BOF 
Gen. Cuar. Climbing shrubs : sepals 3: petals 6, valvate in 
two series, outer ones larger, ‘elongated, smooth, thin, inner oneg 
ovate or oblong, connivent, sometimes narrowed at the bases star 
mens linear-oblong, truncato-capitate at the apex: cells of the an- 
thers linear, dorsal: disk deeply conical or somewhat truncate ; 
ovaries oblong, densely strigose: ovules 1-2, ascending, with aa 
elongated cord: style obovate; carpels 1-seeded. 
(1) O: vorniwcata. (H. F.§ T.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Ind. I. p. 146. 
Syn. Uvaria fornicata, Roxb. fl. Ind, UL. p- 662.—U. Rox- 
burghiana, Wall. : 
Srrc. CHar. Climbing: leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 
glaucous above and ashy-pubescent: nerves conspicuous beneath : 
peduncles brown-tomentose, bracteated at the middle: sepals ovate- 
lanceolate, thin, pubescent: outer petals pubescent, inner ones 
ovate, acute, connivent, the margins broad and smooth above: cars 
pels tawny-tomentose, narrow-oblong, mucronate. 
Silhet. Assam. Flowering in May. 
GENUS XIV. MILIUSA. 
Polyandria Pelygymia. Ser: Syat: 
Gen. Cuar. Trees or shrubs: peduncles axillary, solitary or 
fascicled: flowers dicecious or hermaphrodite: sepals 3, minute: 
petals 6, outer ones minute, nearly agreeing with the sepals, inner 
ones much greater, slightly coriaceous, valvate in zestivation, afters . 
wards cohering: stamens inserted on a cylindric disk, covering the 
whole disk in the dicecious flowers and imbricated round the ovaries . 
in many rows in the hermaphrodite ones: anthers extrorse, oval, 
somewhat didymous, 2-celled, scarcely apiculated with the connec- 
tivum : ovaries linear-oblong, terminated by the oblong style: ovules 
1-2, rarely more, attached to the ventral suture. : ’ 
(1) M. montana. (Gardn.) 
Ident. Hook. & Thoms. Flor. Tnd. I. p. 148. 
Syn. Guatteria Montana, Moon. Cat. — 
Spec. Coax. Shrub: leaves ovate, various in size and shape: 
petiole very short : peduncles solitary, with many bracts at the base: | 
sepals acute, a half shorter than the outer petals, ciliated : petals 
acute, somewhat glabrous: ovaries bruad-oval: disk covered with 
white hairs round the base of the ovaries: ovules 2: stigma oval ; ° 
ofa globose, sessile, dark-brown, minutely granulated,’ the size” 
ofa pea. rap? er an . 
Malabar. Mysore. 
