82 VI. ANONACEJE. [Oxymtira. 



341; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 100; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 

 I.e. pi. 170. Guatteria biglandulosa Bl. Fl. Jav. Anonacecs 102, 

 /. 51. 



Branchlets red-silky. Leaves coriaceous elliptic to oblong acute 

 or shortly acuminate, base rounded, above glabrous, midrib 

 puberulous, beneath sub-glaucous puberulous ; nerves 7 to 9 pairs, 

 prominent beneath; 3-5 to 7-5 in. long, 2 to 3*5 in. wide; petioles 

 •2 to "4 in. long. Flowers solitary extra-axillary, i to i"5 in. long 

 on slender pedicels, "4 in long. Sepals fleshy ovate long acuminate 

 puberulous. Petals yellow, outer ones lanceolate oblong blunt, 

 base concave, midrib prominent ; inner ones "3 in. long, bases broad, 

 tips long-acuminate. Carpels oblong-ovoid blunt, yellow, 75 in. 

 long, puberulous or not ; stalks '5 in. long. Hab. Forests, lowland. 

 Malacca, Merlimau (Cantley) ; (Griffith, Maingay). Selangor, 

 Kwala Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, Ulu Kerling; Waterfall Hill, 

 Thaiping; Goping (Kunstler). Native name: Akar Mupisang 

 hitam. Distrih. Java, Borneo and Sumatra. 



(7) O- glauca Hook. fil. and Thofn. Fl. Ind. 146; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 71 ; King, Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. loi ; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. pi. 171A. 



Branchlets tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous elliptic to 

 lanceolate, blunt or acute, base rounded, above glabrous, except 

 the midrib and nerves pubescent, beneath glaucous glabrous or 

 nearly so ; midrib pubescent ; nerves 8 to 12 pairs, prominent 

 beneath pubescent, 4 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide. Flowers 

 solitary extra-axillary on slender pedicels '5 in. long. Sepals 

 connate at base, broad ovate acuminate pubescent, "25 in. long. 

 Petals, outer ones coriaceous narrow linear-lanceolate sub-acute, 

 base concave, outside pubescent; inner ones, bases sub-orbicular, 

 tips long-acuminate, one-fifth of the length of the flower. . Ovaries 

 hairy, i-ovuled. Carpels many ovoid, -4 in. long and '25 in. 

 through, tomentose; stalks slender, 75 in. long. Hab. Forests. 

 Malacca (Maingay). Perak at Simpang; Ulu Kerling; Goping 

 and Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Sumatra. 



22. MELODORUM, Dunal. 



Climbing shrubs. Stem rarely stout. Leaves more or less 

 coriaceous, red-pubescent or silky or glabrescent. Flowers terminal, 

 solitary axillary or panicled; buds conic, triquetrous, usually 

 covered with red silky tomentum. Sepals 3, valvate connate, 

 small. Petals 6, in 2 rows, outer ones fleshy or coriaceous, lanceo- 

 late or ovate, trigonous ; inner ones fleshy, glabrescent, tips trique- 

 trous, base excavate on the inner face. Stamens many; anther- 

 cells contiguous; appendages more or less flattened, triangular 

 to orbicular. Pistils many; style oblong; ovules 2 or more. 

 Carpels berried with several seeds. Species about 35, tropical 

 Asia, Africa and Australia. 



