80 IV. AiroNACE^. (Hook. f. <fe Thorns.) 



5. M. verrucosum, H.f.&T. Fl. tnd. 119 ; leaves 3-5 in. oblong or 

 lanceolate acute or obtuse glabrous except the midrib above, soltly pubes- 

 cent beneath, nerves close-set, carpels subglobose densely warted. 



Khabia hilm, alt. 1-5000 ft., Sf- & T. , o e i. 



A large woody climter, young branches and flowers tomentose. Leaves 6-b by 

 lJ-2 in., base hardlv rounded, petiole J-Jin. Flowers 1-5, fascicled, terminal or leaf- 

 opposed, bnds shorter and broader than in other species ; bracts ovate or oblong 

 acute, median. Sepals ovate, acute. Outer petals % in., ovate, acute, slightly keeled 

 inside; inner triangular-oblong, acute, hoary, concave except at the triquetrous bp. 

 Carpels 2 in. diam., pubescent ; stalk 4-8 in— Griffith's t. 652 (of Icones iv.), which 

 is not referred to in the " Notalee," may belong to this species, but the venation, differs 

 much. 



6. m. Griffitbli, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 120; leaves 3-5 in. narrow oblong 

 or lanceolate obtuse or subacute glabrous except the midrib above, rusty- 

 pubescent beneath, tip often retuse, outer petals \ in. Fissistigma scandens, 

 Grig. Not. iv. 706. 



Tbhassbrim, Griffith. 



A climbing shrub; bark dark grey, spotted white; young branches and flowers 

 tomentose. Leaves 3-5 by Ij-lfio., base rounded; petiole Jin. Flowers 2-4 in., 

 sub-terminal in leaf-opposed fascicles terminating a short peduncle : pedicels J-J in. ; 

 bracteole, median, orbicular, small. Hepah orbicular, obtuse. Outer petals \ in. ; 

 inner a little shorter, red-brown, glabrou.s or puberulous. — Resembles Uvaria sphasro- 

 carpa, Bl., which is a Melodorum, but the flower of that plant and the fruit of this are 

 unknown. 



7. la. bicolor, R.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 119 ; leaves 4-8 in. oblong or lan- 

 ceolate, lower on each branch obtuse upper acute glabrous except the midrib 

 above silky beneath, outer petals 1 in., C3,rpels globose subglabrous. Uvaria 

 bicolor, Roxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 662 [not of Wall. Gat). 



From the base of the Sikkim Himalaya and Khasia hills to Assam and AvA. 



A large woody climber ; young branches and flowers tomentose. Leaves 4-8 by 

 2—3 in. ; petiole J-J in. Flowers 1-3, in leaf-opposed fascicles ; pedicels ^1 in. ; brac- 

 teole small, basal. Sepals ovate. Outer petals villous, ovate-lanceolate : inner rather 

 shorter and narrower, glabrous, red. Carpels 1 in. diam., mucronate ; stalk J-J in. — 

 Very near M. manubrlatum, but wi(h usually larger, more obtuse leaves, more lateral 

 flowers, and more globose shorter-stalked fruit. 



8. M. maing^ayil, II. f. & T.; branchlets pubescent, leaves broad- 

 elliptic or oblong rounded at both ends or tip apiculate glabrous above 

 glaucous and finely pubescent beneath, flowers \\ in. solitary, calyx orbi- 

 cular, carpels oblong straight-beaked. 



Pekabo, Maingay. 



A scandent shrub; branches black. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2 in., hard, coriaceous, red- 

 brown when dry, opaque above with a slender downy midrib, nerves many, mnch 

 diverging, slender; petiole i-§ in. Flowers axillary, cernuous, appressed, brown- 

 pubescent ; buds with a swollen base J in. diam. and trigonous curved bBiik ; pedicel 

 J-J in., stout, cm-ved ; bract small, broad, half amplexicaul. Calyx a disk, ^ in. diam. 

 Ojtier^eJaZs flat but keeled down the middle inside, compressed 3-gonous ; base exca- 

 vated ; inner very small, triangular-ovate, glabrous. Stamens very many, small, trun- 

 cate. ' Torus conical, low, top depressed. Ovaries about 6, silky ; stigma subsessile. 

 Carpels 1^-2 by | in., rusty puberulous, walls thick ; stalk 4 in., stout, straight. iSeed$ 

 J in., many, 2-seriate, horizontal ; testa shining, not margined. 



9. M. cyllndricum, Maingay mss. ; branches rusty pubescent, leaves 

 oblong elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate acuminate glabrous above brown and 



