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ANONACEAE. 
UVARIA MACROPHYLLA. (Roxb.) A scandent shrub, branches ferrugineo-tomentose, leaves coriaceous (or young 
ones membranaceous) oval or broadly oblong cordate at the base abruptly acuminate, nearly glabrous or only minutely puberulous above, 
fusco-tomentose beneath 6-12 inches long, 3-6 broad, petioles J to 4 inch long, peduncles leaf-opposed many flowered tomentose, an 
inch long, furnished with numerous oval tomentose bracts, pedicels 1 inch long with a bracteole at the middle, bud globose densely 
cinereous, sepals united up to the middle, petals oval reddish § inch long more or less united at the base, stamens very numerous, all 
fertile (always ?) connectivum produced beyond the anther into a large foliaceous process, ovaries very numerous hairy gradually 
broader upwards with a truncated style, carpels lo-20 inserted on to the subglobose torus oval-oblong or subglobose 1-1A inches long, 
nearly black when ripe, pedicels scarcely 1 line long, seed iu 2 series. Roxb. FI. Ind. ii. page C63 ;— Book, and Thom. FI. Ind. p. 
97 ;—U. cordata, Wall. U. rufescens, Alph. I)c. t 
Ceylon, S. E. of the Island common (specimen figured), Sylhet, Chittagong, Ava, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula and Java. 
PLATE No. LXXXI. 
UVARIA SEMECARPIFOLIA. (H. f. et T.) A scandent shrub, branches fulvo-tomentose, leaves oblong or obovate- 
oblong, subcordate at the base, obtuse at the apex with a short mucro, coriaceous rigid, puberulous above, chiefly on the costa and nerves, 
at length glabrous, pubescent beneath with stellate hairs, 6-10 inches long 2-|-4| broad, petioles ^ inch, peduncles leaf-opposed about \ 
inch long, furnished with numerous round bracts, 3-6 flowered, pedicels about \ inch long, bracteolate about the middle, sepals 
cinereous united into a slightly 3-lobed or subentire cup, petals ovate or oblong cinereous, stamens truncated at the apex, connectivum 
not produced beyond the anthers ; ovaries numerous longitudinally striated hairy, style oblique subrotund ; carpels oval to subglobose 
fulvo-tomentose nearly an inch in diameter on pedicels J inch long. H . f. et T. FI. Ind. p. 97. 
Ceylon, central and S. E. parts of the Island up to 3,000 feet elevation (specimen figured), also in Malacca ? 
Uvaria Narum, a common Peninsula species, has been figured by Dr. Wight. U. lurida II. f et T. occurs in the Peninsula and 
in Assam, but I have no specimens ; the following species described in the Flora Indica, are all scandent shrubs. U. purpurea 
Bl, kirsuta Jack, dulcis Buna 1 , Lobbiana II. f. et T., subrepanda Wall., and parviflora H.f. et T., all from the Malay Peninsula; 
bracteota Roxb., from Sylhet and Tenasserim, Ilamiltonii H. f. et T. from Bekar and Assam, ferruginea Ham. from Birma, and 
mic'rantha II. f et T. from Birmah and Malay. 
I have observed one or two species, lofty climbers, in the forests of Malabar and the Anamallays, but I have not obtained them 
in flower. 
PLATE No. LXXXII. 
PoLYALTHIA MOONII. (Thw.) A shrub 8-10 feet, young parts fulvo-strigose, branches rigid, bark rugose white speckled, 
leaves lanceolate with a longish acumination, rounded and oblique at the base 3-6 inches long f to 2 inches broad, petioles about 1 line 
long, peduncles cauline or leaf-opposed ; 1-1 \ inches long furnished with 2-3 bracts at the base; fulvo-strigose, 1-3 flowered, flowers 
reddish 4 lines across slightly pilose on the outside, sepals acuminate 1 line broad, exterior petals rounded acuminate, inner ones rounded 
obtuse and a little broader than the outer, stamens very numerous cuneate closely compact, ovaries about 14 oblong pilose, style rounded 
slightly recurved J length of ovary, ovules 1-2 from the ventral suture very near the base, carpels globose 1-seeded or oblong 2- 
seeded, 2-4 lines long, pedicels about 2 lines long. Thw. En. PI. Zey. p. 9. 
Ceylon. 
Polyalthia cerasoides Bunal, a common tree in the Peninsula, has been figured in the Flora Sylvatica, and Dr. Wight has 
figured P. longifolia (Wall), a common avenue tree at Madras. The following species, described in the Flora Indica, are all from Northern 
India, Birma, and the Malay Peninsula P. bifaria Be., Jenkinsii II. f. et'T., Simiarum Ram., membrancea Be., nitida Be., biglandulosa 
Bl-, costata II. f. et T., cinnamomea H. f. et T., obliqua U. f. et T., cauliflora h. f. et T. 
PLATE No. LXXXIII. 
MjLIUSA MONTANA. (Gardn.) A shrub 2 to 8 feet much branched, all the younger branches densely fusco-pubescent, 
leaves ovate to oblong or elliptic with an unequal cordate base, and generally with a blunt acumination ciliate on the margin glabrous 
above except the costa, pubescent on all the nerves beneath, H- to 3 inches long by f to 1 inch broad, petioles about 1 line broad pedun¬ 
cles solitary axillary £■ to § of an inch long, furnished with 2-3 bracts at the base and often with 1 about J up, flowers to 
nearly 1 inch long, dull cream colored sepals and outer petals all equal or subequal ciliate linear-lanceolate acute 1-2 lines long, inner 
petals glabrous or subglabrous \ to nearly 1 inch long and \ inch broad, stamens very numerous in 5-6 series round the cylindrical 
strigose torus, ovaries about 14 sparingly furnished with distant hairs, stigma oblong about J the size of the ovary, ovules 2 on the 
ventral suture, carpels sessile or on short stalks, glabrous 1 Gard, MSS, in Herb, Hook, ; — Hook, and Thom , FI. Ind. p. 148. 
