59 IV. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thoms.) [Uvarm. 



PETsxiia, PhUlips. , r ^„,,,, j_b »,» 



A slender woody climber; branoMetB glabrous; buds tomentose. J^eaves 4-b By 



14-2i in., base acute, nerves reticulate. Flowers very minute; peduncle aDout 4 in., 



leaf-opposed or nearly so ; bracts alternate; pedicels i-4 in., puberulous ; bracteole 



submedian, linear oblong. Sepals orbicular, pubescent. Fetals ovate, acute. 



U. SCI.EBOCAEPA, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 2T, Wall. Cat. 6461,' from Moulmein, is a 

 very doubtful plant, of vrhich the flower is unknown and iruit immature. 



3. EX.X.ZFX:XA, H. f. & T. 



Characters of TJ-varia, but differing in the oblong style, solita,ry ventral 

 or subbasal ovule, and 1-seeded carpels.— Distkib. Malayan Peninsula and 

 Archipelago ; species 6 or 6— Reduced to Uvaria by Baillon. 



1. E. cuneifolla, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 104 j leaves oblong or obovate- 

 oblong abruptly acuminate glabrous above tomentose beneath, flowers 

 in terminal panicles, carpels tomentose oblong obtuse. Hook. Ic. PI. 1. 1025. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingcuy. 



Branches woody, brown-tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 2-3 in., firm, conaceous, base 

 rounded or subcordate, shining above except the tomentose midrib ; petidle \ in. Pe.^ 

 dicels 4 in., densely tomentose; bracts at each fork oblong or ovate ; bracteole ' under 

 the caljx, orbicular. Flowers I4 in. diam., densely tomentose. Carpels 4-3 in., with 

 a lateral mucro ; stalk 1 in. 



2. E. ferruginea, E.f. do T. ; leaves oblong or obovate acute or obtuse 

 appressed pubescent above densely stellate tomentose beneath, flowers 

 solitary terminal or leaf-opposed, carpels stellate tomentose. Uvaria ferru- 

 ginea, Ham. ; H.f. & T. FL Ind. 96. 



Forests of AvA at Meaday, Hamilton ; and Pequ, Kurz. 



Scandent ; brandies slender, brown-tomentose. heaves 3-6 by 14-34 in. ; petiole 

 \-\ in., brown-tomentose. Flowers 1|-14 in. diam., grey pubescent ; peduncle ^4 i"' > 

 bracts submedian, oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Sepals 4 in., broad-ovate, acute. 

 Petals 5 in., oval. Carpels many, shortly stalked. — M. Kurz sends detached fruits, 

 from which the description is taken. 



3. E. g'labra, H.f. & T. ; leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong shortly acu- 

 minate quite coriaceous glabrous on both surfaces, cymes axillary 3-5- 

 flowered, carpels subglobose, stalk slender. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



A tree ; branchlets and inflorescence brown-pubescent. Leaves 4-54 ^J ^i~- '"■> 

 base rounded or acute, rigid above, hardly shining, beneath rather paler, veins strong 

 arched ; petiole 4-4 in., glabrous. Flowers I4 in. diam., cymes 1-14 ™- ! peduncle very 

 short ; pedicels longer ; bracteole oblong, 4-amiilexicaul, recurved. Sepals J in., ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, recurved. Petals ■ Sut, not clawed, outer 1 in. obcivate-lanceolate, 

 subacute; inner shorter, obovate, obtuse. Ovaries glabrous below, solid and strigose 

 above; ovule 1,' erect (Maingay). Carpels § in., walls thin; stalk f-l^ in., slender. 

 Seed oblong, pale, girt with a deep longitudinal furrow. — Very different in habit from 

 its congeners. 



4. Zi. nervosa, H.f. & T.; branches glabrous, leaves elliptic-oblong or 

 lanceiilate finely acuminate coriaceous glabrous pale, nerves beneath strong 

 oblique, flowers solitary extra-axUlary polygamous, carpels glabrous stalk 

 stout. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Branches stout. Leaves 6-10 by 2^-3 in., base acute, nerves very oblique, faint above ; 



