Uvaria.] floea indica. 99 



7. U. sphenocarpa (H.f. et T.) ; foliis brevissime petiolatia an- 

 guste obovatis vel cuneato-oblongis acuminatis supra minute scabris 

 subtus pilis fulvis stellato-tomeutosis, pedunculis unifloris, bracteis ro- 

 tundatis imbricatis squamseformibus, petalis ovalibus, carpellis sessilibus 

 obovato-cuneiformibus tuberculatis. 



Hab. In insulse Zeylaniae montosis, Walker! ChampionI ThwaitesI 

 —{v. s.) 



Frutex verosimiliter scandens. Hamuli elongati, flexuosi, graciles, nigricantea : 

 jnniores fulvo-tomeatoai. Folia brevissime petiolata, basi rotundata vel retusa, een- 

 sim vel abrupte in acumen longum gracile attenuata, 3-5 poll, longa, l|-2i lata, 

 petiolo 1-3 tineas longo, supra atro-viridia, sicca nigricantia, sub lente stellato-pilosa. 

 Pedunculi oppositifolii, semipoUicares, tomentosi. Plores parvi, diametro vix semi- 

 poUicares. Alahastri globosi. Sepala dense fulvo-tomentosa, in cyathum obtuse 

 trilobum coaHta, in fructu subpersistentia. Petala ovalia, obtusa, cinereo-tomen- 

 tosa. Torus fruotus depresso-globosus. Carpella 8-10 vel pauciora, vertice rotun- 

 data, pilis fulvis rigidis dense tomentosa, supra medium grosse et irregulariter tu- 

 berculata, pollicaria. Semina dissepimentis cellulosis separata, oblique biserialia. 



This is a remarkable species, readily known by its very peculiar fruit. We have 

 •eeu only one expanded flower, and have therefore not examined the ovaries. The 

 habit and characters, however, leave no doubt as to the genus to which it ought to 

 be referred. 



8. 17. hirsuta (Jack, Mai. Misc. et in Hook. Bot. Misc. ii. 87); 

 foliis oblongis apice plerumque longe acuminatis breviter petiolatis su- 

 pra longe et laxe pilosis subtus densius hirsutis, pedunculis unifloris 

 supra basin unibracteatis rarius bifloris, petalis ovalibus puberulis, car- 

 pellis oblongis hirsutis longe pedicellatis. — Blume, M. Jm. Anon. 23. 

 t. 5; TVall. Cat. 6458! (excl. C, quae planta stipulata, forsan Biptero- 

 carpi species). U. pilosa, Roxb.! M. Ind. ii. 665. TJ. velutina, Bl. Bijdr. 

 13, non Roxb. U. trichomalla, Bl. M. Jav. Anon. 42. t. 18. 



Hab. In Penins. Malayana ad Penang, Jack, Wall.! Singapur, Lobb! 

 —{v. s.) 



DisTEiB. Java, Bl. 



Frutex sarmentosus. Ramuli cinerei vel nigricantes, rugnlosi, juniores pilosi; 

 partes novellae pilis fulvis patentibus laxe hirsutse. Folia basi subangustata, rotun- 

 data vel emarginata, 5-6 poU. longa, l|-2^ lata, petiolo vix 2 lineas longo, supra 

 pilis longis plerumque simplicibus, subtus pilis steUatis hirsuta, coriacea, nervis obli- 

 quis prominentibus. Pedunculi extra-alares, laxe hirsuti, uniflori et paullo supra 

 basin articulati, ibique plerumque bractea oblonga \ poll, longa decidua pilosa mu- 

 niti, vel abbreviati, apice biflori, pedicellis pollicaribus supra medium bracteolam 

 similem gerentes. Alatastri globosi, laxe pilosi, diam. -f-pollicares. Sepala sub- 

 rotundata, obtusa, reflexa, membranacea, nervosa, extus dense pilosa, petala fere 

 sequantia. Petala sanguinea, puberula, fere ^-pollicaria. Stamina fere ad apicem 

 antherifera, connectivi processu abbreviato obtuso. Ovaria dense fulvo-pilosa. 

 Toms fructus incrassatus, globosus, diam. poUicaris. Carpella 10-20, oblonga 

 vel obovato-oblonga, obtusa vel mucronata, interdum subtorulosa, dorso obscure cari- 

 nata, 1-lf-poll., pediceUo iequilongo, rarius seminibus pluribus abortivis abbreviata, 

 subglobosa. 



Some of the specimens in the WaUichian Herbarium are identical with JJ. tnclio- 

 malla of Blume, which is no way different from the ordinary form of the species. 

 V. hirsuta, Blume, is rather more softly hairy, but the floral characters present no 

 differences of importance. 



