15 
only 
Hab. Ceylon, at an elevation of about 3.000 feet. Mr. Tkwaites describes the ovary as 
two flowers I have examined. 
PLATE No. LXXI. 
solitary ; I have found 2 in the 
OroPHEA ? OBLIQUA. (H. f. et. T.) A middling sized tree, branches smooth glabrous, leaves oblong or lanceolate acute, 
rigidly coriaceous, unequal at the base, glabrous on both sides, 4-5 inches long l|-2 broad, shining above, pale beneath, petioles about 
1 line long, flowers terminal 1-3 fascicled, or fascicled from the trunk, minute, glabrous purple very shortly pedicelled, sepals minute 
ciliate petals 6 subequal carnose, exterior open interior converging imbricate or subvalvate, stamens 6 in 2 series, ovaries 3, two-ovuled, 
stigma depressed torus plane, carpels sessile globose inch in diameter smooth glabrous reddish 1-2 seeded, seeds rotundate sub¬ 
compressed testa shining brown scrobiculate. Hook, and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 112 ;— Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 8. 
Hab. Ceylcn (near Galle), and in the Ratnapoora district at no great elevation. 
The frequent imbrication of the petals is unlike any other species of Orophea, and this plant will probably have to be removed 
from the genus. 
PLATE No. LXXII, 
In the “ Flora Indica" tioo other species are described from Birmah, 0. polycarpa and 0. acuminata, and the genus is well 
represented in the Malay Archipelago—other species will probably be found in Southern India and in Birmah. 
Unona Lawii. a large shrub, branches slender, young ones pubescent, leaves sub-coriaceous oblongo-lanceolate, rounded 
at the base, acuminated at the apex, sparingly sub-puberulous above at length glabrous, very pale beneath and pubescent, 2J-4^ inches 
long, f-lj broad, petiole J inch long pubescent, peduncles pubescent slender about 1 inch long, nearly opposite the leaves, furnished with 
1 ovate small bract about the middle, sepals ovato-lanceolate subtomentose J inch long, exterior petals If-2 J inches long scarcely f inch 
broad, adpressedly pubescent, rounded and concave at the base, interior petals similar but a little shorter, ovaries 2-3 ovuled, torus 
convex, depressedly concave at the apes, carpels oblong mucronate numerous, on pedicels f inch long, 1-3 articulated. Hook, and Thom. 
FI. Ind. p. 132. 
Hab. Wynaad, common about Manantoddy (specimen figured) and on the Carcoor ghat—elevation 2,500 to 3,000 feet, Concan. 
Very like Unona discolor, but with much narrower petals and fewer ovules. 
PLATE No. LXXIII. 
Unona ZeYLANICA. (H. f. et. T.) An erect shrub, 3-6 feet, branches elongate slender, young parts pubescent, leaves 
elongate lanceolate acute at the base, acuminate at the apex, sub-membranaceous, glabrous on both sides or sub-puberulous beneath, 5-8 
inches long lf-2 broad, petioles \ inch long glabrous, peduncles on the trunk or axillary or above the axils solitary or twin slender 
inch long, squamellate at the base, the rest naked and glabrous, sepals oblongo-lanceolate puberulous on the outside 2 lines long, petals 
coriaceous glabrous, oblongo-lanceolate acute, exterior 1 inch long f inch broad, interior narrower § inch broad, stamens very broad, short, 
ovules 2-4, torus slightly excavated at the apex, globose in fruit, carpels 10-20 reddish (pedicels 2 lines long) contracted between the seeds, 
articulations 1-4 seeds oval, smooth 4 lines long. Hook, and Thom , FI. Ind. p. 132 ;— Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 9. 
Hab. Ceylon, at an elevation of 1,500 to 3,000 feet. 
PLATE No. LXXIV, 
The other described Indian species are U. Dunalii (Wall) from the Concan, Chittagong, and Malay Peninsula; U. Desmos, 
stenopetala, and Dasymaschala from Birmah ; U. dumosa from Sylhet ; U. longiflora and prsecox from Assam ; and U. eauliflora from 
Singapore ; which are all described in the Flora Indica. 
POPOWIA RAMOSISSIMA. (FI.f. et. T.) A shrub or small tree, branches rugulose, young parts ferrugineo-tomentose, leaves 
ovate or oblong with a long acumination, rounded or subcordate or attenuated at the base, veins and costa tomentose beneath and whole 
surface punctate, 2 to 3| inches long f to 1| broad, petioles 2 lines long, peduncles leaf-opposed filiform 3-4 lines long tomentose 1 
flowered, furnished with a bract at the middle, flowers about § of an inch in diameter densely tomentose, sepals small ovate, outer petals 
much larger than the inner ones, interior concave thick ovate broadly sub-unguiculate at the base, indexed at the apex, stamens about 24 ; 
connectivum truncato-capitate, ovaries 4-7 oblong, hairy at the base, style large obovate recurved, ovule solitary on the ventral suture- 
Hook, and Thom. FI, Ind. p. 105 ; —Guatteria 1 ramosissima, Wall. Cat, 7,294. 
Hab. South Tinnevelly and South Travancore mountains, 3-5,000 feet elevation, common in the moist forests below Agkasteer 
peak. The locality of Penang given iu the Flora Indica is probably a mistake —in all flowers that I have examined, I find the ovule 
solitary and from the ventral suture, not erect from the base ; the position of the genus seems to be near Goniothalamus. It is the only 
described Indian species of the genus. 
PLATE No. LXXV. 
