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red, 1*5 in. across. Sepals connate into a cup ; edge wavy. Petals 
longer, sub-rotund blunt coriaceous, brown tomentose below, 
pubescent above. Anthers *3 in. long, appendages nearly half as 
long, obliquely truncate. Ovaries tomentose. > Torus woody, hemi¬ 
spheric 1 in. across, pubescent in fruit. Carpels oblong, blunt at 
both ends, glabrous orange, 75 to 1-25 in. long ; stalks -5 to 1 in. long. 
Seeds numerous, oval. Hab. Common in woods and open country 
all over the peninsula. Singapore, Changi. Malacca, Ching 
(Griffith). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunst- 
ler). Penang, Batu Feringhi (Curtis). Dislrib. Burma, Ceylon 
and Java. 
(5) U. purpurea Bl. Bijdr. 11 ; BI. FI. Jav. Anonacece 13, t. 1 
and t. 13 A.; Hook. fit. F.B.I. i. 47; King, Journ . As. Soc. Beng. 
l.c. 17; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 21, pi. 12. U. grandiflora Roxb. 
FI. Ind. ii. 665; Wall. PI. As. Rar. ii. i. 121. 
A climbing or sarmentose liane, never very thick, bark black, 
young parts stellate pubescent or tomentose. Leaves thickly 
membranous glabrous above, stellate-tomentose beneath, deep 
green shining, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic acute or acuminate, 
base rounded or cordate; nerves 14 to 17 pairs, 4-5 in. to 11 in. long, 
2-5 to 375 in. wide; petioles hairy, -15 to -25 in. long. Peduncles 
1 to i*5 extra-axillary, 1- to 2-flowered. Flowers showy, 3 to 3-5 hi. 
across. Sepals ovate-obtuse, pale green, hairy. Petals spreading 
flat coriaceous lanceolate or oblong-acute, 175 in. long and 7 in. 
vide, nearly equal, deep madder red. Anthers *3 in. long brovmish 
flesh colour, appendages conspicuous, oblong, irregular. Pistils 
numerous, tomentose. Stigmas covered with a waxy yellow gum. 
Torus depressed hemispheric, pubescent. Carpels numerous, oblong- 
cylindric obtuse minutely tomentose, orange colour, stalked, 1*5 to 
2-5 in. long, *5 in. through; stalks *5 to 1 in. long. Hab. Borders 
of woods and roadsides, a sarmentose plant; in dense forest climb¬ 
ing high on the trees. Common often in open country. Singapore, 
Changi. Malacca, Ayer Panas and Ching (Griffith); Nyalas (Derry); 
Selandor ; Pahang. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Kwala 
Rumpin (Wray). Ulu Bubong and Larut (Kunstler). Prov. Wel¬ 
lesley, Krian. Penang (Porter, Jack) ; Batu Feringhi. Singora 
(Annandale). Dislrib. Malay Islands, S. China. Native name : 
Pisang-Pisang. 
The most showy and conspicuous in the genus. King’s variety tuberculata 
has rough tubercled fruit. It was collected at Goping by Kunstler. 
(6) U. hirsuta Jack, Mai. Misc. i. (2), 46; Bl. FI. Jav. Anonacece, 
22, t. 5; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 18, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc, 
l.c. 22, pi. 14. 
A tall slender liane twining by twisting its branches round 
supports to 80 ft., or more. Young branches, petioles and most 
of the other parts of the plant covered with stiff red hairs. Leaves 
