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powerful climber : young branches Q lender, softly mfons-tomentose, be- 
coming glabrous, Zreaves membranous, elliptic-oblong to elliptic, some- 
times slightly obovate, acuminate ; the base narrowed or rounded, Bonie- 
times slightly unequal, never cordate ; upper sui'faco adpressed-pubescent, 
almost glabrous when old, the midrib minutely rufous- tome ntose ; lower 
surface softly stellate-toruentose ; main nerves 14 to 17 pairs, spreading, 
rather prominent beneath ; length of blade 4 to 8 in., breadth 2 - 25 to 3'5 
in., petiole '15 to '2 in. Peduncles solitary or 2 to 3 together, -75 to 1*75 
in. long, extra-axillary, 1- flowered ; flowers 1*5 to 2"5 in. in diam. : bract; 
single, sub-orbicular, rufous-tomentose outside, shortly hispid inside : 
buds turbinate, toraentose. Sepals broadly triangular, ultimately re* 
flexed, membranous. Petals much longer than the sepals, coriaceous, 
obovate, the apices obtuso and incurved, minutely tomentose on both 
surfaces, brick-red. Anthers sub-sessile, equal, obliquely truncate at the 
apex, "15 to *2 in. long. Ovaries slightly shorter than the stamens, 
compressed, pubescent. Torus hemispheric, tomentose, pitted when 
adult. Ripe carpels on long slender stalks, ovoid to sub-globular, about 
15 in. long, and 1 in. in diam. when fresh, tomentose, scarlet ; when 
dry slightly constricted between the seeds; stalks slender, tomentose, 
1 to 15 in. long. Seeds about 6, flat, shining. Hook til, JHL Br, Ind. I, 
48. TJ. grandifiora, Wall. Cat. 6485 K 
In the Forests at the base of the Eastern Himalaya \ Madhopore 
Forest in B. Bengal : Assam ; Khasia ; Shan Hills (Prazer). 
Var. Kurzii, King. Leaves with broader bases often minutely cor- 
date; fewer nerves (12 to 14 pairs) ; smaller flowers (i'3 in. in diam.) 
on shorter pedicels (I to 125 in.) ; petals yellowish, ovate-oblong. 
South Andaman : Kurz, Kings' Collector. 
This was referred by Kurz who first collected it, to U. macrophylla, 
Roxb., then to U. purpurea, Bl. : but was finally considered by him as 
"altogether doubtful." The fuller materials recently received show it 
to be, in my opinion, a very distinct variety of U. Hamilton^ allied no 
doubt to U. purpurea* Bl., but a much larger plant with smaller flowers 
and more globular fruit. 
3. Uvaria dulcis, Dunal Anon. 90, t. 13. A powerful creeper 
often 80 to 100 feet long ; youngest branches softly cinereous-tomentose ; 
the older sub-glabrous or glabrous, dark-coloured, rather rough. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic or oval, sometimes unequal-sided, acute or sub-acute; 
tho base broad, rounded, or sub-truncate, minutely cordate ; upper 
surface sparsely adpressed-stellate-pubescent. The midrib forruginous- 
tomentose ; lower surface densely sub-ferrugiueous or cinereous woolly- 
tomentose : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, slightly curving, pro- 
minent beueath: length of blade 4"5 to 7 in., breadth 2*5 to 3*5 in,, 
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