86 VI. ANONACEiE. [Melodorum. 



elevate transverse, nervules conspicuous; 3'5 to 6'5 in. long, 

 2 to 3 in. across ; petioles "5 in. long, thick glabrous. Cymes few- 

 flowered axillary or terminal, dark tomentose ; pedicels '5 in. long. 

 Sepals connate with short sub-acute points, small. Petals white 

 tinged with pink ; outer ones lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, -6 in. long, 

 "I in. wide at base, outside brown tomentose. Carpels globose, 

 •75 in. to I in. long, velvety brown ; pedicels long. Hah. Forests. 

 Not common ; Malacca (Cantley) . Perak : Ulu Bulong, 400 to 

 600 ft. altitude and Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Native name : Poko 

 Achar. Use : A decoction of the flowers used for dyspepsia. 



Possibly only a form of M. latifolium. 



(7) M. hypoglaucum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 37; 

 King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 106; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 

 pi. 160A. 



A strong climber ; branchlets minutely red-pubescent. Leaves 

 thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-acute or shortly 

 acuminate, base rounded, above glabrous except the red-pubescent 

 midrib, beneath hoary-puberulous ; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, bold 

 ultimately glabrous and dark; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1-35 to 2*2 in. 

 wide; petioles '25 in. long. Flowers in axillary racemes of 2 to 3 

 flowers, or in 10- to 12-flowered terminal panicles on pedicels '5 

 to "8 in. long slender, greenish yellow. Sepals ovate acute concave, 

 connate at base, red-pubescent outside, puberulous inside. Petals 

 coriaceous linear-lanceolate, base dilate concave, outer ones red- 

 tomentose outside, pubescent inside, concave for the whole length, 

 •5 to "8 in. long; inner ones one-third shorter, excavate at base 

 only, above triquetrous. Stamens, appendages broad sub-globular. 

 Ovaries 12, oblong golden-silky; ovules 4 to 6 in. long, 2 rows. 

 Carpels globose tubercled, puberulous or not, i in. long. Seeds 

 globose tubercled, puberulous or not, i in. long; stalks as long. 

 Seeds 4 or 5, oval. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Goping and Ulu 

 Bubong and Batang Padang (Kunstler). Native name: Akar 

 Larak Merah. 



(8) M. lanuginosum Hook. fil. and Thom. Fl. Ind. 117; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 79; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 108; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Calc. I.e. pi. 182. 



A strong climber ; branchlets red-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 

 oblong or sub-ovate oblong acute or shortly acuminate, base 

 rounded ; above glabrous except the red-tomentose midrib, beneath 

 densely red-woolly; nerves 12 to 20 pairs inarching close to the 

 edge, prominent beneath; 3-5 to 9 in. long, rg to 3-5 in. across; 

 petioles -4 to '6 in. long, tomentose. Flowers axillary or leaf- 

 opposed solitary, or in racemes of 2 to 4; pedicels stout woolly, 

 •5 in. long. Sepals ovate, red- woolly outside. Petals thick oblong- 

 lanceolate sub-acute, outer ones 1-25 to 2-1 in. long, densely red- 

 woolly; inner ones smaller glabrous, base concave. Stamens 



