2 0 ANJÍALS OF THE BOY AT, BOTAÍÍIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
Stellate, rusty tomentum, especially along the midrib aud 11 to 18 pairs of prominent
spreading or obliql^o nerves; length of blade 4'5 to 10 in., breadth 3'5 to 4 or
(in some Burmese specimens) e-ven 6 in.; petiole -25 in. Pedunclcs extra-axillary or
terminal, densely msty-tomentose, 3- to 5-flowered, each pedicel with an oval or
rounded bract; buds globose; flowers 1'5 in. in diam. Sepals connate into a cup with
wavy obscm-ely 3-toothed edge. Petals much larger than the calyx, sub-rotund,
blunt, coriaceous, purple, tomentose outside, pubescent inside; anthers sessile, '3 in.
long; the connective produced at the apex to nearly half the length of the anther,
compressed, obliquely truncate. Ovaries narrow, compressed, tomentose; the stigmas
truncate. Torns of fruit woody, hemispheric, 1 in. in diam., sparsely pubescent, pitted.
Ilipe carpels stalked, oblong, blunt at each end, glabrous, 'Zo to 1'25 in. long, pericarp
thin; stalks -5 to 1 in. long; seeds numerous, oval, compressed, shining. Wall. PI. ^Is.
Ear., t. 122; Cat. 6487 [exel. F. in fruit)-, S. f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 97; Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. i. 49; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 23; TImaitei Enum. PI Ceijl. 6; Kurz Fl.
Bitrm. i. 28; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind. Or., t. 81; King in Journ. As. Soc. Bmgal 61,
pt. 2, 16.—U. rufescens, DC. Mem. Anon. 26.—U. cordata. Wall. Cat. 6486.—Guatteria
cordata, Dunal Anm. 129, t. 30; DC. Prod. i. 93.
Sylhet, Chittagong, Burmah, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Ceylon.
One of the most widely distributed species of the genus and closely allied to
TI. ovalifolia, Bl. I reduce to this species the Üüaria cordata of Wall. Cat. No. 6486;
but not without some hesitation, as both Miquel and Kurz referred it to TJ. ovalifolia,
Bl.
PLATE 10. Uvaria macrophylla, Roxh. 1, Flowering branch; 2, raceme of buds and
flowers; 3, fruit; 4, section of carpel; 5, ^qqA—of natural size ; 6, siími&íi?.—enlarged.
8. UVAEIA SEMECAEPIFOLIA, H. f . ^ Th. Fl. Ind. 97. A climber; young branches
and petioles densely rufous-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, obtuse
or mucrouate, slightly narrowed in the lower fourth to the rounded, sometimes minutely
cordate, base; upper surface glabrous, except the tomentose midrib; lower minutely
stellate-tomentose especially on the midi-ib and nerves; nerves 20 to 24 pairs, spreading,
prominent on the lower, depressed on the upper, surface when dry; length of blade 7
to 12 in., breadth 2-75 to 4 in.; petiole -25 in. Peduncles leaf-opposed, less than -5 in.
long, rufous-tiomentose (as are the pedicels), 3- to 5-flowered; bracts rounded, tomentose
like the calyx; buds globose, yellowish-tomentose; flowers 1 to 1'5 in. in diam.,
greenish-brown. Sepals united into an obscurely 3-toothed or sub-entire rather shallow
cup. Petals broadly oval, sub-acute. Anthers sub-sessile, their apices truncate; the
connectives not produced, the outer flattened. Ovaries striate, hairy. Ripe carpels oval
to sub-'^lobose, fulvo-tomentose, nearly 1 in, long, their stalks -5 in. long. Seeds {fide
H. f . Sf Th.) 8 to 10, smooth, shining. Thwaites'' Enum. PI. Ceyl. 6 ; Beddome Ic. PI. Ind.
Or., i. 8 2 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 49.
Ceylon, central and south-eastern parts, at elevations of 1,000 to 3,000 feet.
In foliage very like U. macrophylla, Roxb.
PLATE 11. Uvaria semecarpifolia, S. f . ^ Th. 1, Branch with flowers; 2, flower
from above; 3, flower from the side; 4, unripe carpels; 5, ripe carpels; 6, section of
ripe carpel—of natural size; 7, andro-gyncecium—s/iy/ii^^/ enlarged; 8 & 9, anthers;
10, ovary; 11, tho sanio in section—much enlarged.
ANO.>TACEIE OF BRITISH INDIA,
9 UVA.IA PUKPU.EA, ^ t a Bijdr.^l^ n. Jav. 13, 1 cj- 13^. A sarmentoso
ehr-ub, Oiteu climbing to 20 or 30 feet; young part« .oftly stellato.^fous.pubescent
or tomentose. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong-lanceolate to elhptic-oblong, sometimes
slio-htly obovate, acute or acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cordate, shortly
p e á l a t e ; upper surface, when adult, sMning, glabrous or glabroscent
L e t i m e s the nerves tomentose; under-surface rather sparsely but softly stellatetomentose
main nerves 14 to 17 pairs, rather straight, prominent beneath, the lower
snreadino-,' the upper sub-erect; length 4-5 to 9 or even 11 in,, breadth 2-5 to 3-7o in.;
netiole -15 to -25 in. Pcdancles 1 to I'D m. long, extra-axillary or terminal, usually
1- sometimes 2-flowcred; flowers 2 to 3 in. in diam.; bracts. 2, large, unequal, leafy;
buds turbinate. Sepals broadly triangular, sub-concave, membranous, fulvous-tomentose oii
the outer c^labresceut on the inner, surface. Petals longer than the sepals, coriaceous,
oblon- to obovate, obtuse, coriaceous, dark purple; the inner 3 slightly smaller. Anthers
5ub-se°ssile, very numerous, equal, about -3 in. long; the connective much produced
at the a¿ex, rhomboid in the inner, compressed and oblique in the outer, anthers.
Ovaries numerous, densely crowded, slightly shorter than the stamens, tomentose;
ovules numerous. Torus depresscd-hemispheric, pubescent, pitted when ripe. Ripe carpels
numerous, stalked, oblong-cylindric, blunt at each end, with 2 more or less obscure ridges
and grooves, minutely rufous-tomentose, sub-tuberculate, 1-5 to 2 in. long and about
•5 in. in diam.; stalks -5 to 1 in. long, rufous-tomentose. Seeds numerous, flat. Book,
fil. ^ Thorns. Fl. Ind. 93; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 22; Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii.
6 i Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 47; Benth. FL Hong-Kong, 9; Vidal y Soler, Revis. FL
Alipinas, 39; Schefer Ohs. Phyt. i. 4, 26, 65; Ann, Jard. But. Buitem. ii. 1; King in
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 17.—U. grandiflora, FL Ind. ii. 665; WalL
PL As. Rar. ii. t. 121; WalL Cat. 6485, A. to D. and H.; Wight and Arn. Prod. 9.—
U. platypctala. Champ, in Keio Journ. Bot. iii. 257.—U. rodantha, Hance in Walp.
Aim. ii. 19.—Unona grandiflora, DC. Prod. i. 90.
In all the Malayan provinces, Distrib.—Malayan Archipelago, S. China, Phillipines.
VAR. tuhe-rculata; fruits prominently tuberculate.
Perak,—Zwiy's Collector Nos. 960 and 4786.
A plant collected in the island of Bangka, closely resembling this in leaves, but
with larger flowers and with yellow petals, has been described by Messrs. Teysmann and
Binnendyk under the name of V. flam (Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. zxix. 419). It has
also been figured by Miquel {Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 6, t. 1). I fear it is merely a
form of U. purpurea; but not having seen fruiting specimens, I hesitate to reduce it
here.
PLATE 12. Uvaria purpurea, Blume. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, flower-bud;
3, unripe carpels ; 4, section of unripe carpel; o, ripe carpels—a« of natural size.
10. UVARIA ov.u.iFor.IA, Blunie FL Javce Anon, 27, 8 ^ 14A. A strong climber;
young branches aud petioles rufous-pubescent but speedily glabrous. Ltaoes
coriaceous, elliptic, the apes mucronate or shortly and abruptly acuminate, base
broad, romided, or emarginate; upper surface rigid, shining, glabrous except the
pubescent midrib; lower at first puberulous but speedily becoming glabrous; main