xv, 2 Merrill: Melodorum of Loure'uo 133 



The type of this species is Cananga sylvestris III latifolia 

 Rumph. 13 of Amboina. The species is currently interpreted from 

 Blume's figure and description which were based on Javan ma- 

 terial. Boerlage expresses the opinion that Melodorum mollis- 

 simum Miq. is specifically distinct from M. latifolium Hook. f. 

 &Th. 



F1SSISTIGMA LEICHHARDTII (Benth.). 



Melodorum leichhardtii Benth. Fl. Austral. 1 (1863) 52. 

 Australia (Queensland, N. S. Wales), White! Boorman! 



FISSISTIGMA LITSAEFOLIUM (King). 



Melodorum litsae folium King in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 61 : (1889) 

 103, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 132, t. US. 



Malay Peninsula, Perak, King's collector 4986!, 4063. 



FISSISTIGMA LONGIPETALUM (Ridl.). 



Melodorum longipetalum Ridl. in Kew Bull. (1912) 387. 



Borneo. 



FISSISTIGMA MABIFORME (Griff.). 



Uvaria mabiformis Griff. Notul. 4 (1854) 709. 



Melodorum pisocarpum Hook. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. (1855) 123; King 



in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 142, t. 187 A. 

 Melodorum -pyramidale Maingay ex King 1. c. in syn. 



Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Sumatra, King's collector 6411!, 

 10602!, Forbes 2182!, Ridley s. n.! 



FISSISTIGMA MACCREAI (F. Muell.). 



Melodorum maccreai F. Muell. Fragm. 6 (1867) 176. 



Australia. 



FISSISTIGMA MACRANTHUM (Kurz). 



Melodorum macranthum Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 41 ' (1872) 



291; King in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1892) 140, t. 186. 

 Unona macrantha Kurz in Andam. Rep. (1867) App. B. I. 

 Pyramidanthe macrantha Kurz op. cit. ed. 2 (1870) 29. 



South Andaman, Kurz! 



FISSISTIGMA MAINGAYI (Hook. f. & Th.). 



Melodorum maingayi Hook. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. (1855) 139; King in 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 4 (1893) 139, t. 184A. 



Malay Peninsula, Penang, Borneo, Wray 1112! 

 "Herb. Amb. 2: 198. 



