Uvaria] IV. AXOXACE.E 17 



connective ovoid or truncate, obtuse, anther cells lateral. Ovaries numerous, 

 ovules as a rule many, in two rows on the ventral suture. Torus (apes of 

 pedicel) generally much enlarged in fruit. About 110 species, a few African, 

 Australian, the rest in tropical and subtropical Asia. 



A. Full grown leaves densely tomentose beneath. 



1. U. macrophylla, Roxb. ; Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 122 ; Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 81 ; Ann. 4. t. 10. Vern. Thabtoot-nwe, Burm. 



A large climber, branchlets and petioles rusty tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, sometimes broader towards the apex, base rounded or slightly 

 cordate, upper surface glabrous, except the tomentose midrib and nerves, lower 

 lax rusty-tomentose, 5-12 in. long. Secondary nerves 10-15 pair-, prominent 

 as well as tertiary nerves and intramarginal veins. Fl. lh in. across, dark 

 purple, in short axillary racemes, sometimes solitary, sepals rusty-tomentose. 

 Ripe carpels glabrous, oblong, blunt at the ends, 1-li in., stalks i-1 in. 

 long, on the woody enlarged torus. Seeds numerous. 



Silhet, t'hittagong, Burma. Fl. H.S. Also Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, Java. 

 2. U. purpurea, Blume ; Ann. Bot. G. Ca!c. iv. t. 12. — Syn. U. grandiflora, Roxb. ; 

 Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 121 (Thabtoot, Burm.). Burma and Malay Archipelago, South 

 china. PI. solitary, crimson or dark purple, 2-3 in. diam., on a thick pedicel i-2 in. 

 long, with 2 or 6 large ovate or rounded bracts. Ripe carpels cylindric, tomentose, 

 \\ 1\ in. long, pulp sweet, edible. 3. U. Hamiltoni, Hook, til. & Thorns. : Ann. iv. t. ii. 

 Subhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards. Assam, Khasi hills, Chota Xagpore (in 

 ravines), Eastern Bengal, Upper Burma, Andamans. A powerful climber with brick 

 red fl., solitary or fasciculate, 1 J— 2.J in. across, pedicels 1 in. long, with a tomentose 



rounded bract. Hi] arpels ovoid, Ik in. long, scarlet. |. u. hirsuta, Jack: Ann. 



iv. t. 11. Burma and Malay Archipelago. Branchlets, buds, and ripe carpels densely 

 clothed with long hairs and dark rusty wool. Ripe carpels cylindric, 1J-2 in. long. 

 5. U. ferruginea, Ham.: Aim. iv. t. l.">. — Syn. Ellipeia ferruginea, Hook. til. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. i. r>2. Eng forests of the trrawaddi valley and Tenasserim. A low deciduous 

 shrub, ri. 1 in. diam.. ripe carpels almost sessile. '. in. long, red, glabrous. 



B. Full grown leaves entirely glabrous or pubescent along nerves only. 



6. U. Narum, Wall.: Ann. iv. t. 21; Talbot List 3. Vern. Naram 

 /hi mil. Mar. 



A large climber, all parts except inflorescence glabrous. Leaves pale 

 brown beneath, oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. long. 

 Secondary nerves slender, not prominent. Fl. I 1 ' 

 in. diam., yellow, solitary, on slender peduncles 

 1J-2 in. long. Petals connate at base, sometimes 

 more than f>. Fruiting carpels numerous, glabrous, 

 scarlet, cylindric or ovoid. Stalks U-2 in. long. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from the 

 Iviiibiii southwards. PL C. S. Ceylon. King, Ann. iv. 



p. 2s t ;il». 22; and Cooke, Fl. 1! i>av i. it, separate from 



this U. Eookerit U. Narum, Wighl 111. t. 6) with o 

 carpels, tapering to both ends, on thick stalks, and 

 larger H. 



The other species of this section may Declassified 

 follows:— 



a. Leaves pi rfeclly glabrous, tmall, 2 5 in. 



7. U. mlcrantna, Hook. f. & Thorns.; Ann. iv. t. 18. 

 Lower Burma, Andamans, Malaj Peninsula and Arohi- Fro. 6.— Uvaria Narum, Wall, 

 pelago. FL \ in, diam.. ripe carpels -talked, ovoid, Fr. and section. J. 



i. in. 2 I - led. Leaves resemble Popowia nitida, K 



a. U. zeylanica, I. inn. : Ann. iv. t. 19, Malabar and Travancore, Ceylon. Fl. } in. diam., 

 carpels nearlj sessile, ovoid, ' In. long. 



1 .. /.. i icily glabrous, \rSin.long. 



9. U lurlda, Hook, f, ,\ Thoms. ; Ann. iv. t. 28. Sikkim, Kha-i hills, Russelki 



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