Uvaria] lY. ANONACE^ 17 



connective ovoid or truncate, obtuse, anther cells lateral. Ovaries numerous, 

 ovules as a rule many, in two rows on the ventral suture. Toras (apex of 

 pedicel) generally much enlarged in fruit. About 110 species, a few African, 

 Australian, the rest in tropical and subtropical Asia. 



A. Full gi'own leaves densely tomentose beneath, 



1. U. macrophylla, Roxb. ; Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 122 ; Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. 

 Or. t. 81 ; Ann. 4. t. 10. Vern. Thdbioot-nice^ Burm. 



A large climber, branchlets and petioles rusty tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 

 elliptic-oblong, sometimes broader towards the apex, base rounded or slightly 

 cordate, upper surface glabrous, except the tomentose midrib and nerves, lower 

 lax rusty-tomentose, 5-12 in. long. Secondary nerves 10-15 pair, prominent 

 as well as tertiaiy nerves and intramarginal veins, Fl. 1| in. across, dark 

 pur^Dle, in short axillary racemes, sometimes solitary, sepals rusty-tomentose. 

 Eipe carpels glabrous, oblong, blunt at the ends, 1-1 1 in., stalks J-1 in. 

 long, on the woody enlarged torus. Seeds numerous. 



Silhet, Chittagong, Burma. FL H.S. Also Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, Java. 



2. IT. purpurea, Blnme ; Ann. Bot. G-. Calc. iv, t. 12. — Syn. U. grandiflora, E,oxb. ; 

 Wall. PL As. Ear. t. 121 {ThaUvot, Burm.). Burma and Malay Archipelago, South 

 China. FL solitary, crimson or dark purple, 2-3 in. diam., on a thick pedicel -^-2 in. 

 long, with 2 or 3 large ovate or rounded bracts. Ripe carpels cylindric, tomentose, 

 1^-2 1 in. long, pulp sweet, edible. 3. U". Hamiltoni, Hook. fil. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. t. 6. 

 ISubhimalayan tract from Sikkim eastwards, Assam, Kliasi hills, Chota Nagpore (in 

 ravines). Eastern Bengal, Upper Burma, Andamans. A powerful climber with brick 

 red il., solitary or fasciculate, 1^-2^ in. across, pedicels 1 in. long, with a tomentose 

 rounded bract. Ripe carpels ovoid, IJ in. long, scarlet. 4. IT. Mrsuta, Jack ; Ann. 

 iv. t. 14. Burma and Malay Archipelago. Branchlets, buds, and ripe carpels densely 

 clothed with long hairs and dark rusty wool. Ripe carpels cylindric, 1^-2 in. long. 

 5. U. ferrugiaea, Ham. ; Ann. iv. t. 15. — Syn. Mlipeia ferruginea^ Hook. fil. FL Brit. 

 Ind. i. 52. Eng forests of the Irrawaddi valley and Tenasserim. A low deciduous 

 shrub, fl. 1 in. diam , ripe carpels almost sessile, ^ in. long, red, glabrous. 



B. Full grown leaves entirely glabrous or pubescent along nerves only. 



6. U. Naram, Wall.; Ann. iv. t. 21; Talbot List 3. Yern, Naram 

 panal^ Mar. 



A large climber, all parts except inflorescence glabrous. Leaves pale 

 brown beneath, oblong-lanceolate, 6-9 in. long. 

 Secondary nerves slender, not prominent, Fl. 1-1 1- 

 in. diam., yellow, solitary, on slender peduncles 

 l|-2 in. long. Petals connate at base, sometimes 

 more than 6. Fruiting carpels numerous, glabrous, 

 scarlet, cylindric or ovoid. Stalks l|-2 in* long. 



Evergreen forests of the Western Ghats from the 

 Konkan southwards. Fl. 0. S. Ceylon. King, Ann. iv. 

 p. 28 tab. 22 ; and Cooke, Fl. Bombay i. 9, separate from 

 this U. Hooker i ( U. Narum, Wight 111. t. 6) with ovoid 

 carpels, tapering to both ends, on thick stalks, and 

 larger il. 



The other species of this section may be classified as 

 follows : — 



a. Leaves perfectly glahrous, small, 2-5 in. 



7. tr. micrantlia, Hook. f. & Thorns.; Ann. iv. t. 18. 

 Lower Burma, Andamans, Malay Peninsula and Archi- Fio. 6.— Uvaria Narum, Wall. 

 pelago. Fl. J in. diam., ripe carpels stalked, ovoid, Fr. and section. J. 



I in. 2-4 seeded. Leaves resemble Popoivia nitida, King. 



8. U. zeylanica, Linn. ; Ann. iv. t. 19. Malabar and Travancore, Ceylon. FL f in. diam., 

 carpels nearly sessile, ovoid, J in. long. 



b. Leaves perfectly glabrous, 4-8 in, long. 



9, TI. lurida, Hook. f. & Thorns. ; Ann. iv. t. 23, Sikkim, Khasi hills, B-nsselkonda 



