Uvaria.] iv. anonace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 51 



Northern slopes of the Khasia hills, alt. 2000 ft., ff.f. dh T. 



A large woody climber ; young parts with stellate scales. Leaves 3-8 by 1-24 in-, 

 base rounded or acute, paler beneath ; petiole J in. Flowers 2 in. diam., solitarv or 

 geminate ; peduncles 1 in., stellately pubescent. Petals broad-obovate, obtuse. — I*os. 

 sibly a state of U. Narwm. 



15. 11. zeylanlca, L. ; leaves lanceolate or oblong lanceolate acute or 

 acuminate thickly coriaceous quite glabrous, buds very small subglobose, 

 carpels subsessile ovoid or globose hoaxy. —Dund Anon. 88; BO. Prod/r. 

 i. 88 ; U.f.ds T. PI. Ind. 102 ; Thwaites Enum. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or. 

 t. 78. U. coriacea, Vahl Symh. iii. 72. U. lutea, Wall. Cat. 6462 {not of 

 Roxb.). U. Heyneana, W. & A. Prodr. 8 {not of Wall). Guatteria Mala- 

 barica, Dunal Anon. 1347 G. montana, DC. Prodr. i. 94 



Malabae, Travancoe, and CEYLoif. 



A large woody climber ; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 24-3^ by |-1 J in., base 

 Sioute, dark green and sliining above, red or pale beneath ; petiole very short. Flowers 

 1 in. diam., solitary or geminate, dull red ; peduncles 4 in., terminal or leafopposed, 

 tomentose ; bracts several', scaly. Petals pbloug, acute. Carpels 4 in. 



16. XT. pauciovulata, H. f. & T. ; leaves elliptic or oblong obtuse or 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous sMning above paler and soabei-ulous beneath 

 pubescent on the strong nerves, racemes terminal few-flowered, carpels glo- 

 bose mammillate tomentose long-stalked. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A flexuous shrub ; branchlets bracts sepals and petals externally browntomentose or 

 scurfy. Leaves 2-5 by 1-24 ™-t rigid, coriaceous, base rounded or cordate, nerves 

 many spreading; petiole j^ in. Flowers I4 in. diam.; peduncle short, stout, 1-3- 

 flowered ; bracts orbicular ; buds globose. Sepals J in., orbicular, connate to the middle. 

 Outer petals IJ in., orbicular-oblong, very coriaceous, glabrous within ; inner as long, 

 narrower. TortM flattish, Owan'es linear, wi'h stellate scales, base solid; style cylin- 

 drio, stigma obtuse ; ovules 1-3 superposed. Carpels 12-15, J--4 in. diam., 1-2-seeded; 

 gtalk 4-| in., slender. Seeds horizontal, compressed, testa shining. 



** Flowers small, \ inch or less in diameter. 



17. IT. micrantha, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 103; leaves oblong-lanceolate 

 obtusely acuminate glabrous coriaceous, petiole very short, buds globose 

 pubescent, qarpels glabrous granulate. Guatteria micrantha^ A. DC. Mem. 

 42 ; Wall. Cat. 6449. Polyalthia fruticans, A. DC. I.e. 42 ; WaU. Oat. 6430. 



Eastern Peninsula ; from Ava and Tenasserim, to Penang. 



A large woody climber; young parts tomentose. Leaves 2-3 by |-1J in., base acute, 

 midrib above and under surface when young slightly hairy. Flowers J-4 in. diam., 

 white ; peduncles 1-3, 4 in-i tomentose ; bracteoles 2-3, orbicular. Sepals pubescent 

 outside, persistent, not much imbricated. Carpels 15-20, \-\ in., stalk as long. 



18. IT. sumatrana, H.f. & T. ; leaves elliptic-oblong or oblong-lan- 

 ceolate membranous long-acuminate tip obtuse or acute glabrous, petiole 

 very short, flowers minute fascicled. Anaxagorea sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind, 

 Batt. Suppl. i. 382. 



Andaman Islands, Kurz. 



Branches slender, rough, young brown-tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by |-14 in., base 

 rounded or subacute, midrib above tomentose; petiole very short, tomentose. Flowers 

 terminal or leaf-opposed, tomentose ; bracteole submedian, small, orbicular, tomentose^ 

 Sepals ovate, acute. , Petals twice as long, broad-ovate. 



19. TT. parviflora, H.f.dh T. Fl. Ind. 103 ; leaves oblong usually acu- 

 minate membranous pellucid-dotted, petiole |-g in., buds minute globose, 

 peduncles 1-4- flowered with several bracts. 



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