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diam. Petah sub-equal, about twice as large as the sepals, orbicular - 
ovate, sub-acute, cordate at the base, the elges incurved. Stamens 
about 27, in three rows; anther-cells linear, lateral, the apical process of 
the connective obliqnely truncate, papillose. Pistils numerous, forming a 
large mass with their stigmas agglutinated. Ovaries sub-cuneate, pubes- 
cent especially near the truncate apox ; stigma very large and viscous, 
sessile; ovules 1 to 3, ascending. Itipe carpels ovoid, pointed, glabrous, 
*4 to -5 in. long. Seeds 1 to 3, compressed, the testa pale brown, shining. 
S. Andaman : King. Nieobars : Kurz. 
In its leaves this much resembles Uvaria micrantha, H. f. and T. 
as which I have reason to believe some specimens of this have been 
distributed from the Calcutta Herbarium. 
4. Popowu H ELFEfti, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. I, 69. A 
small spreading tree; young branches coarsely hairy. Leaves mem- 
branous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base narrowed 
but rounded ; upper surface glabrous ; the lower granular, sub-strigose, 
especially on the midrib; main nerves indistinct, about 4 or 5 pairs, 
ascending: length 2 to 4 in., breadth '8 to l"25 in,, petiole *05 in. 
FUncers minute, globose, extra-axillary ; peduncles '05 to "2 in., tomen- 
tose. Sepals ovate, strigose. Outer petals like the sepals, the inner 
orbicular, larger than the outer, concave, very strigose, their apices 
inflexed. Stamens 15. Omile solitary. Carpels about 6, globular, stri- 
gose, Kurz. F. Flora Burm. T, 39. 
AndamanB ; North of Port Mouat ; Kurz. Burmah: Teuasserim, 
on King's Island ; Heifer. 
A very little known species closely resembling P. Beddomiajia, 
H. f. and Th. 
5. Popowia FtKTtDA, Maingay MSS., Hook fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, f>9. 
A large tree ; young branches tawny-tomentose. Leaves sub-coriaceous, 
elliptic-lanceolate, shortly caudate-acuminate, the base sub-acute ; upper 
surface glabrous except the puberulous midrib, lower densely covered 
with yellowish -grey lenient um as are the petioles; main nerves H to 
18 pairs, rather prominent beneath, curved, spreading, inter-arching 
close to the margin; length 4*5 to 6'5 in., breadth V6 to 2 in., petiole 
"2 in. Flowers solitary, '35 in. in diam. ; pedicels '2 in., tomentose. 
Sepals minute, ovate, obtuse. Petals unequal, the outer ovate-elliptic, 
obtuse, yellow ; the inner slightly larger, apiculatc, concave, the margins 
thick. Stamens about 30, the connective large. Ovaries about 6, stri- 
gose, 2-ovuled. Ripe caipehiew, very large, oblong-ovoid, obtuse, sessile, 
densely and shortly yellowish-tonientose, 2 25 in. long, and 1'5 in. in 
diam. Seed solitary, oblong, the testa bony. 
Malacca; Maingay, (Kew Distribj No. 55. 
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