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to oblong-lanceolate, acute or shortly acnniinal". the kisr rounded, the 
upper surface glabrous, shining, the lower slightly glaucous, some- 
times with a few scattered hairs on the midrib j main nerves 10 to 12 
pairs, spreading, not prominent; length 3 to 4 in., breadth 12 to 175 
in., petiole '2 in. Flower* axillary, solitary, 1'25 to 1*4 in. long; pedicels 
'35 to "5 in long, slender, puhesceut, with a minute braeteole about the 
middle. Sepals broadly ovate, acute, puberulous, reflexed, "25 to 3 in. 
long. Petals narrowly oblong-lanceolate, sub acute, puberulous to 
glabrous, 1 to 1"25 in. long, the inner row smaller. Ripe carpels numer- 
ous, stalked, glabrous, constricted between the 3 to 5 ovoid joints, 1*25 to 
l - 75 in. long; the stalks about 1 inch. Hook. fil. and Th. W. Tnd. 131, 
(oxel. the Concan plant) ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat., I. Ft. 2, 41 j Hook. fil. 
Fl. Br. Ind. I. 58. 
Penang ; Wallich, Perak ; King's Collector. 
2. Unona Desajos, Duual Anon., lliff, A spreading shrub, often 
climbing; young branches slender, striate, ad pressed, rufous-pubescent, 
often lanceolate. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong, acute or acuminate, 
the base rounded ; upper surface glabrous or nearly so, the midrib 
sparsely pubescent; under-sui face paler in colour, puberulous or pubes- 
cent; main nerves 12 to \4 pairs, spreading, rather prominent beneath ; 
length 4'8 to 8'8 in., breadth VG5 to 3 25 in., petiole "35 in. Flowers 
solitary, extra-axillary, 1'35 to 175 in, long ; peduncle slender, 4 to 6 in. 
long, glabrous ; bractB few, lanceolate, minute, deciduous. Srpals 
ovate-acuminate, spreading, adpressed-pubeseent, '3 in. long. Petals 
coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, adpressed-pubeseent, nerved ; the outer 2 
in. long by about "85 in, broad ; the inner smaller. Ripe carpels numerous, 
stalked, *5 to "75 in. long, glabrous, constricted between the 2 to 3 oval 
joints. H. f. and T. Fl. Ind. 1:14; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2,42 ! Hook, 
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 59; Kurz For. Fl. Burn.. I 34. U. cochin-chine* ms 
A. BO Prod. 1, 91 j U. pedum ttlusa, A. DO Mem. Anon 28 ; U. pedunculosa 
Wall. Cat. 6422. U. fulvn, Wall. Cat. 642?. Besmos cochin-chinensh 
Lour, Fl. Coeh. Ch. I, 352. U. discolor, Wall, (not of Roxb.) Cat. (34^0 
D aud E. 
From Assam to Singapore. Distrib. Coch in-China. 
3. Unona disoolou, Vahl Symb. II, 63, t. 36. A spreading 
shrub, often also climbing ; young branches slender, sub-rugose, pubes- 
cent towards the tips. Leaves membranous, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
acute, the base rounded ; upper surface glabrous, shiuing ; the lower 
glaucous, glabrous or pubescent; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, sub-ascend- 
ing, slightly prominent beneath ; length 3 to 7 5 in., breadth I to 2 in., 
petiole about '25 in. Flowers solitary, extra-axillary, 2 to 2 5 in. long \ 
peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, rather slender, pubescent, with a minute linear 
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