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puberulous, the midrib pubescent : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, rather pro- 

 minent beneath, spreading, and forming two sets of intra- marginal arches : 

 length 5'5 to 7'5 in., breadth 2 to 2'65 in. ; petiole '2 in., tomentose. 

 Flowers 3 to 3"5 in. long, solitary or in fascicles from tubercles on the 

 larger branches : pedicels *75 to "9 in., slender. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 sub-acute, about '3 in. long, puberulous. Petals white changing to 

 deep claret, subequal, rather coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 about 3 in. long, sparsely puberulous outside : breadth about "3 in. 

 Ovaries numerous, pubescent, with about 4 ovules. Ripe carpels red when 

 ripe, stalked, slightly pulpy, ovoid or oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1 to 1'25 

 in. long: stalks "5 to "75 in. long. Seeds about 3, oval, compressed, rugu- 

 lose, aromatic, '6 in. long. 



Singapore ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.,), No. 51. Perak ; Wray, No. 

 560 ; King's Collector. Distrib. — Java. 



8. Unona desmantha, H. f. and T. in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 61. 

 A small tree : youngest branches with soft yellowish-brown pubescence, 

 the older with smooth, shining, yellowish-brown bark. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, shortly and acutely 

 or obtusely acuminate, the base acute ; upper surface glabrous except 

 the pubescent midrib ; under-surface paler, puberulous especially on the 

 midrib and nerves : main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, rather prominent beneath 

 when dry, oblique. Flowers 25 in. diam., pale red, densely crowded on 

 1 to 2 in. broad flat tubercles on the older branches : peduncles "75 in., 

 puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals ovate, acute, "3 in. long. Petals un- 

 equal, linear-oblong, tapering to the apex, the base not dilated, sparsely 

 pubescent, 1 to 1'5 in. long; the inner rather narrower. Torus and 

 ovaries as in U. pycnantha, but ovules 3 to 5, superposed. Ripe carpels 

 stalked, globose, dark-coloured, glabrous, nearly 1 in. in diam. : stalk 1 

 to 1*5 in. 



Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 48. 



9. Unona ceinita, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 61. A 

 tree ? young branches slender ; their bark pale, rugose ; the youngest 

 densely rufous-tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong, elliptic-oblong 

 or oblanceolate-oblong, acute or acuminate ; the base rounded ; upper 

 surface quite glabrous, the lower pubescent especially on the nerves 

 and veins : the midrib tomentose on both surfaces ; main nerves 10 to 

 12 pairs, slender, but slightly prominent beneath : length 3 to 8 in., 

 breadth l - 25 to 25 in ; petiole 15 in., tomentose. Flowers 3 to 5 in. 

 long, pedicellate, in dense crowded fascicles from very broad (1 to 2 in. 

 in diam.) tubercles on the larger branches ; pedicels '15 to '25 in. long, 

 rusty-tomentose ; bracteole linear, or absent. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 

 much acuminate, spreading, 5 in. to '75 in. Petals subequal in length, 



