28 vi. an on ace jE. [Cyathostemma. 
numerous, oblong, pubescent at base only. Carpels reddish ovoid 
glabrous, -4 to *6 in. long; pedicels slender as long. Seeds 1 or 2, 
ovoid or plano-convex. Hab. Hill forests, apparently locally com¬ 
mon. Selangor, Weld’s Hill (Foxworthy). Perak, Thaiping Hills; 
Goping (Kunstler, Scortechini, Wray). 
(3) C. Hookeri King , Jonrn. /Is. Soc. Beng. l.c. 10; Ann . Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 13, pi. 40. Uvaria parviflora Hook. fil. and Thom. 
FI. Ind. 103, Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 51. 
A liane 40 to 80 ft. long, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Leaves membranous broadly oblanceolate to ovate-elliptic acute 
or bluntly acuminate, base rounded or sub-cuneate; nerves 9 to 
10 pairs, inarching; 5*5 to 7 in. long, 2-25 to 275 in. wide; petioles 
•3 in. long. Flowers -25 in. across, in extra-axillary fascicles or 
cymes of 2 or 3, yellow, on puberulous pedicels *3 to -4 in. long. 
Sepals spreading broadly ovate sub-acute, -i in. long. Petals 
concave; outer whorl little longer than sepals, narrower obovate 
contracted at base, puberulous outside; inner whorl narrower, 
thicker, oblique. Stamens numerous, appendages thick incurved. 
Ovaries numerous, puberulous. Carpels numerous, oblong or ovoid 
blunt glabrescent, 75 to 175 in. long, -6 to *9 in. diameter; pedicel 
1*5 to 2 in., stout. Seeds 6 in one row, oblong. Hab. Local, in 
forest up to 1000 ft. altitude. Singapore, Garden Jungle. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Penang, Government Hill (Phillips, 
Curtis). Distrib. Borneo. 
(4) C. acuminatum King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 10; Ann. 
Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 13, pi. 14. 
A liane; young branches puberulous. Leaves membranous 
oblanceolate-oblong cordate-acuminate, base acute, glabrous except 
the puberulous midrib; nerves 10 to 11 pairs, curved; 8 to 9 in. 
long, 2-2 to 2'5 in. wide; petioles *15 in. long, tomentose. Herma¬ 
phrodite flowers in pubescent cymes, 4 to 6 in. long; pedicel as 
long as the branches. Bracts numerous distichous oblong. Flowers 
•4 to -5 in. across; pedicels short. Sepals triangular, obtuse. Petals 
as in viridiflorum. Stamens, appendages thick, incurved. Ovaries 
with conical stigmas. Female flowers, cymes shorter, few-flowered, 
i*5 in. long, pubescent. Sepals broadly triangular cordate acute, 
pubescent. Petals, outer whorl ovate-triangular sub-acute; inner 
row smaller. Stamens o. Ovaries as in hermaphrodite, but stigma 
larger, not conical. Hab. Very rare. Upper Perak (Wray). 
5 . UVARIA, L. 
Scandent or sarmentose shrubs, often stellately pubescent. 
Flowers terminal or leaf-opposed, rarely axillary, cymose or solitary, 
crimson, purple or yellow. Sepals 3, valvate, often connate at the 
base. Petals 6, lanceolate-orbicular or ovate, imbricate in 2 whorls 
similar, sometimes connate at the base. Stamens indefinite, appen¬ 
dage ovoid-oblong or truncate. Torus flat or depressed, pubescent. 
