Melodorum.] vi. anonace^. 85 



A moderate climber; branchlets rusty-pubescent. Leaves cori- 

 aceous elliptic-oblong acute, base rounded, above glabrous, bright 

 green, beneath golden-silky ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, faint ; 2*5 to 

 4 in. long, i'6 to i"8 in. wide ; petioles "5 in. long. Flowers solitary 

 axillary orange yellow, fragrant. Sepals ovate triangular pubescent, 

 connate. Petals, outer ones triangular-lanceolate, "5 in. long, '3 in. 

 wide, fiat with thickened edges ; inner ones nearly as long, orange 

 lanceolate acuminate. Stamens numerous, dark rose pink ; appen- 

 dages ovate. Pistils honey-coloured, 4 to 6, silky. Carpels cylin- 

 dric, blunt at both ends, brown-silky, i to 175 in. long and '35 to 

 •75 in. wide; stalk "5 in. long, thick. Seeds many, horizontal. 

 Hub. Common on edges of woods in low country in the south. 

 Singapore. BukitTimah; Garden Jungle, etc. Johor, Mt. Austin. 

 Selangor, Bukit Kutu and Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 



(5) M. latifolium Hook. fil. and Thom. Fl. Ind. 116 ; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, i. 79; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 105; Ann. Bot. Gard. 

 Calc. I.e. 135, pi. 178. Uvaria latifolia Bl. Fl. Jav. Anonacece t. 

 15. M. sphgerocarpa Miq. King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 108. 



A stout climber; branchlets red-velvety. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong blunt, base round, above minutely pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous except the tomentose midrib, beneath densely red- 

 tomentose; nerves 16 to 20 pairs, spreading elevate; 3 to 7*5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2*5 in. wide; petioles "4 to 7 in. long, tomentose 

 thick. Flower-buds conic, in lax axillary racemes or panicles; 

 pedicels '35 to "5 in. long, red-tomentose. Sepals broad ovate 

 obtuse, connate in a flat cup, '25 in. across, tomentose. Petals 

 fleshy ovate blunt, outer ones "4 to 7 in. long, tomentose outside, 

 inner ones smaller, glabrous. Stamens, appendages triangular 

 acute. Ovaries about 6, short oblong densely hairy ; ovules 6 to 8. 

 Carpels globose to ovoid, brown-tomentose, i to 2*25 in. long, 

 I to i"2 in. wide; stalks velvety brown, 75 to i"25 in. long. Seeds 

 about 10, flattened, deep brown; var. typiea, with rather larger 

 flowers and oblong or globular fruit. Rare. In hill woods. Perak, 

 Thaiping Hills. Distrih. Java. 



var. ovoidea with smaller flowers and obovoid fruit. Hab. Com- 

 mon in lowland forest. Singapore, Garden Jungle, Selitar, etc. 

 Malacca, Ayer Panas. Perak, common ; Penang. Distrib. 

 Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. Native name : Akar Pisang- 

 Pisang Bukit or Buldo. 



I think King's M. sphcerocarpa is merely a form of this and probably 

 M. Kingii is also a variety. 



(6) M. Kingii Boerl. le. Bogor. ii. (2), 134. M. parviflorum 

 King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 107, not of Scheffer. 



A very large chmber 150 ft. long, 4 to 6 in. through. Leaves 

 elliptic sub-acute or obtuse, base rounded, coriaceous, above 

 glabrous, beneath brownish scaly-pubescent ; nerves 11 to 15 pairs. 



