iOO PLoiiA iNDicA. \_Anonace(e. 



9. 17. bracteata (Eoxb. ~S\. Ind. ii. 660) ; foliis oblongis vel ob- 

 ovato-oblongis tenuiter coriaceis subtus prsesertim secus nervos sparse 

 piibei'ulis, pedunculis oppositifoliis plerumque bifloris, braotea ad bifur- 

 eationem ovali petiolata foliacea decidua, bracteolis ovalibus sessilibus, 

 petalis conniventibus, carpellis oblongis obtusis subsessilibiis. — Wall. 

 Cat. 6468 ! U. Gomeziana, A. DC. Mem. 37 ; Wall. Cat. 64,59 ! 



Hab. Silhet, Roxb.! Tenasserim, WaU. .'—(¥\. Mali, Fr. Sept.)— 

 (y. s.) 



Frutex alte scandens. Hamuli elongati, cinerei vel nigricantes, juniores puberuli ; 

 partes novella; tomentosEe. Folia acuta vel breviler acuminata, basi angustata, ro- 

 (undata, supra nitida, glabra, secus costam et petiolum pubescentia, demum glabrata, 

 subtus pallida, 4-7 poll, longa, 1^2J lata, petiolo ^-^-poU. Pedunculi i-poHi- 

 cares, pubescentes, bractea semipollicari. Floret pallide flavesceutcs, nutantes, dia- 

 inetro vix -l-poUicares. Sepala reniformi-rotnndata, pubescentia, ad medium coa- 

 lita, uudulata. Fetala pubesceiitia, lacera, iuterioi'a Ijasi subsaccata, ^-poU. Sia- 

 mina anguste linearia ; connectivi processus oblongus, carnosus. Torus fructus in- 

 crassatus, f-poU. Carpella numerosa, baccantia, juniora tomeutosa, matura pubc- 

 rula, 1-2-pollicaria. Semina pauca, biserialia, ovalia, compressa, f -poll., hilo maguo 

 depresso. 



The flowers of this species remain so long conniveut, that the petals probably drop 

 oS without expanding. It appears very distinct from all but the next following 

 species, the foliage of which is very similar. 



10. U. Iiobbiana (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis vel obovato-ob- 

 longis obtusis et obtuse mucronatis coriaceis subtus sub lente f'urfura- 

 ceis, pedunculis 3-4-fioris ad bifurcationem bracteam rotundatam cori- 

 aceam amplexicaulem gerentibus, pedicellis sub flora ample bracteolatis, 

 petalis patentibus ovalibus. 



Hab. In Penins. Malayana ad Malacca, Griff.! Singapur, Lohb! — • 

 {v. s.) 



Fnitej' scandcns, U. bracteata; similis. FamtiU cinerei, juniores squamulis minutis 

 stcllatim radiantibus scabri ; partes novella! dense stellato-furfm'aceEe. Folia 4-7 

 poll, longa, lf-3 lata, petiolo ^l-polL, rigida, supra nitida, glabra, vel secus costam 

 pubescentia, subtus glabriuscula vel pilis minutis steUatis furfuraceis tecta. Fedun- 

 culi cum bractcis et alabastris dense albido-furfuracei ; bractCtE et bracteolse crassa), 

 scmipoUicares. Alabastri globosi. Flores diametro poUicares. Sejtala rotundato- 

 reniformia, ultra medium in cyathum trilobum margine crispato-uudulatum coalita. 

 Fetala coriacca, utrinque verrucosa, ovalia, obtusa ; interiora paullo minora et angus- 

 tiora. Stamina late lineari-oblonga, apice truncata, esteriora ananthera, processu 

 connectivi quadrate piano. — In Herb. Beuthamiano videmus ramulum fructiferum 

 aphyllum a Griffithioin INIalacca lectnm, et cum foliis bujus specie! distributum, in quo 

 carpella plus quam viginti, pedicellis 2-3-pollicaribus stellato-pubescentibus angu- 

 latis suifulta, globosa vel ovalia, obliqua, 4—1 poll, longa, tuberculis parvis verrucosa, 

 fulvo-tomentosa. 



Though very closely resembling the last species in leaves and habit, this seems to 

 differ in many important points. The leaves are much thicker and iirmar, with more 

 transverse nerves; the flowers are larger, much more tomentose, with very different 

 bracts ; and the calyx is remarkable, being patent and undulated lilce a ruff or frill, 

 even in very young buds. The stamens, too, are very different, and exhibit to 

 perfection the peculiar foliaceous flattened form characteristic of the section. The 

 outer series are sterile ; on the next the anthers are very short, and these gradually 

 lengthen from without inwards, the process of the connective at the same time 

 becoming thicker. The fruit, described from ilr. Beutham's Herbarium, closely re- 



