ANJs'ALS OF THE EOYAL EOTANIC GAI^DE^^ CALCUTTA.
tho apex. Anthej-s sessile, angled; the coiinective projecting beyond the apex, broadly
ti-uncate, almost peltate. Ovaries {fide Scoi-techini) "several, -with few stellate hairs,
2—3-ovulcd ; style cylindric, curved, glabrous." Fmil unknown.
VGVI\k,—Sco>icchini No. 1990.
Soortcchini's are tho only specimens I have seen, and tlicy have flowers only.
PLATE 17. Uvaria Scortechinii, King. 1, Branch with terminal flo-wers; 3, panicle;
3 & 4, buds; 5, flower dissected—of natural siss; 6, anthers—enlarged.
17. UvARiA MICEAXTHA, E. f . ^ Tit. Fl. Lid. 103. A large climber; young branches
slender, at first softly rufous-tomentosej afterwai-ds glabrous, striate, and dark-coloured
•with pale warts. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded
or slightly cuneatc ; both surfaces glabrous exccpt the rufous-pubcsccnt midrib ; main
nerves scarcely visible (oven when dry), 12 to 15 pairs, spreading; length of blade 2-5 to
5-5 in., breadtU -8 to l - i in. ; petiole ' l o in. Peduncles terminal or extra-axillary, very
short, 2- to 4- flowered, softly rufous-tomentose ; bracts more or less orbicular ; buds
globose, slightly pointed, '15 in. in diam.; flowers '-i in. in diam. Sepals sub-rotund,
densely pubescent outside, sub-glabrous inside. Petals broadly ovate, sub-obtuse, granular
and minutely tomentose outside, pubescent inside. Eipe carpels numerous, stalked, ovoidglobose,
rounded at each end, glabrous, 2- to 4-seeded. Seeds plano-convex, smooth.
Book. fil. Fl. Br. Jnd. i. 51 ; Kurz Fl. Burm. i. 22 ; Miq. Fl. lad. Bat. i. pt. 2, 26 ;
King in Joiirn. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt.2, 21.—? Uvaria sumatrana, Kuvs Andam. Report
29 ; Book. fil. Fl Br. Ind. i. 51.—? Uvaria elegans, Wall Cat. 6474 B.—Giiatteria
micrantlia, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 42; TFall. Cat. 6449.—Polyalthia fruticans, A. DC. I
c. 42 ; W'dl. Cat. 6430,—Anasagorea sumatrana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Stippl 382.
Burmah, Malacca, Penang. Distrib.—Sumatra.
As regards leaves, this closely resembles Popowia niiida, King—a plant of the
Andaman and Nicobar Islands; and there is reason to believe that some specimens
of that Popowia from those islands have been issued from the Calcutta Herbarium
as Uvaria mkruntha. I am also of opinion that Uvaria siimatronn, KUI'Z Andaman
Report., 29, and of Hook. fil. ^ Thorns. Fi. Br. Ltd. i. 51, is possibly Popotoia nitida,
King.
PLATE ' 18. Uvaria micrantha, U. f ^ Th. 1, Branch with flowers; 2, ripe caqjels
(from Wall. Cat. 6474^.)—of natural size ; 3, flower dissected—enlarged; 4 & 5, anthers ;
6 & 7, pistils—wwc/i
18. UVARIA ZEYLAKICA, Linn. 756. A large climber ; young branches very slender,
rufous-tomentose; speedily becoming glabrous, cinereous and striate. Leaves coriaceous,
small lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, rather bluntly acuminato or acute, the base
cuncate, rarely rounded ; both surfaces quite glabrous ; the upper shining, the lower
dull and dark-coloured, the midrib prominent on the lower surface; the 8 to 10 paii-s
of spreading, slender nerves almost invisible on either, even when dry ; length 2-25 to
3 in. breadth '75 to I'L i n . ; petiole '1 in. Peduncles terminal or extra-axillaiy, '3 to -4
in. long, rufous-tomentose, 1- or 2-flowered ; bracts 1 or 2, small, oblong, scaly or
glabroud; budi ovoid-globose or globose, '15 in. in diam,; flowers -65 to '8 in. in diam.
Sepah membranous, rotund-ovate, sub-obtuse, spreading, minutely scaly. Petals much
AKONACEIE OF B U M S H INDIA.
lon.ver tlmn the sepals, thinly coriaceous, ovate-oblong or oblong, acute, pubescent
outside, glabrous inside. Anthers sessile, -05 in. long, broadly oblong-cuneate ; connective
produced at the apex, obliquely and broadly truncate ; torus small. Carpels 4 to 12,
almost sessile, ovoid with obtuse ends ; the apes slightly mucronate, pubescent, -5 ni.
long. Seeds 3 to 6, apparently in a single row, compressed. Dunal 88; DO.
Prodr i 88 • IL f ^ 102 ; Tlmailes' Emm. 6; Book, fil FL Br. Ind. i. o l;
Beddome i J Fl Ind. Or., t. 7 8 . - U . coriacea, Vahl Sgmh. iii. 7 2 . - U . lutea. Wall.
Cat. 6462 {not of Roxh.).-^. Heyncana, W. A. Prodr. 8 (not of TF«/^)-Guattona
Malabarica, Dmal Anon. 1 3 4 . - G . montana, DO.^ Frodr. i. 94.
Malabar, Travancore and Ceylon ; at low elevations.
PLATE 19 Uvaria Zeylanica, Linn. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, c a r p e l s - o / natural
si-a; 3 & fiowers ; 5, anther ; 6, orai-y^enlarged. {ms. 3 to 6 «re copied from
Beddome's leones, t. 78.)
U) UVARIA WACUOPODA, II. f. ¿f Th. Fl L<cl 101. A powerful, nearly glabrous
climber ; young branches slender and (liko the petioles) sparsely stellate-pube,scent,
speedily' becoming glabrous and dark-coloured, leaves thinly coriaceous, oblonglanceolate
or oblanceolate, shortly rather abruptly and obtusely acuminate, the base
rounded or sli-htly cuncate; both surfaces glabrous; main nerves 10 to 12 pair.s,
spreading, rather faint ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1-5 to 2 in. Peduncles exti^-axxllary
or terminal very short, about S-flowered, densely covered with rusty scurfy tomentum
as are the ' 1 to 3 rounded bracts; buds sub-globose, beaked; flowers 1 to l-7o in.
in diam Sepals sub-orbicular, mucronate, tomentose inside, granular outside, connate
in the lower third. Petals longer than the sepals, oval-oblong, sub-obtuse, their apices
sub-mflexed, sometimes united at the base, rather fleshy, tomentose outside, pubescent
inside Anthers sub-sessile ; the connective at the apex truncate. Ovaries longer than the
anthers pubescent. Torus sub-globose. Carpels numerous, on thin davate stalks 3 to 6
in. long, oblong, mucronate, glabrous, 3-ribljed, granular, reddish when ripe, 1 to 2
in. long. Seeds oblong, compressed, smooth. Thwaites' Emm. PI Ceyl. 6; Book, fil
Fl Ih\ Ind. i. 50; Beddome Ic. PL Ind. Or., t. 79.—? Uvaria eucincta, Bedd. MSS.
Forests in Central and Eastern Ceylon. S. India ; hills west of Russelkonda,—
Beddome.
PLATE 20. Uvaria macropoda, B. f . Th. 1, Flowering branch—o;' natural sise ;
2, calyx, stamens and pistils ; 3 & 4, anthers ; 5 & 6, enlarged. - {Nos. 2 io 6
are copied from Beddome I. c., t. 79.)
PLATE 20 BIS. Uvaria macropoda, H. f . Th. 7, Ripe fruit ; 8, seed—O/ natural
size - 9 section of seed ; 10 & 11, GirOjryo—enlarged. {A'os. 7 to U ara copied from a
drawing made, in the Herbarium of the Rogai Botanic Garden, Peradeniija, Ceylon, and kindly
lent to me by my friend Dr. FL. Trimen, F.RS-)
20. UvAEiA NAELDI, Wall. Cat. 6473 {in part). A large climber; yoxing branches
slender, dark-coloured; all parts, except the inflorescence, glabrous. Leaves oblonglanceolate,
rarely slightly oblanceolate, acute, or shortly acuminate, the base sub-cuneate;
both surfaces glabrous, the lower darker ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, very
faint, reticulations minute, distinct; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1 to 1*6 i u . ; petiole
A-NS. EOY, BOT. GAUD. CALCUITA YOL. I Y.