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rufous-tomeutose, with a single ovate bract near the base. Sepah coria- 
ceous, cordate or ovate, sub-acut-e or acute, spreading, rufous-toinentose, 
4 in. long. Petals obovate-spathulate to broadly ovate- lanceolate, taper- 
ing to eacb end, vertically nerved, densely pubescent at first, loss so 
when old; the inner row smaller. Stipe carpels numerous, stalked, gla- 
brous, 75 to 1*4 in. long, much constricted between the 2 to 3 ovoid 
joints. Seeds shining, the albumen with transverse fibres. Wall. Cat. 
6429. H. f. and Th. Fl. Ind. 131 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 59, 
Malacca : Maingay, Nos. 42 and 43 (Kew Distrib.). Porak ; King's 
Collector, L. Wray Junior. Sylhet ; Roxburgh, Wall ich. Assam; Simons. 
The form which occui-s in the Malayan Peninsula has narrower 
petals than that which is found in Assam and Silhet, and its leaves are 
more oblong and loss ovate. 
5. Ukona lonoifloha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. IT, 668. A glabrous shrub 
or small tree, the leaf-buds silky ; young branches slender. Leaves 
membranous, narrowly oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less acumi- 
nate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; upper surface shining, the 
lower glaucous : main nerves 12 to 16 pairs, oblique, rather prominent 
beneath : length 6*5 to 11 in., breadth. 175 to 3"25 in., petiole "4 in. 
Flowers solitary, pedunculate, axillary, pendulous, 3*5 to 6 in. long ; the 
peduncles minutely bracteolate and jointed near the base, slender, from 
1*25 to 8 in. long, still longer in frnit. Sepals very small, broadly tri- 
angular, spreading, mucronate, rufous-pubescent externally. Petals linear- 
lanceolato, much acuminate, cohering by their margins, the base slight- 
ly expanded, no constriction between tho limb and claw, adpressed- 
sericeons when young but afterwards glabrous, yellowish ; the inner 
row absent. Stamens with the connective produced and truncate at the 
apex. Ovaries 10 to 20, sessile, hairy ; ovules few : stigmas large, re- 
curved. Ripe carpels about 10, stalked, moniliform, 3- to 4-joiuted, all tho 
joints except tho lowest often falling off : individual joints elongated- 
ovoid, 5 in. long, glabrous. Seeds with thin smooth testa, tho albumen 
intersected by numerous horizontal fibrous processes. Wall. Cat. 6-419 ; 
Hook. fil. and Th. Fl. Ind. 134; Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. I, 61 ; Kurz Fl. 
Burin. I, 35. 
Perak;in forests under 3,000 feet. E Himalaya; Assam; Khasia 
Hills, Chittagong. 
Most of the specimens which I have seen from Assam, the Khasia 
Hills, and Chittagong have flower- pedicels ander 2 inches long, and 
petals quite 6 inches long. Sjiecimens from Perak, on the other hand, 
have shorter flowers (3 to 4 in long) ; and much longer (5 or 6 in.) and 
more slender peduncles ■ otherwise the two sets agree. In many of 
the flowers from both sets of localities there are only two petals. 
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