Unona.] floba indica. 183 



go-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis basi rotundatis vel cordatis rarius acutis 

 apice plerumque acutis supra glaberrimis nitidis subtus glaucis glabria 

 vel sparse pubescentibus, pedunculis extra-axillaribus, petalis e basi 

 lata lanceolatis apice obtusiusculis sericeis vel subglabris, carpelUa 1-6- 

 articulatis. — Bunal, Anon. Ill ; BG. Syat. i. 494, Prod. i. 90 ; Alph. 

 BO. Mim. 28 ; Wall. Cat. 6420 ! easel. B, E, P ; Boxi. 11. Ind. ii. 669 ; 

 Bl.! M. Java, Anon. 53 ; W. et A.I Prod. i. 9. U. Chinensis, BO. 

 Syst. i. 495, Prod. i. 90. U. Amherstiana, A. BC. Mem. 28 ; Wall. 

 Oat. 6424 ! U. laevigata, Wall. Oat. 6428 ! U. biglandulosa, Bl. 

 Bijdr. U. midulata, Wall.! Plant. As. Bar. iii. t. 265. U. Eox- 

 burghiana, Wall. Oat. 6423 B ! (non A). U. Lessertiana, Bun. Anon. 

 107. t. 26 ; BO. Syst. i. 492, Prod. i. 90. Uvaria cordifolia, Roxb. 

 PI. hid. ii. 662? Desmos Chinensis, Lour.! 



a. puhjflora ; foliis late lineari-oblongis aeuminatis ssepe 5-7 -poll, 

 basi cordatis, floribus sericeis. (U. discolor, Auct.) 



/3. lavigata ; foliis oblongis vel lanceolatis plerumque 3-4-polIi- 

 caribus basi rotundatis, floribus glabresoentibus. (U. Chinensis, Auct. 

 U. undulata. Wall.) 



y. pubescens ; foliis subtus dense pubescentibus secus costam to- 

 mentcfeis. 



8. latifolia ; foliis late ovalibus. (U. discolor, bracteata, Blume, 

 PI. Jav. Anon, t, 26, 31 A quoad folia.) 



Hab. Per totam Indiam australiorem et humidiorem in sylvis tro- 

 picis : Malaya ! Tetuisserim ! Ava ! Chittagong ! Sikkim ! secus basin 

 Himalayse ; Concan ! Orissa ! Carnatica ; Zeylania ! — (v. v.) 

 DisTEiB. Java, China austr. 



Fnitex vel arbor mediocris. Bami divaricati, nigro-fasci, tnberculis albis con- 

 apersi ; partes novelise pube aureo-fuscescente sabsericese. Folia in sicco stepe ni- 

 gricantia, 2-8 poll, (plerumque 4-5) longa, 1-2^ lata, petiole vix i-poll. Peduncnli 

 graciles, 1-2 poll, longi, infra medinm bracteolam oblongam vel lanceolatam 1-3 

 lineas longam (rarius foliaceam 1-2-pollicarem) deciduam gerentes. Mores solitarii, 

 nutantes, sordide virentes, demum flavescentea vel ochroleuci. Sepala basi vix coa- 

 lita, membranacea, punctis glandulosis conspersa, sericeo-pubescentia vel subglabra, 

 ovato-lanceolata, acuta, semipoUicaria. Petala demum 2-pollicaria et ultra, iuteriora 

 angustiora et plerumque pauUo breviora. Stamina oblonga, antherarum loculis in- 

 Eequalibus, interioribus brevioribus, conneotivo in processum ovalem producto. Torus 

 depreasus, medio aliquot excavatua. Ovaria 5-6-ovulata. Pedunculus fructifer 

 ssepe incrassatua. Torus incrassatus, globosua. Carpella plurima, pedicello ^1 - 

 pollicem iougo auifulta. ArticuJi late ovales, 1-6, piai magnitudine, utrinque ob- 

 tusi, nltimua apiculatus, rugulosi, demum baccati, viridi-pnrpuraacentea. 



We have described at conaiderable length thia very vaiiable plant, in order to 

 bring to notice as far as posaible the vaiioua forma which it asaumes. It haa beeu 

 well pointed out by Blume that the moat different forms of leaves occur on the same 

 tree, and often on the same specimen. The various degrsea of pubescence of the 

 flower seem somewhat more constant, the glabroua state being that common in 

 China, while the pubeacent-flowered form is that generally found in India. Wallich, 

 however, doea not hint that hia U. lavigata is of Chinese origin. The very pubeacent 

 state 7, from the base of the Sikkim Himalaya, is only known to us in fruit, and 

 the flowers may possibly prove it to be a distinct species. The variety 8 is a very 

 remarkable one, but the leaves arc not always of that extreme width, but pass by in- 

 sensible gradations into the ordiiiary state. In the specimen figured by Blume the 



