puberulous, the midrib pubescent : main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, rather pro- 
minent beneath, spreading, and forming two sets of intra-niarginal arches ; 
length 5'5 to 7 5 in,, breadth 2 to 2*65 in. ; petiole 2 in-, tomentose. 
Flowers 3 to 35 in, long, solitary or in fascicles from tubercles on the 
larger branches : pedicels *75 to 9 in ., slender. Sepah ovate-lanceolate, 
snb-acuto, about "3 in. long, puberulous. Petals white changing to 
deep claret* subeqnal, rather coriaceous, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, 
about 3 in, long, sparsely puberulous outside : breadth about *3 in. 
Ovaries numerous, pubescent, with about 4 ovules. Ripe carpels red whi n 
ripe, stalked, slightly pulpy, ovoid or oblong, obtuse, glabrous, 1 to I"23 
in. long: stalks *5 to *75 in. long. Seeds about 3, oval, compressed, rugu- 
loMe, aromatic, "6 in. long. 
Singapore ; Maiugay (Kew Distrib.,), No. 51. Perak ; Wray, No. 
660 ; King's Collector. Distrib. — Java. 
8. Unona desmantha, H. f. and T. in Hook. 61. PL Br. Iud. I, 61. 
A Bmall tree: youngest branches with soft yellowish-brown pubescence, 
the older with smooth, shining, yellowish-brown bark. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic -oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, or oblanceolate, shortly and acutely 
or obtusely acuminate, the base acute ; upper surface glabrouB except 
the pubescent midrib ; under-surfa.ce paler, puberulous especially on the 
midrib and nerves : main nerves 8 to 11 pairs, rather prominent beneath 
when dry, oblique. Flowers 25 in. diam., pale red, densely crowded on 
1 to 2 in. broad flat tubercles on the older branches ■ peduncles "75 in., 
puberulous, ebracteolate. Sepals ovate, acute, 3 in. loug. Petals un- 
equal, linear-oblong, tapering to the apex, the base not dilated, sparsely 
pubescent, 1 to 15 in. long; the inner rather narrower. Torus- mid 
ovaries as in 77. pyenantha, but ovules 3 to 5, superposed. Ripe carpds 
stalked, globose, dark -coloured, glabrous, nearly 1 in, in diam. ; stalk 1 
to 1-5 in. 
Malacca : Main gay (Kew Distrib. ), No. 48. 
9. Unona ciiixNiTA, Hook. fil. and Thorns. FL Br. Ind. I, 61. A 
tree ? young branches slender ; their bark pale, rugose j the youngest 
densely rufoua-tomentose. Leaves membranous, oblong, elliptic-oblong 
or oblanceolate -oblong, acute or acuminate; the base rounded ; upper 
surface quite glabrous, the lower pubescent especially on the nerves 
and veins : the midrib tomentose on both surfaces ; main nerves 10 to 
12 pairs, slender, but slightly prominent beneath - length 3 to 8 in., 
breadth I - 25 to 2*5 in. - petiole "15 in., tomentose. Flowers 3 to 5 in. 
long, pedicellate, in dense crowded fascicles from very broad (1 to 2 in. 
in diam.) tubercles on the larger branches ; pedicels *15 to '25 in. long, 
rusty- tomentose ; bracteole linear, or absent. Sepals ovate-lanceolube, 
much acuminate, spreading, 5 in. to "75 in. Petals subequal in length, 
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