l U ANXALS OF THE EOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
Kiirz For. Fl. Burm. i. 44 ; King in Joum. As. Soc, Bengal 61, f t . 2, 87.—Orophca
reticulata, J f f ^ . Ami. J/¿lS. Liigd. Bat. ii. 23.—Uvaria reticulata, Blume Fl. Jav. Anon.
50, t. 24.—Pseiicluvaria reticulata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 30.
Burmali: province Teuasserim,—JTc//«-. Malacca,—llainga;/ {Xm Bistrib.) No. 64.
Pcrak,— Wrag, King''3 Collector, Scortcchini; not so common as M. mucrophgUa, Oliver.
This species has the inner petals rather larger than the outer and much vaulted ;
and in that respect it conforms to the chai-acters of Orophca; but its stamens are
Uvaiioid in character and they are numerous; its flowers, moreover, are unisexual.
The characters of MUrephora therefore preponderate, and it is better located in the
latter genus. But there is no doubt it forms a connecting link between the two genera.
PLATE 156A. Mitrephora reticulata, K. f . tV Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe
carpels; 3, section of cai-pel—of natural size ; i, female flower dissected; 5, male flower
with inner petals removed; 6, section through torus of male flower to show the
stamens ; 7 & 8, anthers; 9, pistil—enlarged.
6. MITKEPHORA MACKOPHYLLA, Oliver in Book. Ic. Blant., t. 1562. A small tree;
young branches more or less puberulous, speedily becoming glabrous and cinereous.
Lcaoes thinly coriaceous, elliptic-obovate or oblong-oblanccolate, acute or shortly acuminate,
the base rounded, slightly oblique; both surfaces pubenilous at first but speedily
sjlabrous, shining, minutely reticulate; main nerves 14 to 20 pairs, oblique, inter-arching
•15 in. from the margin, proniineut beneath; length 7 to 13 in., bi'eadth 1-75 to 4 in.;
petiole in., swollen. Floivors '25 to -3 in. in diam., axillary, usually in pairs, or in
cymes 1 to 2 in. long, the cymes minutely pubescent; bracts few, lanceolate; pedicels
long-, with several broadly lanceolate partly deciduous bracteoles, or ebracteolate. Sepals
free, or connate below, renifomi, or broadly ovate, puberulous outside and on the edges,
glabrous inside. Outer petals larger than the sepals, orbicular-ovoid, sub-acute, slightly
narrowed at the base, puberulous on both surfaces, "15 in. long. Inner petals -3 in.
long, thick, vaulted, reuiform-sagittate, pubemlous, with a glabrous callosity on the
inside near the base, the edges pubescent; the claw shorter than the limb, pubescent.
Male flower: stame7is very numerous, short, cuncate; the connective truncate, small and
not concealing the tops of the anthers; pistils 3, or a few radimentary. Female floiuer:
staminodes in two imperfect rows. Ovaries about 12, ovoid-cylindric, oblique, pubescent,
4-ovuled; stigmas sessile, large, fleshy, truncate, often oblique. Ripe carpels globose,
densely and minutely tawny-tomentose, '4 or '5 in. in diam.; stalks '2 in. long.
Seeds several, compressed; the testa'membranous. King in Joiirn. -45. Soe. Bengal 61,
pi. 3, 87.
Fonang,—Maingay [Kcw Bistril^ Ko. 92-2, Curtis. Perak,—Scortcchini, King^s-
Collector, ^Yray.
This species, although rare in Pcnang, is very common in Perak. Specimens of it
vaiy considerably in several respects. In some plants the young shoots are densely
pubemlous, in others they are almost glabrous ; the leaves also vary in size and in
amount of pubescence. In. the specimen figured by Professor Oliver {Rook. Ic. PL
1562), the flowers are in axillary pairs; but in the majority of the Perak specimens
they are in cymes. The species is practically dioecious; the staminate flowers having
no ovaries at all or only a few rudiments, while the pistillate flowers have rarely a
few perfect stamens, and not always any staminodes. The best marks of distinction
AyONACE.i; OP BlilTISH IXDI.l.
between this and M. reticulata, of which this umst bo a very close ally, arc the mmllcr
number of the nerves in the leaves of this and the ovoid shape of its i-ugo«® in
its leaves this plant somewhat resembles some of the species of Bopotoia. And, masmuch
OS its inner petals are larger than the outer and arc vaulted, it is related to Orophea.
from which, however, its numerous Uvarioid stamens aud unisexual habit exclude it.
PLATE 157. M.trepl.ora macrophylla, Olwer. I, l o w e r i n g brancli ; a, branch with
youu.^ fruit; 3, carpels nearly lipe; 4, sccfion o£ a ripo c a r p o l - » / nabrul .m: 0, flower
dissected; 6 & r, anthers; 8, 9, 10, p i s t i l s - » i « , s r f . (i*''». 8 , 8 , a,: copid from
OHmr's figurs^ in Hookei's Icones, t 1562.)
R. MITKBPHOEA PEAHII, King in Journ. As. Stmjal 01, pi. 2, 88. A tree 30
to 40 ioet high ; young branches tawny-pubescent, speedily becoming glabrous and
dark-colonred. I m r a membranous, elliptic-oblong, rather abruptly and shortly acuminate,
the base cuneate and often slightly nncqual-sided; upper surface glabrous except
the depiessed Btiignlose midrib; lower surface much reticulate, glabrous, but with a few
scattered hairs on the midiib and 12 to 14 pairs of rather bold, oblique, curving
nerves; length 6 to 9 in., breadth 2-2O to 3 in.; petiole -24 in., pubescent. Flomeri
bisexual, from the axis of the fallen leaves, solitary, "4 in. in diam.; pedicels about "o
in. long, softly tementose, minutely bracteolate at the base. Sepah broadly ovate,
acute, concave, tomentese outside, glabrous inside. Oukr potah much larger than the
sepals, ovate-orbicular, sub-acnte; tomentese outside, glabrous in-sido. Innir pelals longer
but narrower than the outer; tho limb trapezioid, densely tomeutose, glabrous inside at
the base; the claw narrow, about as long as tho limb, tomentese on both surfaces.
Stamens in the male flower numerous, short, cuneate; the apical process of the connective
truncate, concealing tho apices of the dorsal anthers. Pistils 0. Ftmale fimers unknown.
Ripe carpels sab-globose, rather truncate at base and apex, rug-ulose, minutely pubescent,
•05 in. in diam. Seeds about 5, plano-convex; the testa membranous, rugulose.
Andaman Islands,—Z-'i-flzJi, King's Collector.
The inner petals of this species are undoubtedly longer than the outer; but they are
much narrower. Technically they are tho petals of Oraplmt rather than of MilrepMra;
but the numerous Uvarioid stamens and the unisexual habit are those of the latter,
to which I accordingly refer it. I have been able to examine only a few flowers of the
species, and these are all teti-amerous; but whether this arrangement is normal or only
occasional I am unable to say until larger suites of specimens shall be obtained.
PLATE 158. Mitrephora Prainii, King. 1, Leaf-twig; 2, flowering branch; 3, ripe
carpels—0/ natural size; 4, flower dissected; 5, nii'thcvs—enlarged.
18. Popowia, Knit.
Trees, rowers small, sub-globular-, opening but slightly, usually hermaphrodite,
sometimes polygamous, exti-a-asillary or leaf-opposed. Sepals 3, ovate, valvate. I'etals
6, valvate, in 2 series (the inner series imbricate in P. Kureii), more or loss orbicular;
outer like the sepals, spreading; inner thick, concave, connivent, acute, the tip sometimes
inflexed. Stamens indefinite or sub-definite, short, cuneate ; anther-cells dorsal,
remote. Carpels about 6, ovoid; style large, oblong or sub-clavate, straight or recurved;
ANN. EOV, Bor. GAUD CALCUTTA VOL. IV.