Umria.] iv. anonaOe^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 49 



y. Leaves glabrous, exeept on the nerves. 



6. IT. braoteata, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 660 ; leaves oblong or obovate-ob- 

 long acute or shortly acuminate, peduncle l-2-fl6wered, bract median leafy 

 petioled, carpels subsessile oblong obtuse young tomentose. Watl. Oat. 

 6468 ; H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 100. U. Gomeziana, A. DG. Mem. JLnon. 27 ; 

 Wall. Vat. 6459. 



MiSTERN Bengial, from Silhet, Roxburgh ; to Tena,8serjm, WulWn. 



A large wdody climber; young branches tomentose. Leaves 4^7 by l|-2i in., base 

 rounded, thin, firm, glabrous except the midrib and nerves beneath ; petiole j-4 in., 

 tomentose. Flowers { in. diam., pale yellow ; peduncles i in., leat-opposed ; bract iin., 

 oblong or ovate. Sepals connate to the middle, pubescent. Carpels 1-2 in. 



7. U. Iiobbiana, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind,. 100 ; leaves oblong or obovate- 

 qblong obtuse acute or raucronate glabrous, peduncle 2-4-flowered, bract 

 small cordate amplexicaul at the fork, cairpels obliquely ovoid long-atalked 

 tubercled. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay, and Sincapoke, Lohh. 



A large wpody climber ; branehlets pubescent. Leaves 4-7 by 1 1-3 in., base 

 rounded or subcordate, thin, coriaceous, midrib and under surface with sometimes a 

 few stellate hairs ; petiole \-^ in. Flowers 1 in. diam., purplish-brown ; buds globose; 

 .peduncles terminal and leat-opposed, pedicels bracteolate ; bracts and brapteoles abput 

 i in. Sepals connate for | their length into a wavy cup. Pefals broa,d-ovai, tomentose, 

 warted on both surfaces. Carpels 1 in., tomentose. — Near U. ptychocalyx, Miq. 



** Peduncles 3-6-flawei:ed, leaf-opposed. (See 3, dvlds and 7, Lobbiana.) 



8. V. macrophylla, lioxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 663 ■^ leaves oblong or obovate- 

 -oblong abruptly acuminate, glabrous or stellate-pubescent beneath, peduncle 

 many-flowered, bracts small oval basal, carpels ovoid or oblong glabrous 

 sessile or stalked. Wall. PI. As. Mar. 1. 122 ; Oat. 6487 \ H..f.& T. Fl. Irvd. 

 97 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 81. U. cordata, Wall. Cat. 6486. Guatteria 

 cordata, Dunal Anon. 129, t. 30 ; DG. Prodr. i. 93. 



Eastern Bengal, from Silhet to Ava and Sinoapore; South- Eastern districts of 

 Ceylon. — Distbib. Java. 



A large sarmentose shrub ; young parts tomentose. Leaves 6-\2 by 3-6 in., base 

 cordate, nerves above tomentose ; petiole J-4 in. Floyiers 1| in. diam., reddish-brown ; 

 peduncles 1 in., and bracts tomentose ; pedicels short ; bracteole supramedian. Petals 

 broad-oval, pubescent. Carpels 1-14 in., berried, sometimes shorter than their stalk. 

 ; — ^The Borneo and Philippine specimens formerly identified with this, we refer to U. 

 evalifolia, Blume. 



9. U. semecarpifoliai JS. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 97 ; leaves oblong or ob- 

 ovate-oblong obtuse or mucronate rarely acute very thick stellate-pubescent 

 .beneath, peduncle 3-6-fl()wered, bracts at the forks scaly, carpels shortly 

 stalked smooth tomentose. — Thwaites Enum. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 

 t. 82. 



Malacca, Qriffith, ; tropical forests of Central and S. E. CErLON. 



A woody climber; branches tomentose. Leaves 6-10 by 24-4^ in., slightly cordate, 

 nerves above pubescent ; petiole J in. Flowers 1-lJ in. diam., greenish-brown ; pe- 

 duncles i in., 'leaf-opposed, tomentose. Petals hroad-oval, hoary, 'Carpels 1 in. diam., 

 Buhglohose, — Malacca specimens have more distant nerves than Ceylon ones. 



10. IT. ptychocalyxj Miq. Ann. Mus.Lugd. Bat. ii. 4; leaves oblopg 

 or obovate-oblong obtuse or abruptly acuminate stellately hairy beneath at 

 length glabrous, peduncle 2-3-flowered with a large leafy bract at the b^se 



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