30 vi. an on ace jE. [Uvaria. 
in 2 rows. Hab. Rare. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Dis- 
trib. Sumatra. 
(2) U. dulcis Dunal, Anonacece 90, t. 13; King, Journ. ^45. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 14; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 18, pi. 8. 
A big liane 80 to 100 ft. long ; young branches ashy-tomentose. 
Leaves coriaceous elliptic or oval-acute, base rounded, minutely 
cordate, above stellate-pubescent, 4*5 in. to 7 in. long, 2-5 to 3-5 in. 
wide; petioles *2 in. long, stout. Peduncles *5 in. long, lateral 
i-flowered, 1 to 3 together. Bracts ovate, deciduous; buds ovoid- 
globose, woolly. Flowers 1-25 to 1*5 in /across, pale yellow. Sepals 
broadly triangular tomentose. Petals broadly ovate sub-acute, 
tomentose above, pubescent beneath. Stamens numerous, appen¬ 
dages large, oblique. Ovaries numerous, tomentose. Torus de¬ 
pressed-hemispheric, tomentose. Carpels numerous, oblong-ovoid, 
obtuse tuberculate and stellate-tomentose; stalks 1 in. long. Hab. 
Forests. Not very common. Malacca, Selandor, etc. Perak, 
Goping and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Dindings, Lumut. Penang, 
Moniot's road (about 1000 ft. altitude). Distrib. Java. Native 
name : Pisang-Pisang hitam. 
(3) U. Lobbiana Hook. fil. arid Thom. FI. hid. 100; Hook. fil. 
F.B.I. i. 49; King, Journ. ris. Soc. Beng. l.c. 15; Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. l.c. 19, pi. 9. 
A big liane 100 to 150 ft. long, young parts pubescent. Leaves 
sub-coriaceous oblong or oblong-lanceolate acute or shortly acumi¬ 
nate, base rounded sub-cordate, glabrous except midrib on both 
sides; nerves 13 to 16 pairs, 4 to 7 in. long, 1-5 to 2*25 in. wide; 
petioles *25 in. long. Peduncles *25 in. long, 2- to 3-flowered, ter¬ 
minal or leaf opposed, tomentose, with a large round amplexicaul 
bract to each flower. Flowers 1 to 1*2 in. across, red. Sepals 
connate into a cup, tomentose. Petals coriaceous (often 7 or 8), 
nearly equal, oval-obovate blunt, minutely tomentose. Anthers 
•1 in. long, appendages obliquely truncate, outer row sterile. Pistils 
pubescent, 4-angled. Carpels numerous, globular to ovoid pubes¬ 
cent, 1 in. long, *5 to *75 in. wide; stalks slender, 1*5 to 2 in. long. 
Seeds 4 to 10 plano-convex. Hab. In forests, not rare. Singapore, 
Garden Jungle. Malacca, Pringit (Griffith, Maingay). Selangor; 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler), Penang Hill. Distrib. Sumatra. 
(4) U. macrophylla Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. 663; Wall. PI. As. Rar. 
ii. 1 . 122; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 16; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc, 
l.c. 19, pi. 10. U. cordata Wall. Cat. 6486. 
A woody liane from 10 to 60 ft. or more long, young branches 
and petioles tomentose. Leaves coriaceous elliptic-oblong or 
obovate blunt or shortly acuminate, base rounded sub-cordate, 
above glabrous, except midrib and nerves tomentose, beneath 
tomentose; nerves 11 to 18 pairs; 4-5 to 10 in. long, 2-5 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles *25 in. long. Peduncles tomentose, extra-axillary or 
terminal, 3- to 5-flowered; bracts oval, rounded. Flowers dark 
