Melodorum.] 



VI, ANONACE^. 



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long, seeds smooth. 



M. litsesefolium 

 M. fulgens 



(3) M. manubriatum 



(4) M. cylindricum 



(5) M. latifolium 



(6) M. Kingii 



(7) M. hypoglaucum 



to 2 in. long; leaves 



(8) M. lanuginosum 



(9) M. Maingayi 



(10) M. prismaticum 



(11) M. rubiginosum 



flowers 



i. Eu-MELODORUM. Petals oblong-ovate, under i in 



Flowers -4 in. to nearly -5 in. long; buds broad 



pyramidal. 



Flowers -25 in. long, lax, axillary racemes 



Flowers -4 to '5 in. long; solitary, or in short 



cymes ....... 



Flowers -5 in. long or more ; buds pyramidal, 

 broad. 

 Flowers racemose ; leaves glabrous above ; fruit 



globose . . 



Flowers solitary axillary ; fruit cylindric . 

 Flowers racemose. 



Leaves pubescent above (young), base nar- 

 rowed ....... 



Leaves glabrous, smooth above, base broad 

 round ....... 



Flowers narrow, pyramidal ; fruit tubercled 

 ii. Pi'RAMiDANTHE. Outer petals linear-lanceolate, i 

 tomentose beneath. 



Outer petals densely woolly outside ; fruit 



globose . . . • . 



Outer petals minutely red-tomentose ; fruit 

 oblong ...... 



Outer petals minutely red-tomentose 2 in. long; 



fruit ovoid, tubercled ; leaves sub-glabrous 

 Outer petals minute, red-tomentose -75 in. long; 

 oblong ....... 



iii. Kentia. Outer petals as broad as long, ovate, edges thick; 

 axillary; seeds pitted. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; fruit ovoid ; ovules 8 . (12) M. elegans 

 Leaves elliptic or obovate; fruit globose; ovules 2 (13) M. pisocarpum 



(i) M. litsesefolium King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 103; 

 Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 132, pi. 173. 



A strong climber; branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves cori- 

 aceous, oblong-ovate to oblong-acute, base rounded, glabrous 

 above, midrib pubescent ; beneath hairy pubescent, midrib and 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, red-tomentose, slender, prominent beneath; 

 275 to 4-25 in. long, 1-25 to i-6 in. wide; petioles 'i to '2 in. long. 

 Flowers in lax few-flowered racemes or panicles, 3 to 4 in. long; 

 pedicels '25 to -35 in. long. Sepals broad ovate acute concave, 

 connate at base, -i in. long. Petals broadly ovate acute coriaceous, 

 outer ones "2 to -3 in. long, rufous-tomentose outside ; inner ones 

 smaller, puberulous outside. Stamens numerous, appendages 

 broadly and bluntly triangular. Ovaries few, red, pubescent 

 4-ovuled. Hah. Open forest. Rare. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 300 

 to 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 



Distinct in its small flowers in panicles, very near the Chinese M. glancescens. 

 Kunstler described it on one ticket as a shrubby tree 10 to 15 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. 

 through. 



fil. F.B.I, i. 120, King, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 133, pi. 174. 



(2) M. fulgens Hook 

 Beng. I.e. 104; Atm. Bot. 



