84 VI. ANONACE^. [Melodorum. 



A moderate climber ; branchlets pubescent. Leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or sub-acute, above 

 glabrous, beneath glabrous or sparsely strigose; nerves 13 to 18 

 pairs, slender curving; 3 to 4 in. long, i-2 to 1-5 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers i to many in a terminal or leaf- 

 opposed cyme ; pedicels -3 to -4 in. long, pubescent. Sepals broad 

 ovate sub-acute, connate at base, "i in. long, pubescent outside. 

 Petals thick, outer ones flat ovate-oblong sub-acute, red pubescent 

 outside, '5 in. long; inner ones similar but smaller, glabrous and 

 concave at the base, 3 in. long. Stamens numerous, appendages 

 of outer ones lanceolate and as long as the anthers. Ovaries 

 pubescent, 4-ovuled in 2 rows. Carpels ovoid, globose, densely 

 silky tomentose, i to 1-5 in. long, -9 in. through ; stalks -85 to 1-5 in. 

 long, stout. Seeds oblong. Hab. Open forest-edges. Common. 

 Singapore, Reservoir Woods; Bukit Mandai; Chanchu Kang. 

 Johor. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Selangor, Bukit Kutu; 

 Kwala Lumpur; Gunong Semangok at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 

 Perak, Tapah (Wray) ; Larut (Kunstler). Distrih. Malay Isles. 

 Native names : Akar Kep ; Akar Singuloh ; Akar Larat, Larit or 

 Lerek. 



(3) M. manubriatum Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 118; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 79; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 104; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. 134, pi. 176. M. bancanum Scheff. Nat. Tijdr. 

 xxxi. 343. Uvaria manubriata Wall. Cat. 6456. 



A large climber; branchlets red-tomentose. Leaves thinly 

 coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded, above 

 glabrous except the rufous-hairy midrib, beneath densely red-tomen- 

 tose; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, slender curved, rather prominent 

 beneath; 2 to 4-5 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles "3 in. long, 

 tomentose. Flowers i or 2 or more in short racemes, on pedicels 

 •25 to 75 in. long, densely red-tomentose, extra-axillary. Sepals 

 ovate broad obtuse, connate at the base, silky outside, "2 in. long. 

 Petals coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate obtuse, outer ones 

 densely red-tomentose outside, puberulous in the upper half; 

 inner ones smaller, pubescent at the tip, base concave. Stamens, 

 appendages bluntly triangular. Ovaries numerous oblong, densely 

 silky ; ovules 8 in 2 rows. Carpels numerous, ovoid-globose, about 

 1*25 in. long, densely red-woolly; stalks 2 to 3 in. long. Torus 

 globose, all red-wooUy. Seeds 8. Hah. Dense forest. Common. 

 Singapore, Changi ; Bedoh. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry) ; Alor 

 Gajah and Rim Jungle (Griffith). Negri Sembilan. Perak, Tapah 

 (Wray) ; Gunong Bubu 2000 ft. altitude and Goping (Kunstler). 

 Penang. Distrib. Mergui, Banca. Native names : Akar Jangkang ; 

 Akar Larak; Akar Kenchang. 



(4) M. cylindricum Maing. in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 80; King, 

 Journ. As. Soe. Beng. I.e. 106; Ann. Bot. Gard. Gale. I.e. 136, pi. 

 177B. 



