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Uvaria.] 
Ovaries indefinite, linear-oblong; styles short and thick. Ovules 
many in 2, rarely 1 row. Carpels many, cylindric, smooth, few- 
or many-seeded. Tropical Asia and Australia, a few African, 
about no species. 
(а) Flowers over *5 in. wide in short sub-terminal 
or lateral cymes. 
Anther appendage small, flat, oblique. 
Flowers 1 in. across, yellow; leaves beneath 
glabrous except nerves .... 
Flowers over 1 in. long, cream; petals broad; 
leaves beneath tomentose .... 
Flowers over 1 in. long, red, petals broad; 
leaves glabrous, coriaceous 
Anther appendage half as long as anthers, flat, 
oblique truncate. 
Flowers 1*5 in. across, red; leaves sub-glabrous 
beneath ....... 
Flowers 3 in. across, purple red; leaves stel¬ 
late tomentose beneath .... 
Anther appendage slightly or not produced. 
Whole plant stiffly hairy; flowers red 
Whole plant soft, tomentose . 
Anther appendage broad quadrate, outer anthers 
staminodes; bush or climber, tomentose; 
flowers 1 in. long, purple .... 
(б) Flowers terminal racemes umbelled. 
Leaves rather small, glabrous .... 
Leaves large, strong reticulate and tomentose 
beneath ....... 
(e) Flowers small under -5 in. wide. 
Leaves small, lanceolate-acute, glabrous . 
Leaves large, oblong glabrous when adult . 
Leaves 4 in. long, pubescent beneath, minutely 
pustular above ..... 
Dubious species. Flowers axillary, very small, re¬ 
sembling those of Cyathostemma 
(1) U. Larep 
(2) U. dulcis 
(3) U. Lobbiana 
(4) U. maerophylla 
(5) U. purpurea 
(6) U.hirsuta 
{7) U. Curtisii 
(8) U. Ridleyi 
(9) U. pauci-ovulata 
(10) U. Scortechinii 
(11) U. micrantha 
(12) U. exeelsa 
(13) U. astrosticta 
(14) U, sub-repanda 
(1) U. Larep Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 370; King, Jonrn. ^ 4 s. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 13; Ann. Boi. Gard. Calc. 16, pi. 14. 
A liane 20 to 40 ft. long; young branches and petioles covered 
with scaly stellate hairs. Leaves membranous, elliptic or sub- 
ovate, short, acuminate, base rounded, glabrous except on the 
midrib on both faces and nerves beneath tomentose; nerves 10 to 
12 pairs inarching, 5 to 8 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petioles -2 to -3 in. 
long. Peduncles half-way between the leaves -i in. long, 1- to 2- 
flowered. Pedicels *75 in. long. Bracts i-2 in. long, reniform. 
Flowers 1-5 to 175 in. across. Sepals small, *2 in. long, reniform 
connate, pubescent, reflexed. Petals oblong-lanceolate, sub-acute, 
75 in. long, puberulous, pale yellow. Anthers sessile in few rows, 
appendages short, oblique. Pistils numerous, angled, puberulous. 
Carpels numerous, cylindric-oblong, pubescent, 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, 
*5 in. through. Stalks 1-25 to 1-5 in. long, tomentose. Seeds 10, 
