473 (in part); Wight Ill. 19, t. 6; Hook, fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 102 (in part); Hook. 
fil. Fl. Ind., var. 2 macrophylla; Dalz. & Gibs. Fl. Bomb. _8.—Unona Narum, Dunal 
Anon. 99, and DC. Prod. i. 89, both (in part)—? U. Zeylanica, Lam. (not of Linn.) 
Forests of the Western Ghats im the Presidencies both of Bombay and Madras. 
In their Flora Indica (p. 102) Hook. fil. & Th. suggested that two species might 
be mixed up under U. Narum, the one with only a single row of seeds in its carpels, 
the other with (as is usual in the genus) a double row of seeds. In the Flora of 
British India two varieties of U. Narum are recognised, the second of which (macro- 
phylia) is characterised by the thick stalks of its carpels. The thick stalk is so invari- 
ably associated with ovoid carpels tapering to each end and having a double row of 
seeds that I think this variety is worthy of specific rank, and I therefore venture to 
treat it aS a species. 
Prats 22. Uvaria Hookeri, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, young fruit; 3, two 
carpels not quite ripe—of nutural size; 4, 5, & 6, flowers; 7, anthers—enlarged. 
22. Uvarta Luripa, H.f. & Th. Fl. Ind. 101 (excl. var. 8). A large climber ; young 
parts with minute stellate rusty scales; the older branchlets dark-coloured, striate. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, 
the base rounded or cuneate; both 
surfaces glabrous when adult and finely reticulate; 
the lower puberulous when young; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, faint; length 
4 to 8 in, breadth 15 to 2:5 in; petiole -2 to *3 in. Peduncles terminal or extra- 
axillary, about 1 in. long (longer in fruit), roughly _ stellate, 
ebracteolate; buds depressed-globose. 
acute, spreading, 
scaly and tomentose, 
Flowers 2°25 in. in diam. Sepals 3, broadly-ovate, 
connate at the base into a flattish cup 1:3 in. in diam., rough, 
