AIÎNALS OF THE EOYAL BOTANIC GAUDEN, CALCUTTA.
uuder-surfacs stellate, rnfous-pubesceut ; young branches
and flowers outside with sourfy rufous tomentum 2Z. U. andamanica.
under-surfnce and young branches minutely tawny-
2A. U. exceha.
Species of doubt/id position.
Probably near U. Lohbima 25. U. asirostricta.
Probably near U. macropkylla 2G. U. ptychocuUjx.
W i t h axillary flowers ; 27. U. mb-rcpanda.
1. UTARIA LAREP, Miq. FÎ. Tnd. Bat. Suppl. 370. A climber 20 to 40 feet long;
youngest branches and petioles sparsely covered with minute scaly stellate bah-s; the
older cinereousj leuticellate, glabreseent. Leaves membranous, elliptic or sub-obovateelliptic,
shortly acuminate, slightly narrowed iia the lower fourth to the rounded subemarginato
(not cordate) base ; upper surface ' glabrous, sliining, the midrib minutely
tomeutose ; lower surface with a few short spreading hah-s on the midrib and some of the
nei-ves, otherwise almost glabrous; main nerves 10 to 12 pah-s, spreading, inter-arching
within the edge, bold in the lower, impressed on the upper, sui-face; length of blade 5
to 8 in., breadth 2 to 3 in.; petiole "2 to '3 in. Peduncles from half-way between the
leaves, '1 in. long, 1- to 2-flowered (one of the flowers often abortive}, warted and
yellowish-pubescent; pedicels '75 in. long with 1 or 2 reniform bracts; flowers 1'5 to
1-75 in. in diam. Sepals small ("2 in. long), reniform, united at the base, reflexed,
pubescent. Petals oblong-oblanceolate, sub-acute, about -To in. long, sub-coriaceous,
puberulous. Anthers sessile, in very few rows, flattened; the connective slightly
produced, flattened, oblique. Ovaries numerous, angled, puberulous, with a few long
projecting haii-s near the apex. Torus of the fruit small, sub-globular, pubescent. Ripe
carpeh numerous, stalked, cylmdiic-oblong, oblique, cm-ved, slightly apiculate, rugulosc,
minutely rufous-pubescent, 1-25 to 1'5 in. long and -5 in. in diam. Seeds about 10, in
two rows, compressed, shining. Stalks 1-25 to 1-5 m. long, rufous-tomentose. Kin^ in
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 13.
P e r a k , — C o l l e c t o r No. 4011, Wray No. 1826.
PLATE 4. Uvaria Larep, Miq. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, ripe fruit ; 3, vortical
section of a carpel; 4, seed—of natural size; 5, flower dissected; 6, stamens—eji^ar^ec?.
2. UVARIA SPHENOCAKPA, I I . f . ^ Tk. Fl. Ind. 99. A largo scandent sln-ub ;
young branches slender, softly pale, cinereous-tomentose, the older dark-coloui-ed and
glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, sometimes oblanceolate, acuminate, the
base rounded, not cordate ; upper surface glabrescent to glabrous, the midrib pubescent ;
lower surface covered with minute, rather loose, stellate tomentum ; length of blade 3 to
5 in., breadth 1'25 to 2 in.; petiole '15 to -2 in, Pedunclcs '5 in. long, lateral, not
asülary, 1-flowered; flower -6 in. in diam.; bract orbicular, scaly; buds ovoid-globose.
Sepals broadly ovate, acuminate. Petals broadly ovate, acute, slightly reflexed, much
larger than the sepals, tomentose. Anthers sub-sessüe, theii- apices slightly oblique, the
ANONACEJ; OF BEITISH INDIA,
V KtW nroduced Ovaries compressed, tomentose. Carpeh cuncatee
o n n e c t r v e ^ ^ h t y^^^^^^ ferruginous-tomentose ; the sides
t o m U . n U ^ n . n g . . a . . in. broad at the apex.
Pi. Oeyl. 6; Boddome f '
Ceylon ; iu hill forests ascending to l,oOO feet.
P l a t e 5. Uvaria sphenocarpa, /. n. 1, Branch with unripe fruit ; 2, broader
eaf from another specimen; 3 & 4, flowers; 11, ripe carpels-o/ «atem^ o & b,
fliers 7 & 8, stamens; 9 & 10, (A.. 1 U are drawn frora
Z m C. p. V«. 10.5. A... 3 ic 10 copied fro>n Beddome's Fl. Syl.aUca.)
3 UVAKIA ItaLTO:.!, MooL fil ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 96. A powerful climbcr ;
vouno-' branches slender, softly rufous-tomentose, becoming glabrous. Leaves membranous,
clliptic-oblong to elliptic, sometimes slightly obovate, acuminate; the base narrowed or
rounded, sometimes slightly unequal, never cordate; upper surface adpressed-pubesceiit,
almost dabrous when old, the midrib minutely rufous-tomentose; lower surface softly
stollate-tomentose; main nerves 14 to 17 pairs, spreading, rather prominent beneath ;
leno-th of blade 4 to 8 in., breadth 2-25 to 3-5 in.; petiole -15 to -2 m. Peduncles solitary
or 2 to 3 too-ether, -75 to 1-75 in. long, extra-axillary, 1-flowered; flowers 1-Ò to 2-o min
diam • bract single, sub-orbicular, rufous-tomentose outside, shortly Inspid mside ; buds
turbinate, tomentose. Sepals broadly triangular, ultimately reflexed, membranous. Petals
much lon-er than the sepals, coriaceous, obovate, the apices obtuse and incurved,
nrinutely tomentose on both surfaces, brick-red. Anthers sub-sessile, equa, obliquely
truncate at the apex, '15 to -2 in. long. Ovaries slightly shorter than the stamens,
compressed pubescent. Torus hemispheric, tomentose, pitted when adult. R^pe carpels on
lono- slender stalks, ovoid to sub-globular, about 1-5 in. long and 1 m. in diam. when
fresh tomentose, scarlet; when diy slightly constrictcd between the seeds; stalks slender,
tomentose, to 1 to 1-5 in. long. about 6, flat, shining ^ o o / c . /J. Fl Br Ind.
i. 48; Kv>ig in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal pt.2, 13.-U. grandiflora, Wall. Cat. 648oE.
In the forests at the base of the Eastern Himalaya; Madhoporc Porest in Eastern
" Bengal; Assam; Khasia; Shan Hills (Prazer).
YAK. KUI-zii, King. Leaves with broader bases, often minutely cordate ; fewer
nerves (12 to 14 pah-s); smaller flowers (1'3 in. in diam.) on shorter
pedicels (1 to 1-25 in.) ; petals yellowish, ovate-oblong.
South Andaman \—Kurz, King's Collector.
This was referred, by Kurz, who first collected it, to V. macrophylla, Roxb., then ^ to
U. purfurm, ]T3**1! .; 1b utJ was finally oonsidorod. by hImimil as "'•sa.llttiioog-Rett-h.lieftrr ddoouubbttffuull.."" Th e
received show it to be, in my opinion, a %ory distinct
The
fuller materials recently opmion,very distmct variety
of ¡7. Samillmi, allied no doubt to U. furfurm, BL, but a much larger plant with
smaller flowers and more globular fruit.
PLiTE 6. Uyaria Hamiltoni, Hook. fit. !f Thomt. 1, rloworing branch; 2, flower;
3, peduncle and bud with bract; 4, bud seen from above; 5, ripe fruit; 6, vertical
section of a ripe carpel; 7, seed; • 8, mass of stamens seen from tho side—a« of
natural size; 9, stamen—slirjhUy enlanjed.
AÎIN. EOY. EOT. GARD. CALCUTTA TOL. IV.