nerves 13 to 16 pairs, curving slightly, spreading below, suberect above, 
thin but prominent beneath ; length of blade 4 to 7 in,, breadth 1*5 to 
2*25 in., petiole *25 in, Peduncles only *25 in. long or even less, termi- 
nal or leaf-opposed, 2«or 3 -flowered, tomentose, each flower with, a large 
rotund amplexicaul bract ; buds depressed- globose, tomentose : flower 
1 to 1-2 in, in diam. Sepals conjoined into a wavy cup, tomentose out- 
side, minutely pubescent inside. Petals coriaceous, often 7 or 8, slightly 
unequal, broadly oval, obovato, blunt slightly warted on both sur- 
faces, minutely tomentose on the outer, pubescent on the inner. Anthers 
sessile, flattened, -1 in, long, the connectives produced at the apices, 
compressed, obliquely truncate, tho outer row sterile. Ovaries 4-angled, 
pubescent except the truncate lobulate stigma. Ripe carpels numerous, 
stalked, globular or globular-ovoid, slightly oblique, boldly tubercled, 
pubescent, *5 to 75 in. in diam., and sometimes 1 in. long; poricaqj 
thin ; stalks slender, 15 to 2 in, long, glabroseent. Seeds 4 to 10, large, 
plano-convex, smooth. Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat. I, Pt, 2, 34 : Hook. fil. Fl. 
Br. Ind. I, 49. 
Malacca; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrih.), Nos. 27 and 30. Singa- 
pore and Perak ; King's Collector, Penang *. Curtis. Sumatra ; Forbes, 
No. 3059. 
5. Uvauia macroprtlla, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II, 663. Scandent usually 
to tho extent of 15 to 20 feet, but sometimes reaching 50 or 60 foot ; 
young branches and petioles rusty-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic- 
oblong, rarely elliptic-rotund, sometimes slightly obovate, obtuse or 
shortly and abruptly acuminate, very slightly narrowed to the rounded 
or minutely cordate base; upper surface (when adult) glabrescent or 
glabrous except the tomentose midrib and nerves ; lower with lax, 
sometimes stellate, rusty tomentum, especially along the midrib and 11 
to 18 pairs of prominent spreading or oblique nerves : length of blade 4*5 
to 10 in., breadth 2*5 to 4 or (in some Burmese specimens) even 6 in. ; 
petiole *25 in. Peduncles extra-axillary or terminal, densely rusty- 
tomentose, 3-to 5- flowered, each pedicel with an oval or rounded bract; 
buds globose : flowers 1*5 in. in diam. Sepals connate into a cup with 
wavy obscurely 3-toothed edge. Petals much larger than the calyx, sub- 
rotund, blunt, coriaceous, purple, tomentose outside, pubescent inside ; 
anthers sessile, '3 in. long : tbe connective produced at the apex to 
nearly half the length of anther, compressed, obliquely truncate. Ovaries 
narrow, compressed, tomentose, the stigmas truncate, Torus of fruit 
woody, hemispheric, I in. in diam. sparsely pubescent, pitted. Eipe car- 
pels stalked, oblong, blunt at each end, glabrous, *75 to 1*25 in. long, peri- 
carp thin ; stalks *5 to 1 in. long : seeds numerous, oval, compressed, 
shining. Wall. PI. As, Bar. t. 122 ; Cat. 6487 (exel, F. in fruit) Hk. f. 
