Melodorum] vi. anonace^. 87 



glaucous, above dark shining green; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, very 

 numerous, appendages triangular. Ovaries obovoid, densely red- 

 tomentose, 7 to i in. long, 75 in. through. Seeds about 4. Hub. 

 Open country and forest edges. Common; a very handsome 

 species easily known by its large flowers. Singapore, Bukit Timah ; 

 Jurong; Sembawang. Malacca (Maingay) ; Perak, Thaiping; 

 Blanda Mabok (Wray). Bindings. Pangkor (Curtis). Penang. 

 Lankawi. 



(9) M. Maingayi Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 80; King, Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. I.e. 109; Ann. Bat. Gard. Calc. I.e. 139, pi. 184A. 



Climber; branchlets pubescent. Leaves rather stiffly cori- 

 aceous broadly elliptic or oblong shortly acuminate at tip, base 

 rounded, above glabrous, beneath glaucous ; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, 

 slender and slightly prominent; 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2'35 in. 

 wide; petioles "6 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary, yellow on 

 short '25 in. thick tomentose pedicels. Sepals orbicular sub- 

 acute, quite connate into a saucer -25 in. across. Petals coriaceous, 

 outer ones oblong-lanceolate, base broad, 75 to 1-25 in. long, 

 flat keeled down the middle inside, red-tomentose outside, inner 

 ones very small triangular-ovate, glabrous. Stamens numerous, 

 appendages rounded. Ovaries 6, silky. Carpels oblong, slightly 

 tapering to each end, red-puberulous, 1-5 to 2 in. long, 75 in. 

 through ; stalks "5 in. long. Seeds many. Hah. Forests. Rare. 

 Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray at 3600 ft. altitude). Penang 

 (Maingay) ; Bukit Padi at 1500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 



(10) M. prismaticum Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 121 ; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 81 ; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. no; Pyramidanthe 

 rufa Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 39. Oxymitra bassiagfolia 

 Teysni. and Binn. in Tijdsehr. Ned. Ind. xxv. 419. 



A large climber; branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 

 oblong abruptly shortly acuminate ; base broad rounded, above 

 glabrous except the puberulous midrib, beneath glaucous, finely 

 pubescent or glabrous; nerves 12 to 18 pairs faint, secondary 

 nerves prominent; 4*5 to 8*5 in. long, 2*3 to 3*3 in. wide; petioles 

 •5 to 7 in. long. Flowers i"5 to 2 in. long, orange outside, white 

 inside, hardly opening, axillary solitary; pedicels 3 to '6 in. long, 

 red-tomentose. Sepals quite connate into a 3-angled disc, -3 in. 

 across, pubescent outside. Petals, outer ones fleshy orange covered 

 with ochreous scurf, inside greenish cream, linear-lanceolate tri- 

 quetrous, inner ones "3 in. long, triangular ovate acute yellow 

 glabrous. Stamens numerous, white, appendages triangular. 

 Ovaries oblong pubescent; ovules 14 in 2 rows. Carpels ovoid 

 blunt tubercled, 1-4 in. long, -8 in. wide; stalks '8 to i in. long, 

 stout. Seeds oval black. Hab. Common in forests, Singapore, 

 Garden Jungle ; Sehtar. Johor. Malacca. Perak, Thaiping ; Gop- 

 ing (Kunstler). Penang Hill. Distrib. Banka, Borneo. Native 

 name : Akar Pisang-Pisang Bukit. 



