Uvaria.} ANONACE®, 199 
44. Uvaria Linn. 
Scandent shrubs; leaves dull, pubescence stellate. Flowers 
terminal or leaf-opposed, rarely axillary, solitary or in cymes or fas- 
cicles, yellow, purple or brown. Se epals 3, valvate, often connate 
ow. Petals 6, imbricate, in 2 series, orbicular, ovate or oblong, 
Sometimes connate at the base. Stamens numerous ; connective 
ovate-oblong, truncate, or subfoliaceous. Thalamus depressed, 
tomentose. Carpels many, linear- -oblong; style aban rt, thick ; 
ovules numerous, 2-seriate, rarely few, l-seriate. Fruit a h 
of numerous dry or berry- -like free ripe carpels, each few- fe many- 
seeded. 
Leaves more or legs pubescent :— 
Leaves over 6 in. long, sparsely pubescent beneath ; -agetetg at least 
15 in. across ; carpels at least an inch long, many- 
Peduncles 1~2-fid. ; flowers 2in. across, brick-red, pati (1 in.) 
longer than buds ; canes globose or vey shorter than the 1-5 in. 
long stipe Hamiltoni 
Pidtholes: wae. -fid.; flowers 2in. across, dull purple-red, pedicels 
eg shorter than buds; carpels oblong, exceeding the °4 in. long 
stipe macrophylla 
Leaves under 6 in. long, densely velvety beneath ; peduncles 1-2-fid.; 
flowers under 1:5 in. across; carpels less than °5 in. long, sree 
ovoid, with very short stipe; 1-2- pia ieisieatcsiakseee 
Leaves quite glabrous on both sides, 4-9 in. long; flowers 1 in. across ; 
carpels 1 in. long, ovoid or oblong, stalk over 1 in. long ........+-+ Hookeri 
17. Uvarta Hamtitonr Hook. f. & Thoms.; F. B. 1 i. 48 
Behar, Monghyr; N. Bengal; E. Bengal, Madhupur 
jungles, 
A climber. 
18. Uvarta macropaytta Roxb.; F. I. ii. 668; F. B. L. i. 49; 
E. D. U. 69. 
Chittagong. 
A climber. Beng. Bagh-runga. 
19. Uvarra rerrversza Ham. — ferruginea ¥. B. I. 
ii. 52. 
Tippera. 
A climber. 
