•24 ANNALS OF THE HOYAL BOTANIC GAEDEN, CALCUTTA,
naiTOwed to the rounded base; both surfaces with short, stellate, rather pale hairs,
scabrid on the upper, soft oa the lower, surface; the midi-ib and 10 to 15 pairs of
spreading curving slightly prominent main nerves softly rufous-stcllate-to mentóse on
both surfaces; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1'3 to 2 in.; petiole '15 in., stellatetomentose.
Flowers '75 to 1'2 in. in diam., 2 or 3 together in short supra-axillary cymes;
pedicels stellate-tomentose like the outer surface of the calyx, -3 or -i in. loug, with a
large, orbicular, amplesicaul bracteolc. Sepals orbicular, connate into an obscurely
3-toothed spreading cup '4 in. in diam., glabrescent inside. Petals spreading, sub-orbicular
to broadly oblong, very blunt, sub-equal, rather thin, minutely pubescent on both surfaces
but especially on the outer, dark reddish-brown. Stamens numerous (the outer row
converted into sub-quadi-ate staminodes), compressed, broad, without filamouts; the apical
process of the connective broad aud flat; anther-cells on the edges of the connective,
linear. Ovaries numerous, crowded, elongate, narrow, conipressed, ridged, minutely
stellate-tomentose; the ovules numerous; stigma sessile, short and broad, fleshy, obliquely
truncate. Ripe carpels ovoid or obovoid, blunt at both ends, minutely pubescent, 1-2 to
1-5 in. long; stalks nearly 1 in., stellate-tomentose. Seeds numerous in two rows,
horizontal, oval, compressed, pale brown, shining.
Pahang,—Ridley. Perak,—Scoriechini.
PLATE 24B, Uvaria Ridleyi, King. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flowei-s; 3, young
carpels; 4, ripe carpels—of natural size; 5, flower; 6, andi-o-gyncecium and calyx; 7,
cttlyx, pedicel and bracteole; 8 & 9, staminodes; 1Ü & 11, anthers; 12 & 13, ovaries—
enlarged.
14. UvAEiA FEEEUGINEA, Ham. ass. ex S . f . ^ Til. Fl. Ind. 96. An erect low
shrub; young branches softly rufous-tomentose. Leaves thickly membranous, oblong or
elliptic-oblong, sometimes slightly obovate, sub-acute or rather obtuse, t h e base sub-cuneate;
upper surface densely adpressed-pubescent, the hairs short and silvery, glabi-escent when
o l d ; under-aurface softly stellate-tomentose; main nerves 9 to 12 pairs, oblique,
inter-arching close to the edge, prominent beneath as are the transverse veins; length of
blade 3-5 to 5'5 in., breadth Vo to 2'5 i n . ; petiole -25 in., tomentosc. Flowers 1 in.
t o l'2o in. in diam., tei-minal or leaf-opposed, usually solitaiy, sometimes in pairs;
pedicel '35 to '5 in. long, its bracts oblong or lanceolate, deciduous. Sepals coriaceous,
broadly ovate, sub-acute, spreading, conjoined at the very base, softly tomentose outside,
glabrescent inside. Petals coriaceous, slightly unequal, broadly ovate; the outer and
inner row sub-similar, densely covcred with pale grey tomentum. Antk&'s short,
(iuiieate; the connective prolonged above their apices, much thickened, rounded or
quadi-ate-truncate. Carpels about 10, shortly stalked, oblong-cylindric, tapering to the
iipox, smooth, shining, '4 to '5 in. lung and '2 to '25 in. in diam. Seeds about 2, ovoidj
often compressed at one end, shining. Kara For. Fl. Burm. i, 29.—Ellipeia forruginea,
Hook, fil Fl. Br. Ind. i. 52.
Burmah: in the Provinces of Pegu and Majrtaban,—UamtUon, Eyre, Kurs, Brandis.
JCastern Bengal,—C. B. Clarice.
A species badly-represented in collections.- Mr, Clarke's f r u i t i n g specimens (collected
since the order Anonacece was treated of in the Flora of Brit. India) show that this
is a t r u e Uoaria aud not an Eilipeia, there being more seeds than one.
ANOKACEiE OF BEITISH INDIA. ^^
P ^ , , U « m fon-uginea, Ha«. 1, Flowormg br.nch (from a Buvmo»
2 2 branch fcom Mr. C. B. ClarWs Eastern Bengal . p c c m o n ) ; 3,
sub-Boandcnt J" elliptic-oblong, obtuse or obtasoly acuminate tho base rounded
„ b e s L n t - main nowes 10 to U pairs, sub-ascending, cm-vmg, prominent
sparsely P * « JJ j ^ of blade S'S to 6 in., breadth 1-2.; to 3 m ;
S - a t . ' Z 1 terminal, "umbollato, few-Howered, 1-5 to 2-5 in long scurfi y
, o l ™ t o s o - bracts numerous and imbricato towards the apex, rotund to ovate,
! o 'l-globose; flowers 1-5 in. in diam. small ( 3 in. long,
S u snbleute, connate to the middle and densely tementese outsrde, densely and
m S y puberulous inside. P . « . vory much larger than the sepals, suh-connrvent,
T o l ous, ovato-rotand, obtuse, the inner 3 narrower; all scaly-tomentoso external y,
d e n s r a n d minutely pubescent and veined internally; anthers sub-sess.le, euneatc;
c o T e c f c e slightly produced at the apex, truncate; ovaries longer than the stamens.
Z o n e d , s t c l l a t e - L i i y ; stigma tr-uncate; ovules 1 to 3. Ripe carpels numcrws stalked,
T l b se, mucronaie, densely and minutely fulvous-tomentose, -35 to -o m. .n d r p .,
1 to 2 - s e r f c d ; stalk -o to -75 in., rather slender. Seed, compressed, shmmg. A,ng
No. lOi. P e n a n g , - O i r i / ! No. 82o : at elevations
ot 500 to 600 feet.
P l i i E 16. Uvaria pauciovulata, B. f . ^ Th. I, Flowering branch with young
leaves; 2, f r u i t i n g branch with adult leaves; 3, flower, dissected; 4, vortical section
of carpcl; 0, s e o d - o i i "f »«i«™'
16. UTAKI.! ScOKTECBraii, King in Journ. ¿Is. Soc. Bemj. 61, pt. 2, 20. A sarmentose
flcxuose shrub; young branches and petioles densely covered with rasty, floccose,
rufous tomentum. Leaoes coriaceous, elliptic to elliptic-rotund, obtuse, very slightly
„r not at all narrowed to the rounded or minutely cordato base; upper sui-faco
• shinino-, glabrescent or glabrous, the deeply impressed midrib and nei-ves tomentosc,
transverse veins depressed when dry; under-surface minutely and softly rufouspabesceut
especially on the midrib nerves and reticulations -which are all bold and
prominent; main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading below, sub-ascending above, forming
double arches within t h e edge; length of blade 4 to ? in., breadth 2-5 to 4 in.;
petiole -2 to 4 in. . Flmers 1-5 in. in diam., either in terminal umbels of 2 or 3,
or in many-flowered lateral paniclos 4 in. in l e n g t h ; peduncles '5 to -7.5 in. long;
bracts numerous, but cliiefly towards the apices of the peduncles, ovate-orbicular, covered
with short, rufous, flocculont tomentum as are the branches and axes of the panicles.
iHfaU fleshy, triangular, sub-acute, connate in the lower third, concave, spreading,
minutely pubescent. Petals fleshy, about 1 in. loug, connivent; the outer 3 ovaterotund,
very obtuse, toinentose-pubescent on both sm-faces; the outer surface with some
small superficial scales, the inner with a round glabrous spot at the base; inner 3 petals
obovate, clawed, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, except a broad pubescent band near
AKX. ROV. BOT. GARD. C a l c i t t a VOL, 1Y.