94 FLORA- INDIOA. {A)i.onacea. 



Hab. In Zeylania, Thwaites! (No. 2703.)— (». s.) 



Arbor, Cortex ramulorum rngulosus, atrofuscus. Folia 8-12 poll, longa, 3-4J 

 lata, petiolo -I— |-poll., coriacea, glaberrima, lucida, sublus pallidiora. Fedicelli 

 3-4, basi bracteati, squamulis minutis, pollicares. Sepala abbreviata, obtusa. Fetala 

 rotundata, exteriora majora. Stamina toro planiusculo inserta, compressa, late cu- 

 neiformia, irregularia, plana, truncata, dorso antherifera. Ovaria 3, subglobosa, ir- 

 regulariter angulata, parce strigosa, stigmate depresso coronata. 



Tbis species is a good deal like the last, but the flowers are larger and hermaphro- 

 dite. The stamens are also more numerous ; and as these characters are usually 

 constant in the Order, there can be little doubt that the two are specifically distinct. 

 We have only seen one specimen and a single flower, and the fruit is nnknown. 



a. STELECHOCARPUS, Blume. 



Uvariae sectio, Blume, Fl. Jav. Anon. 13. 



Mores dioici, fceminei majores. Sepala 8, rotundata. Petala 6, 

 ovalia vel rotundata, sequalia, eest. imbricata. Stamina indefinita, secus 

 torum anguste conioum dense imbricata, breviter cuneata, connective 

 ultra antherarum loculos extrorsos contiguos truncato capitato. Ovaria 

 numerosa, tornm hemisphsericum obtegentia, oblique ovalia, ovulis in axi 

 6-8. Stigma sessile, depressum, radiatum. Carpella magna, globosa, 

 polysperma. — Arbor, foliis coriaceis lucidis, venis arcuatis distaniibus 

 subtus prominulis, inflorescentia supra ramos fasciculata. 



This genus seems to have no very close affinity with any other in the Order. The 

 rounded imbricated petals constitute an approach to Uvaria, but the ovaries are 

 widely diflerent, as well as the whole habit. It approaches Schizandraceis in its 

 dioecious flowers, which are rare in the Order, but occur in several very distant parts 

 of it, and do not appear to be of much moment in deciding affinity. The habit 

 and foliage, as remarked by Blume, are a good deal like those of some Magnoliacea 

 (Talauma pumila for example), but the truncal inflorescence, and the aspect of the 

 flowers, recall that of some species of Sclmandrete. These, however, are perhaps 

 distant or fanciful analogies, of no real value. We retain the name adopted by 

 Blume for the section of Uvaria, to which he refers his plant ; but the other species, 

 U. reticulata, Blume, must, according to o\nt views of aflinity, be excluded. Of that 

 plant the male flower only is known, so that its position cannot be indicated with 

 certainty. If the female flower presents no obstacle, it may form part of the genus 

 Mitrephora, notwithstanding its dioicality; but if it differs, it must form a new 

 genus close to it, and to Orophea, Bl. 



1. S. Burahol (Blume, M. Jav. Anon. 48. t. 33, 25 C, sub Uvaria) ; 

 foliis oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque acutis, floribus foemineis longe pedi- 

 ceUatis, carpellis globosis breviter pedicellatis. 



Hab. In peninsula Malayana ad Singapur, Lobb! — {v. s.) 



DisTEiB. Java, Blume. 



Arbor eicelsa. Famuli nigricantes, rugnlosi, glabri. Folia ssepe acuminata, 

 coriacea, rigida, 5-8 poll, longa, 1^8 lata, petiolo -J-pollicari, utrinque glaber- 

 rima, venulis (in sicco) conspicue reticulatis. Flores secus truncum et ramos in 

 tuberculis lignosia bracteis squamseformibus dense imbricatis onustis pubescentibus 

 fascioulati ; masculi foamineis multo minores, pedicelbs i-1 poU. longis ebracteatis 

 pubescentibus, sepalis minutis, petalis ^ poU. longis ; fceminei triplo majores, pedi- 

 ceUis bipoUicaribus validis apice subclavatis rugosis costatis infra medium bracteatis, 

 petalis latioribus. Ovaria sericea, obliqua, dorso superne gibbosa. Carpella pauca. 



