18 AKNALS OF . THE EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
4. U\'ARtA BRACTEATA, Moxb. Fl. hid. ii. 600. A powerful climber; young brauches
toinentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or obovate-obloug, acute or shortly and
abruptly acuminate, narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordate base ; when youngpubescent,
when adiüt glabrous, except the. tomentoso midrib and nerves; the reticulations
minute, prominent beneath; main nerves 10 to 12 paii-s, rather straight, ascending;
length of blade 5 to 7-5 in., breadth 2 to 3 i n . ; petiole -15 to -3 in. Fedunchs extraaxillary,
under 1 in. long, bifid, 2- to 3-flowcrcd ; bracts about 3, unequal, one rather
large, pxibescent ; buds sub-globose, pubescent; flowers -OS in. in diam. Sepals suborbicular,
pubescent. Petals much larger than the sepals, broadly ovate, rather blunt,
connivent, yellowish-white. Anthers sub-sessile; connective very slightly prod\iced at thehapices,
broad, notched. Ovaries linear, pubescent. Carpels few, ovoid to oblong, obtuse
at both ends, glabrous, yellow when ripe, 1-75 to 2-25 in. long and about 1*3 in. in
diam. Seeds few, discoid, smooth. WcdL Cat. 0408; Hook, .fil Thorns. FL Ind. 100;.
Ilook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 49; Km-z Flora Burm. i. 2S;
S y l h e t ; Burmah.
PLATE 7. IJvaria bracteata, Roxh. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, carpels ; 3, flower—of
natuial size; 4, stamen; 5, ovary; 6, section of the ?,a.me~eatargcd.
5. UvARiA DULCis, Dunal Anon. 90, t. 13. A ¡»werful creeper, often 80 to 100 feet
long; youngest branches softly cinereous-tomentose; the older sub-glabrous or glabrous,
dark-coloured, rather rough. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or oval, sometimes unequalsided,
acute or sub-acute; the base broad, rounded, or sub-truncate, minutely cordate;
upper surface sparsely adpressed-stellate-pubcscent; the . midi-ib. ferruginous-tonientose ;
lower surface densely sub-fcrruginoug or cinereous woolly-tomentose; main nerves 8 to
10 pairs, spreading, slightly curving, prominent beneath; length of blade 4-5 to 7" in.,
breadth 2-5 to 3-5 in.; petiole -2 in., stout. Peduncles '5 in. long, lateral, not axillary,
1-flowered, solitary or 2 to 3 together, each bearing a small ovate deciduous bract;
buds ovoid-globose, tomentose; flowers l'2o to 1*5 in. in diam. Sepals broadly triangular,
sub-acute, slightly reflesed, fleshy, tomentose on both surfaces. Petals much
longer than the sepals, sub-coriaceous, broadly ovate, sub-acute, sub-reflesed, minutely
tomentose on the outer surface; pubescent on the inner. Siamens and pistils forming
a compact hemispheric mass; anthers sub-sessile, -1 in. long; the connective much
produced at the apex, compressed, oblique. Ovaries numerous, densely crowded, slightly
shorter than the stamens, tomentose. Torus depressed-hemispheric, stellate-tomentose,
pitted when adult, liipe carpels numerous, stalked, ovoid, oblique, blunt, much and
unequally tuberculate, densely and loosely ferruginous stellate-tomcDtose as are the
1 in. long stalks. PC. Prod. i. 88; Hook. fil. ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 98; Miq. FL Ind.
Bat. i. pt. 2, 24; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 8; King • in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61,
pt. 2, 14.—U. javana, Puna! Anon. 91, 14; Blztme BiJJr. 12; FL Java, ¿..3 and
13 B.; DC. Prod. i. 88?—U. aurita, Blume FL Javce, t. 3.
Malacca,— Griffith, Maingay {Kew Distrib.) No. 25. Perak,—King''s- Collector.
— Curtis No. 1414.
As regards the size of its leaves and the colour" of its flowers (which appear to
vary from green through. yellow to purple) this is rather a variable species. One of
its forms, barely distinguishable..from the type, was.named U. javanu by Dunal,
who also gave a figure of it. Blume, who again figured U. javana, disti.ngaishod it
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„i thU. By ncAer fiS"""! of the bost chamctos in t h i . ratho.
« " " ^ ^ i r r i y i r d e n L i t „f s™u-,»™d Java specie, i . n ed
^f r n L n » „ . . g . , b a i l be M-tboon.^., tbe . e d n o t i o n . above .nade
« r ^ a ripeTa™»; 5, v e k c a r s e o t i o u of carpel ; 6, s e e d - . « ./
• 6 Uyaba Lobbiam, JT, / . i K Tfl. /»¿..lOO.. A powcrfnl c l i m b ^ often,reaching
mo ! ; S o eet in length; yonng benches, pnbescent, ultimately glabrpn» and dark- longed i l - b W c e o L , oblong or oblow-oblanceolate, acnto or v c y shortly
a n m n l rarely obtuse, narrowed to the ronnded or snb-cordato base; both surfaces
: ; y becoming glabrous,except the pnboruloas
v l a r i b , fte uppl- (when dry) pale green, the lower brown; ^ma.n nerves 13 to 16
pa rs, urving slightly, spreading below, sub-erect ab.ove, t hm but promxnent beneath,
n of blade 4 to 7 in., breadth 1-Ó to 2-25 in.; petiole -20 m. PAnclcs only -25 m.
» L n less, temnnal or leaf-opposed,. 2- or , 3 . f l o « r e d , • tonaentpse,. each flower
with a largo, rotund, amplexicaul b « c t ; buds depressed-glpbose, tomentose ; flower 1 to
T - f in in di^nr. SgL/. conjoined into a wavy cup, tomentose outsrde, ramu ely pabc cent
n ide.' Petm coriaceous, .ofteir, 7. or 8,. slightly unequal, broadly oval, obovatc, blunt;
i A t l y warted on both suriaoes, minutely tomentose on the outer, pubescent on the
u L - Anther, sessile, flattened, -1 in. long, the'eonncctives produced at the apices,
compressed, obliquely truncate, the outer row sterile. 0 » - » 4.angW, pubescent except
the truncate lobulate stigma. ' Bife oarf.b numerous, stalked, globular ^or globdar-ovoid,
slightly oblique, boldly tuberoled, pubescent, -6 to -75 in. in dram., and sometm.es 1 m.
l o n g ; pericarp thin; stalks slender, 1-5 to 2 in. long, glabr,scont M 4 to 10, large,
p l a L - o L e x , smooth. Fl. Mi. Bat. i. f t . 2, 3 4 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Sr. Mi r. 49;
Kim in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt 2, 15.
• M a l a c c a - i r - m Sos. 434 and 435. Mai,.sa) (Ee« Di,trih.) Nos, 27 and 30. Smgapore
and P e » k , — C c ì f a i o r . P e n a n g , - C » r h i . S u m a t r a , - - ^ . » No. 3039.
PniT,. 9. Uvaria Lobbiana, S . f . i T. 1, Flowering b » n c h ; 2, flower {seen f r r ar
t e l o w ) ; 3, flower-bud;. 4, unripe carpels ; 5, ripe carpel; 6, vertical section of rrpe
carpel ; 7, s e e d - . / »ai»™? ,8, stamens ; 0, dissected flower-ni«ri.J.
r U v i B U MiCliOMYLU, Bonh. Fl. M . ii. 863. Scandent usually to the extent
„t 15'to 20 feet, but sometimes reaching-50 or 60 feet ; young branches and petioles
rusty tomentose. i » « » coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, rarely elliptic-rotund, sometimes
slioiitly obovatc, obtuse or shortly and abruptly acuminato, very slightly narrowed
t o ° t b e rounded or minutely cordate base; upper surface (when adult) glabreseent
0- Mabro'is except the tomentose midrib and nerves; lower with lax, sometimes
AKN. EOT. BÜT. G.^RD. Calcutta YOL. IV.