ANONACE OF BRITISH INDIA. 3t 
sub-acute, united half-way. Petals nearly three times as Jong as the sepals, sub- 
coriaceous, broadly oval, slightly obovate, sub-acute,, minutely pubescent.  Anthers 
sub-sessile; the connective produced beyond the apices, flattened and truncate, 3 outer 
anthers barren. Zorus hispidulous, ipe carpels smooth, globular when 1-seeded and 
about °25 in. in diam., sub-moniliform and ‘4 to °65 in. long when several-seeded, 
always apiculate. Seeds globular, slightly excavated at the base. Mig. Aun. Mus. Lugd. 
Bat. ii. 8; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 23. 
Perak,—Scortechint No. 121. Distrib—E. Sumatra. 
The Perak specimens of this plant agree perfectly with those from Sumatra on 
which the species was founded. It is allied to U. helerocarpa, Bl, to U. rufu, BI., and 
also to UU. timorensis. 
Piatt 27A. Uvaria astrosticta, Wig. 1, Branch with buds and flowers; 3, ripe fruit ; 
4, secd—of natural size ; 2, flower dissected and slightly enlarged; 5 & 6, outer stamens ; 
‘7 & 8, mner stameus—much enlarged. 
26. Uvarta prycHocaLyx, Mig. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 4. A powerful climber ; 
young branches and petioles covered with minute, loose, rufous, stellate tomentum. 
Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, usually slightly obovate, shortly sharply and rather 
abruptly acuminate, narrowed in the lower half to the rounded, rarely cordate, base; 
upper surface (when adult) nearly glabrous, except the tomentose midrib and main 
nerves; lower glabrescent, except the stellate-pubescent midrib and 13 to 16. sub- 
ascending, rather straight, thin but prominent nerves; length of blade 7 to 9 in, 
breadth 2°75 to 4 in.; petiole *2 to *3 in. Peduncles +35 to ‘5 in. long, extra-axillary, 
2. to 3-flowered, “with a large leaf-lke tomentose bract at the base of each pedicel 
and a bracteole under the calyx” (H. f.); flower 1:25 in. in diam. Sepals connate 
half-way up into a densely tomentose cup with sub-plicate margins. Petals oval or 
obovate-oblong, obtuse, fleshy, dull reddish-purple, sub-tubercular, pubescent. Carpels on 
long stalks, ovoid-globose, tubercled, minutely rusty-tomentose, ‘75 in. long and a little 
jess in. diam. ; stalks 1 to 1:25 in. long, tomentose. Seeds 6 to 8, oval, flat, shining, 
blackish. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 49; Kurz Fl. Burm. i, 28. 
Burmah (Province Pegui,—Kurz. Distrib.—Sumatra, Borneo. 
I haye seen only the fruiting specimens of this collected in Pegu by Kurz and to 
which he gave the MSS. name U. tuberculata. But for the globose tubercled carpels, 
these specimens might be referred to U. macrophylia, Roxb. These Burmese specimens 
have been accepted at Kew as identical with the type specimens of UW. ptychocalyx 
collected in Borneo and Sumatra. | 
PuaTe 28. Uvaria ptychocalyx, Mig. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower seen from 
below; 8, ripe carpels; 4, section of ripe carpel—of natural size; 5, flower dissected ; 
6, anther; 7, pistil—enlarged. 
27. UVARIA SUB-REPANDA, Wall. Cat. 6483. A climber; young branches very slender, 
rather sparsely scurfy-pubescent. Leaves membranous, oblong or obovate-oblong, acute, 
the base rounded; upper surface shining, glabrous except the pubescent midrib; under- 
surface pale, yellowish-brown when dry, dull, at first puberulous, ultimately quite 
glabrous, including the midrib; the reticulations distinct ; main nerves 10 to 14 puirs, 
