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trls, mali armeniaca: fapore ; Biirm. Zeyl. 231.) — Branches 

 trailing. Leaves ovato-lanceolate, fmooth. Berries nu- 

 merous, ovato-cylindrical, with taperiiie ftalks. Internal 

 proceflVs of the coat of the feed in parallel plates. — Native 

 of Ceylon. Linna-us and Burmann dcfcribe this as a trailing 

 fbrub, wiili fmooth, pointed, ftalked leaves, and fcarlet 

 ftarry f.oiv^rs., each producing fix or feven fmall, fofl, grey, 

 rather l;airy, fomewhat cyli,idric-al berries, half ai. inch lung, 

 with a vinous tafte, refembling that of an apricot. A fpc- 

 cimen communicated, if we miftake not, by Thunbcrg to 

 the yovuiger Linnxus, for Uvaria zeylamca, has ovate, 

 acute, Imooth, entire leavrs. The common Jlo'iuer-Jlalhs are 

 axillary, ftout, half an inch long, each bearing two or more 

 fingle-flowercd, angular, downy partial flalks, thrice that 

 length. Calyx half an inch in diameter, in three deep, 

 broad, obtufe, coriaceous, downy fegments, hke La- 

 marck's fig. I. tl,f,g. Anthers oblong, fpreading, yellow. 

 We cannot fay this is the true plant of IJnnasus, Burmann, 

 &c. becaufe our fpecimen wants the fruit, which is almoft 

 all that is known of that fpecies, with any precifion. 



2. U. Garlntri. Gaertner's Uvaria. De Cand. n. 2. 

 (U. trifoliata; Gsertn. f. 2. Lamarck f. 3.) — " Berries 

 ovate, with tapering tlalks. Interna! proccfles of the coat 

 of the feed awl-(haped." — Native probably of Ceylon. No- 

 thing is known of this fpecies but from Ga;rtncr's figure of 

 the fruil, which is rather larger, and lefs cylindrical, or 

 conllritled, than the foregoing, and differently conflruCted 

 within. 



3. U. luten. Yellow Uvaria. Roxb. Coromand. v. i. 

 32. t. 36. Willd. n. 8. De Cand. n. 3. — Leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acute, fmooth, fhining. Stalks fohtary, from one 

 to (ix-flowered. Berries oval, with fix feeds. — Native of 

 the hills of Ilindooftan, adjoining to the coaft of Coro- 

 mandel, flowering in the hot ieafon. A large evergreen 

 tref, with a fmooth brown bark, and alternate branches. 

 Leaves two or three inches long, alternate, two-ranked, on 

 fhort ftalks. Floiver-Jlalks oppofitc to the leaves, fohtary, 

 fhort and thick, each bearing ufually about three dull- 

 grecnilh floiuers, above half an inch broad. Petals five 

 times the fize of the calyx. Berries four to fix from each 

 flower, fpreading in the form of a ftar, on (liort (talks, 

 nearly oval, orange-co!o\ired, pulpy, each of them hardly 

 an inch in lengtli. Nothing is recorded of their flavour or 

 qualities, nor of any ufe to which this tree is put. The 

 Tehngas call it Miioy. 



4. U. lomenldfa. Downy Uvaria. Roxb. Coromand. 



V, I. 31. t. 35 Willd. n. 5. De Cand. n. 4 Leaves 



ovate-oblong, acute, downy. Stalks fingle-flowercd, ufu- 

 ally folitarv. Berries globular, with four feeds. — Native 

 of the Circar mountains ol Hindoollan, flowering iji the 

 hot feafon. This is alfo a large tree, with wide-fprcading 

 branches. Leaves foft and downy, on fliort Italks, their 

 fize rather exceeding thofe of the laft fpecies. Floiuers 

 folitary or in pairs, of a brownifh-green, on ftalks above an 

 inch long. Three outer petals fmall and awl-diaped ; three 

 inner ovate, acute, above half an inch long. Berries nearly 

 globular, from ten to fifteen, dull purple, the fize of a 

 Dullace plum. 



5. U. ilulcis. Sweet Uvaria. " Dnnal Monogr. 90. 

 t. 13." De Cand. n. 5 — " Leaves oblong-elliptical; ta- 

 pering and heart-ftiaped at the bafe j velvet-like beneath, as 

 well a<; the branches. Flower-ftalks in pairs, axillary, or 

 oppofit,' to the leaves ; jointed and brafteated in the middle. 

 — Nativf of .Java, defcribod by De Candolle from the 

 herba.iu 11 of M. De Leflcrt. Branches round ; villous and 

 r;ifty in the upper part. Leaves from two to four inches 

 long, on fhort villous ftalks; fomctimes pointed, and occa- 



fionally undulated ; nearly fmooth above ; rufty, with a 

 reddilh rib, beneath. Calyx villous, rnfty, in three broad, 

 ovate fegments. Petals villous, flightiy wavy ; the o\iter 

 ones rufty at the back ; inner broader, but rather fmaller. 

 Pijlils villous. Dunal. 



6. U. javana. Java Uvaria. " Dunal Monogr. 91. 

 t. 14." De Cand. n. 6. — "Leaves oblong-elliptical; 

 heart -(haped at the bafe ; rufty and downy, like the young 

 branches, beneath. Stalks axillary, or oppofite to the 

 leaves, few-flowered : partial ones fomewhat umbellate, 

 bradteated in the middle." — Gathered in Java, by M. La- 

 haie. The branches are round, marked with whitifli fpots ; 

 their young extremities clothed with rufty down. Leaves 

 on very fliort ftalks, fometimes pointed, fomctimes blunt, 

 waved at the edges, flightiy falcate, with pinnate ribs ; 

 fhining and nearly imooth on the upper fide. Stalks folitary 

 or in pairs, rufty, each bearing a fort of umbel, of from 

 two to four Jlowers, whole partial Jlalks are jointed at the 

 bafe, and furniflied about the middle with one large clafping 

 hraciea. Segments of the calyx deep, broad, rather acute. 

 Three inner petals reddifli, rather larger and more oblong 

 than the three outer. Pijlils villuu-.. Dunal. 



7. U. velutina. Velvet-leaved Uvaria. De Cand. n. 7. 

 (U. villofa; Roxb. MSS. Dunal Monogr. 91.) — "Leaves 

 ne.arly feftile, ovate, pointed, clothed, like the branches, 

 with velvet down ; heart-lhapcd at the bafe. Stalks lateral, 

 branched, downy ; partial ones corymbofe, fingle-flowered." 

 — Sent by Dr. Roxburgh, from the Eaft Indies, to Mr. 

 I..ambert. The young branches, botli lurfaces of the leaves, 

 the f'loljlalks, jloiver-jlalks, and calyx, are clothed with very 

 fhort, loft, greyifli, velvet down. Branches ro\ind. Leaves 

 almoft jiertettly fefiile, two or three inches long, an inch 

 and a half or two inches broad, with pinnate ribs, which 

 are prominent and moft downy at the back. Parlial^^owcr- 



Jlalks three or four, elong.ated, fingle-flowered, fomewhat 

 corymbofe. Calyx fmall. Petals three, ovate, thick, 

 bhintifli ; downy externally ; brownifli and fmooth on the 

 upper fide ; it is fuppoled there may be three others, which 

 are deciduous. Anthers very fliort, nearly teflile. Germens 

 denfely crowded, fomewhat downy. De Candolle. 



8. U ? fpeihthilis. Handlonie-flowered Uvaria. De 

 Cand. n. 8. — " Leaves oblong, pointed, almoft fmooth ; 

 clothed, like the branches, with rufty velvet down when 

 young. Stalks lateral, or oppofite to tile leaves, fingle- 

 flowered. Petals obovate ; inner ones cloven at the end." — 

 Gathered in Guiana by M. Martin. Branches round, 

 clothed when young with rully-coloiired velvet down. 

 Footjlalks very (hort, callous. Leaves fix or eight inches 

 long, two broad, entire, abrupllv pointed ; fcarcely taper- 

 ing at the bafe ; their lateral ribs alternate, all terminating 

 in one which runs parallel to the margin : when young they 

 are clothed beneath with redJilh velvet pubelcence ; as are 

 alfo the very fliort Jloiuer -Jlalks. Flowers large. Segments 

 of the calyx three or four lines long, ovate, coriaceous, 

 downy at the outlideonly. Piltils fix, obovate, nine or ten 

 lines long, coriaceous, filky on both lides with clole-prefted 

 whitifli hairs ; rather contraiil.d at the bafe : three outer 

 ones rather the linallell, entire ; three inner divided at the 

 point, one fegment very rarely again cloven. Outer row 

 of i\\e Jlamens abortive, coriaceous, oblong, brown, Imooth, 

 rather longer than the perfed ones, and lying over them, 

 with twtf internal furrows at tlie end. Germens very denfely 

 crowded, fcarcely diftinft. Fruit unknown. The author 

 doubts whether this fpecies ought not to conftitute a genus 

 by itfelf. 



VUBARAN.A, in Ichthyology, the name of an harcngi- 

 foim filh, cauirht in the American fcas. 



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