112 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Assam, Chittagong, Pegu: atthe bases of the hill ranges. 
Piare 153. Mitrephora tomentosa, HZ. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, caypels 
nearly ripe; 3, section of carpel—of natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5, anthers— 
enlarged. 
9. Mrrrernora Marncay1, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 77, A tree 20 to 50 
feet high; young branches softly rufous-tomentose, afterwards glabrous, dark-coloured and 
striate. Leaves coriaceous, oblong to ovate (oblong-lanceolate in var. Kurzit), acute or 
shortly and bluntly acuminate, the base rounded or sub-cuneate; upper surface shining, 
glabrous except the pubescent midrib; under-surface glabrescent, the midrib and nerves 
thinly adpressed-pubescent (pubescent in var. Kurziz); main nerves 6 to 10 pairs, oblique, 
curving, slightly prominent beneath; length 3 to 5°5 in., breadth 1°5 to 2 in.; petiole 
-3 to ‘4 in. Flowers 1 in. or more in diam., axillary or leaf-opposed, solitary or 2 
or 3 in a multi-bracteolate and tomentose raceme; pedicels *5 to 15 in, (lengthening 
with age), bracteolate. Sepals connate into a cup, broadly ovate, acute (or obtuse in 
var.), tomentose. Petals rather thin, pale yellow mottled with red, all more or less 
pubescent outside; the outer orbicular or obovate with undulate erose edges, slightly 
narrowed, at the base (oblong in var. Kurzii); inner shorter; the outer very pubescent 
inside, vaulted, ovate or cordate with a long linear claw. Anthers numerous, short, with 
broad, flat, smooth tops. Ovaries gradually narrowed into the short style; ovules 4; 
stigma sub-capitate-discoid. Ripe carpels broadly ovoid, blunt at each end, densely tomen- 
tose, 1 in. long and *75 in. in diam.; their stalks stout, ‘75 in. long. Seeds 4, compressed. 
King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 86.—M. Teysmannii, Scheff. in Fiora Iii 
(1869), 302.—Uvaria obtusa (not of Blume), Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 1138; Hook. fil. 
Fi. Br. Ind. i. 76; Wall. Cat. 6484. | | | 
Penang,—Wallich, Curtis. Pangkore,—Curtis. Malacca,—-Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 
No. 65. Perak,—Xing’s Collector, Scortechini, Wray. Burmah,--Kurz. Distrib.—Java. 
Var. urzii. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, ‘acuminate to elliptic; peduncles of 
racemes woody, 1 in. or more long, tomentose; outer’ petals narrowly 
~ oblong. M. vandeeflora, Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 45. 
Burmah,—Kwuiz, Brandis. ea 
Allied to the Cambodian species M. Thorellit (Pierre Fl. Forest Coch.-Chine, t. 37). 
‘Prate 154, Mitrephora Maingayi; H. f. & T. 1, Flowering branch; 2, twig from 
another specimen ; 3, flower; 4, the same dissected; 5, inner petals; 6, young carpels ; 
7, ripe carpels; 8, section of ripe carpel—of natural size; 9, anthers; 10, pistils— 
enlarged, : 
3. MirrerHora cranpirtora, Beddome Ic. Pl. Ind. Or.,.t. 101; Fl. Sylwat., 4. . 75. 
A large tree; young parts minutely golden-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elliptic or 
ovate-lanceolate, shortly and bluntly acuminate, shining and glabrous above, glabrescent, 
beneath; the axils of the nerves glandular. and hairy; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 
spreading, slender; length 4 to 5 in. breadth 1°35 to .2°5 in.;. petiole ‘5 in. long. 
Peduncles 2- to 3-flowered, leaf-opposed, with a .bract below each flower. Flowers 2 to 3 
