124 ANNALS OF .THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Outer petals concave, 
Pedicels slender, much longer than the flowers . . . ‘ 3. O. filipes. 
Pedicels shorter than the flowers. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic, more or less obovate, blunt. 
Sepals elliptic, nearly half as long as the petals » 4. O. calycina. 
Sepals sub-orbicular or slightly triangular, minute . 
oF 
O. latifolia. 
Leaves oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, not 
a obovate, acute or acuminate. 
Outer petals expanded and concave in the lower half; inner os 
similar in shape to, but only half as long as, the outer 
Outer petals expanded and concave in the lower third; the inner 
only one-fourth as long as the outer, very acuminate . 
Outer petals narrowly linear-lanceolate, TE expanded and 
concave at the very base 
Of doubtful position . é ’ ‘ . 
jor) 
. O. Maclellandi. 
oN 
» O. biglandulosa. 
“ 
O. glauca. 
O. unoneflora. 
as 
1, Oxymirra FornicaTa, H. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. 146; Hook. fil. Fi. Br. Ind. i. 71. 
A climber; young branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong-lanceolate, 
acute or shortly acuminate, the base slightly narrowed or rounded; upper surface 
shining, glabrous except the pubescent midrib; the lower slightly glaucous, sparsely 
hoary-pubescent, the midrib and hairs thickly pubescent; main nerves‘15 to 18 pairs, 
oblique, rather straight; length 5°5 to 7°d in., breadth 1°5 to 2 in.; petiole °25 in., 
pubescent. Flowers solitary ; the pedicels only about °25 to °5 in. ee with a large 
oblong deciduous median bract, tomentose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, membranous, 
adpressed rusty-pubescent veined, about °65 m. long. Petais yellow, very unequal, 
flat; the outer thin, oblong-lanceolate, 1:75 to 2 in. long, about 3- to 5-nerved, 
adpressed, rusty-tomentose; the inner ovate, acute, connivent, concave at the base, 
°35 in. long. Ripe carpels cylindric, slightly tapermg at each end, sub-sessile, 
puberulous, -75 to 1 in. long and -25 in. in diam. Kurz For. Fl. Burm. i. 41.— 
Unona Roxburghiana, Wall. “Cat. 6423A.—Uvaria fornicata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 662. 
Sylhet and Assam; Chittagong Hills: at low elevations. Andamans? 
Of the plant aie by Helfer and Kurz in the Andamans, and which has been 
referred to this species, I have seen no sufficiently good specimens to warrant me in 
so referring it. They may belong to species closely allied to 0. glauca, 
Prats 156B. Oxymitra fornicata, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe 
carpels; 3, flower with two of the outer petals removed 
4, outer peal natural 
size; 5, anther; 6, pistil—enlarged. ? 
2. Oxymirra AFFINis, Hook. fl, & Thoms. FL Br. Inds iv 70. A Sead shrub 
‘or climber; young | ~branches at first densely rusty-tomentose, afterwards dark-coloured 
and glabrous. Leaves membranous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, sometimes slightly 
obovate, acute or very shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse, the base rounded or slightly 
‘narrowed; upper surface shining, minutely scaly, glabrous except the pubescent mid- 
rib; dnderceavtie slightly glaucous, pubescent especially on the midrib and nerves; 
main nerves 8 to 14 pairs, spreading, ascending, rather prominent on the lower 
