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-PhGEANTHUS MaLABARICTJS. (Bedd.) A shrub or small tree, young parts ferrugineo-pubescent, leaves 'adult) glabrous 
on both sides except the midrib below, oblongo-lanceolate gradually attenuated at the apex into a fine point, more or less cordate at the 
base, 4-7 inches long 1-2 inches broad, petioles 2 lines long peduncles ferruginous leaf-opposed or on the boughs between the leaves, f to 
l an inch long furnished with 2 bracts at the base, subclavate at the apex, sepals small ovate pointed densely ferrugineo-pubescent, outer 
petals about double the size of the sepals ovate acute,inner petals more than double the size of the outer, very thick and fleshy cymbiform 
inflexed and meeting at the apex, stamens about 170, connectivum truncate capitate, ovaries about 50 strigose, style obovate, ovules 2, 
rarely 1, on the ventral suture. 
Hab. South Wynaad, abundant in the moist forests of the Tambacherry ghat about 2,000 feet elevation ; the flowers are 
reddish, the venation of the leaves is the same as in Goniothalamus. This is the first species found on the Continent — one species is 
described from Malacca. ' 
PLATE No. LXXVI. 
MjTREPIIORA HEYNEANA. (Thw.) A small tree, leaves glabrous coriaceous, ovate to lanceolate, often attenuated 
into an obtuse point at the apex, or obtuse, 1| to 3 inches long, by about 1 inch broad, shining above, pale beneath, veins oblique, 
venules reticulated, peduncles leaf-opposed short 1-3 flowered, sepals rotuudate, puberulous outside, deciduous in fruit, exterior petals 
plane membranaceous parallel-veined § inch long, cuneato-lanceolate acuminate, -puberulous on both sides, interior petals villous 
trapezoid acute, with a claw nearly £ an inch long, torus strigose, stamens numerous all fertile broadly cuneate, ovaries 6-9 densely 
strigose 2-4 ovuled, carpels 4-8 ovoid or sub-globose \ an inch long grey with hoary pubescence. Orophea Heyneana, Rook, and 
Thom. FI. Ind. p. 110 ; — Thw. En. p. 8. 
Common about the foot of the Tinnevelly Hills, also in Ceylon ; it flowers in July. The specimen figured is from the foot of 
the Chokampatty Hills in Tinnevelly—it is the only species known from S. India. One is described from Assam, and two from the 
Malay Peninsula, and there are several species in Java. 
PLATE No. LXXVli. 
TJVARIA ZeYLANICA. (Linn.) A scandent shrub, young branches adpressedly tomentose adult glabrous, leaves elliptic 
or lanceolate acuminate glabrous, 2 to 3| inches long, § to 1-^ broad, coriaceous rigid, veins inconspicuous, petioles 1-2 lines long, 
peduncles solitary terminal or leaf-opposed scarcely \ an inch long tomentose, furnished with 2-3 small oblong bracteoles near the base, 
bud globose, flowers reddish about ^ an inch in diameter, sepals ovate membranaceous, petals ovato-oblong pubescent on the outside, 
glabrous within, stamens short oblongo-cuneate, torus subglobose hairy, carpels 4-12 ovoid or oblong, very shortly mucronulate at the 
apex, hoary with a tawny pubescence, seeds 3-6. L. Sp. ii. 756 ;— Rook, and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 102;—U. Heyneana, IF. A. Prod, 
p. 8 ;—Guatteria moutana, D. C. Prod. 1-94 ;— Rheed Mai. v. t. 17. 
The specimen figured is from the jungles near Quilon (in the plains), where it is common ; 
and Ceylon. 
PLATE No. LXXVIII. 
it is also found iu Malabar 
Uv ARIA M ACROPODA. (H. f. et. T.) A large climber, young parts subscabrous, with a few stellate hairs, leaves coriaceous 
oblong or lanceolate, with a rather sudden acuuiination glabrous on both sides, shining above paler beneath, 3-6 inches long 1-2 inches, 
broad, petioles inch long, peduncles terminal solitary or leaf-opposed |-1 inch long, furfuraceous with stellate hairs as are the flower 
buds, sepals tuberculate on the outside, hairy within rotuudate mucronate J-| inch long, petals oval-oblong nearly 1 inch long tomentose 
on both sides (sometimes all joined at the base), stamens truncate at the apex connectivum scarcely produced beyond the anther ovules 
about 10 iu 2 series, torus in fruit thickened subglobose, carpels 15-30 very long pedicelled (3-6 inches) oblong mucronate 1-2 inches 
long glabrous granulose 3-ribbed, reddish colored, seed compressed smooth white oblong 5 lines long. Rook, and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 101 ; 
— Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 6. 
Hab. 
have seen.) 
Ceylon, up to 1,500 feet elevation. The petals are all joined at the base in the specimen figured— (the only open flower I 
PLATE No. LXXIX. 
X. \ ARIA SPHENOGARPA. (II. f. et. T.) A scandent shrub, branches elongate flexuose slender, young parts fulvo-tomen- 
tose, leaves narrow obovate or cuneato-oblong ending in a long acumination, rotuudate or retuse at tho base, above minutely scabrous, 
beneath stellato-tomentose 3-5 inches long l|-2-£ broad, petiole 1-2 lines long, peduncles leaf-opposed, | an inch long tomentose 1 flowered, 
bracts rotundate imbricate squamiform, flowers dull yellowish green scarcely J an inch in diameter, sepals joined into an obtusely 3 
lobed or subentire cup densely fulvo-tomentose, subpersistent iu fruit, petals oval obtuse cinereo-tomentose, torus iu fruit depresso-globose 
ovaries elongate, ovules about 10 in 2 series in the lower half, stigma sub-bilobed involute, carpels 8-10 or less, 1 inch long rounded 
at the apex densely tomentose, above the middle irregularly tuberculate.— Rook, and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 99 ;— Thw. En, FI. Zey. p. 6. 
Hab. Ceylon, up to 1,500 feet elevation. 
PLATE No. LXXX. 
