96 FLORA INDICA. \_AnoHacea. 



tis, pedunculis uuifloris, bracteis 3 magnis rotundatis submembrana- 

 ceis nervosis ante florationem alabastrum involventibus, petalis ovali- 

 oblongis, cavpellis baccatis oblongo-cylindricis dorso bicostatis longe 

 pedicellatis — Wall. Cat. 6485 ! {exd. E et G). U. grandiflora, TFall. 

 PI. As. Rar. ii. i!. 131 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 665 ; W. et A. Trod. i. 9 ; Alph. 

 BO. Mem. 39. U. platypetala, Champ.; Benth. in Hook. Keto Journ. 

 iii. 357. Unona grandiflora, DC. Prod. i. 90. 



Hab. Pegu, Wall.!; et in Penins. Malay.: ad Penang, Phillips! 

 Malacca, Griff. ! et Singapur, Lohh ! — (u. s.) 



DiSTRiB. Sumatra! Jaya! Ins. Philippin. (Cuming, \Z%^\) Hong- 

 kong ! 



'Frutex scandens, sarmentosus. Hamuli disticM, nigricantes, rugosuli, juniores 

 pilis stellatis fusco-tomentosi ; partes novella; omnes dense fusco-tomentosa;. Folia 

 acuta vel acuminata, rarius obtusa, 6-12 poU. longa, 2-4 lata, petiolo -J—i-poU., 

 coriacea, supra sparse stellato-pubescentia, nervo medio piloso, demum glabrescentia, 

 nitida, nervosa, subtus pilis fulvis stellatis dense tomentosa, plerumqae margine un- 

 dulato-repanda. Fedunculi extra-alares, ssepe oppositifolii, poUicares, subclavati. 

 Bracteai tomentosa;, deciduse. Alabasirl globosi. Sepala- extus tomentosa, late 

 ovata, obtusa, nervosa. Flores purpurei, diametro 3-pollicares, suaveoleutes. Fe- 

 tala l-l^-pollicaria, sub lente pubescentia, interiora angustiora, basi angustata. 

 BaccfS 1-4 poU. longse, leviter toruloSEe, oblique acutiusculee, tiavce, tomentosse, 

 dorso costis 2 prominentibus distantibus notalEe, pedicello l-l-|-po]licari suffoltce. 

 Semina partitionibus cellulosis separata. 



De Candolle, wbo described this plant in the Prodromus, from specimens brought 

 to Europe by Leschenanlt, gives Bengal as the locality ; but these specimens were 

 doubtless collected in the Calcutta garden, where the plant has long been cultivated. 

 "We have not seen the fruit, which, however, is described and figured by WaUich. 



3. U. ferruginea (Ham. mss.) ; foliis obovatis vel oblongis, pe- 

 dunculis oppositifoKis unifloris medio unibracteatis, petalis ovato-ob- 

 longis cinereo-tomentosis. 



Hab. In prov. Ava ad Meaday, Hamilton! — {v. s. in Herb. Mus. Brit.) 



Frutex scandens. Famuli elongati, Iseves, fulvo-tomentosi, paucifoliati. Folia 

 distantia, supra adpresse pubescentia, subtus laxe stellatim pubescentia, ad costam et 

 nervos fulvo-tomentosa, 4-6 poU. longa, 2^-3^ lata, petiolo -j-poU. Fedunculi so- 

 litarii, dense ferrugiueo-tomentosi, i-f poll, longi, medio bracteam lanceolatara semi- 

 pollicarem gerentes. Sepala lata-ovata, \ poll. longa ; peiala f poll, longa. 



There is only one specimen of this plant in the British Museum, but it seems 

 so unlike anything else we have seen that we have no hesitation in describing it as 

 distinct. As we have not examined the flowers, we have only the general appearance 

 to guide us in referring it to Uvaria. It is evidently a climber, and the specimen 

 exhibits a less woody appeaa'ance than is usual in the Order, being an elongated, soft 

 shoot, with few and distant leaves. 



3. U. Hamiltonii (H.f. et T.) ; foliis obovato-oblongis superne 

 angustatis et in acumen gracile productis membranaceis utrinque pu- 

 bescentibus, pedunculis oppositifoliis 1-2-floris, bracteola parva in 

 medio pedicello, petalis late obovatis, carpellis longe pedicellatis ovali- 

 subglobosis tomentosis. — U. purpurea. Wall. Cat. 6485 E! 



Hab. In montibus Behar prope Mongliir, Hamilton !; et seous basin 

 Himalayse orientalis ; in prov. Sikkim ! et Assam ! — (v. i\fruct.) 



