1877.] Knoivledge of the Burmese Flora. 127 



5. N. PARYiroLiA, lioxb. Corom. PI. I. 40. t. 82. and Fl. Ind. I. 

 513 ; DC. Prod. IV. 344. ; Wight 111. t. 12^.—{Stepliegijne imrvifolia, 

 Korth. in Verb. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 161 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 34). 



Var. a. genuipta, bractlets only half as long as the calyx ; flower- 

 heads more constantly solitary between 2 longer-persistent floral leaves. 



Var. /8. DiVEESiFOLTA, {N. cUversifolia, Wall. Cat. 609G ; Don. Gen. 

 Syst. III. 467), leaves much larger, from 3 to 6 in. long, beneath more 

 consj^icuously pubescent ; stipules pubescent ; bractlets as long as the calyx. 



Var. y. microphylla, leaves small, only 1 — 2 in. long, minutely and 

 inconspicuously pubescent beneath ; stipules glabrous ; bractlets as long as 

 the calyx. 



Hab. Var. a. not yet found in Burma ; var. /3. frequent in the mixed 

 forests and in savannahs, all over Burma from Ava and Martaban down to 

 Upper Tenasserim ; var. y8. exclusively in the savannahs. — Fl. Sept., Oct. 

 Fr. CS. 



6. N. EOTUNDiroLiA, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 516, non Bartl. (iV. Brunonis^ 

 Wall. Cat. 6097 ; Don. Gen. Syst. III. 467). 



Hab. Frequent in the mixed forests, especially the upper and lower 

 ones, all over Pegu and Martaban down to Tenasserim ; also Chittagong. 

 — Fl. end of BS. ; Fr. CS. 



Uncaria, Schreb. 

 Conspectus of Species. 



* Capsule long -stalked. Leaves more or less pubescent beneath. 



Flowers large, the pedicels 1 — 2 lin. long, velvety ; calyx | in. long ; corolla hirsute, 



.. TT.ferruginea. 

 Flowers almost sessile ; calyx 2 lin. long ; corolla velvety, XT. sessilifolia. 



* * Capsule sessile. 



X Calyx-limb long-toothed. 

 All parts more or less woolly pubescent, U. pilosa, 



X X Calyx almost truncate or obscurely 5-toothed. Leaves glabrous. 



Leaves green on both sides ; corolla glabrous, U. l(Bvigata. 



Leaves glaucous beneath ; corolla-lobes velvety, V. sessilifructus. 



1. U. rERRUGiifEA, DC. Prod. IV. 348. (Z7. speciosa. Wall. Cat. 

 6106). 



Hab. Tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, as 

 in the Choungmenah valley (Khaboung), rare ; Tenasserim, apparently 

 frequent. 



2. U. SESSILIFOLIA, Eoxb. in Wall. Cat. 6107 and Icon. ined. XVIII. 

 t. 79. 



Hab. Tropical forests in the Choungmenah valley (Khaboung) of 

 the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah, rather rare; Tenasserim; Tavoy 

 (Wall. Cat. 6106. B).— Fl. Sept., Oct., Fr. March. 



