Orophea.] vi. anonace^. 73 



Perak, Goping district (Kunstler). Setul, Bukit Rajah Wang. 

 Disirib. Siam, Tongka. 



19. MITREPHORA, Bl. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves sub-coriaceous or coriaceous. Flowers 

 sohtary or in racemes usually axillary or leaf-opposed, small, 

 often unisexual. Sepals 3, orbicular or ovate. Petals 6, in 

 2 series, valvate ; outer ones ovate, thin ; inner ones clawed, limb 

 ovate or lanceolate, vaulted and cohering. Stamens oblong; 

 anther-cells dorsal, remote; appendages broad, truncate. Ovaries 

 oblong ; style oblong or clavate ; ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate. 

 Carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or nearly sessile. Species 10, 

 East Asiatic. 



Flower hermaphrodite i in. or more across, yellow 



or red . . . . . . . (i) M. Maingayi 



Flowers unisexual. 

 Flowers on branches. 



Carpels ovoid not rugulose; nerves 12 to 14 pairs (2) M. reticulata 

 Carpels sub-globular rugulose; nerves 14 to 20 

 pairs . . . . . . . . (3) M. macrophylla 



Flowers on trunk, fleshy . . . . . (4) M. crassipetala 



(^) M. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 77; King, Joitrn. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 86; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 112, pi. 154. 



A tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, 6 to 24 in. through; branchlets tomen- 

 tose. Leaves coriaceous ovate or oblong-acuminate, base rounded, 

 glabrous; nerves 6 to 10 pairs; 3 to 5*5 in. long, i'5 to 2*2 in. 

 wide; petioles "3 to -4 in. long. Flowers large and showy, i in. 

 across or more, yellow with red spots, several on a leaf-opposed 

 red-velvety peduncle, with many bracts. Sepals connate ovate 

 acute, tomentose. Petals, outer ones orbicular or obovate, edges 

 undulate, pubescent inside, inner ones shorter cordate with a long 

 linear claw. Stamens numerous, appendages flat. Ovaries nar- 

 rowed into the styles ; ovules 4. Carpels ovoid densely tomentose 

 pale green, i in. long, 75 in. through; stalks stout, 75 in. long. 

 Seeds 4. Hah. Borders of woods in open country. Malacca 

 (Maingay). Selangor. Bindings, Bruas; Telok Sera (Curtis). 

 Perak, Thaiping ; Goping (Kunstler) ; Penang, Telok Bahang 

 (Curtis, Porter). Disirib. Borneo, Cochin-China. Native name: 

 Maribut Daun Besar. 



(2) M. reticulata Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 77; King, Journ. As. 

 Soe. IBeng. I.e. 87; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 113, pi. 156A. Orophea 

 reticulata Mi^. Ann. Mus. Bot. Liigd. Bat. ii. 23. Uvaria reticulata 

 Bl. Fl. Jav. AnonaeecB, 50, t. 24. 



Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, stem 4 to 6 in. through ; branchlets tomen- 

 tose. Leaves membranous narrow oblong acuminate, base cuneate 

 or rounded, reticulate glabrous; midrib pubescent above, setose 

 beneath ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent ; 5 to 14 in. long, 2 



