88 VI. ANONACE^. [Melodorum. 



(ii) M. rubiginosum Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. I.e. ii6; 

 Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 79; King, Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. I.e. 139, pi. 183. 



Large climber ; branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves thinly cori- 

 aceous oblong to elliptic blunt or rarely minutely cuspidate, base 

 rounded or sub-cordate often unequal, above puberulous thin, 

 glabrous except the tomentose midrib, beneath pubescent ; nei^ves 

 13 to 22 pairs, prominent beneath; 3 to 9 in. long, i"25 to 4 in. 

 wide; petioles 35 to '6 in. long, stout tomentose. Flowers soHtary 

 or in terminal cymes of 4 to 5 flowers, on stout pedicels '6 to "8 in. 

 long, red-tomentose. Sepals semi-orbicular, "i in. long, connate 

 at base. Petals, outer ones thick elongate lanceolate, thinly 

 brown-tomentose outside, slightly concave glabrous inside, inner 

 ones shorter and narrower sub-triquetrous. Stamens very numerous, 

 appendages large, sub-acute. Ovaries several, silky; ovules silky 

 in 2 rows. Carpels oblong, tapering to base, i to i"25 in. long, 

 thinly tomentose; stalks about as long. Hah. Rare. Lowland 

 woods, Perak, road to Batu Kurau (Curtis); Goping (Kunstler). 

 Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Distrib. Silhet to Tenasserim. 



King makes the Malay plant a variety oblonga, but the Goping plant is 

 exactly Hooker's Indian plant. Curtis' Penang plant has smaller stiffer 

 leaves, not oblique at the base. 



(12) M. elegans Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. I.e. 122 ; Hook. 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 82; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. iii. ; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 141, pl. 184B. Uvaria elegans Wall. Gat. 6474A. 



A large but slender climber. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, narrowed slightly to rounded base; nerves 

 12 to 13 pairs, faint ; 2'5 to 3'5 in. long, i to i"25 in. wide; petioles 

 •25 to '35 in. long. Flower-buds obtusely ovate, axillary solitary 

 or 2 to 3 together, 35 to •65 in. long, on slender pedicels, "35 to "6 in. 

 long. Sepals ovate acute connate at base only, outside pubescent, 

 •I in. long. Petals, outer ones broadly ovate obtuse red-tomentose 

 outside, yellow hoary-puberulous within, inner ones "25 in. long, 

 very thick, triquetrous above. Stamens numerous, appendages 

 thick triangular. Ovaries glabrous ; ovules in 2 rows. Carpels 

 ovoid to globose, glabrous, '35 to -5 in. long; stalks slender, '<^ in. 

 long. Hab. Forests, widely spread in the peninsula, Singapore, 

 Chan Chu Kang (Ridley). Johor, Sedenak. Malacca, Bukit 

 Rejang (Derry). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Chankat Serdang (Wray). 

 Penang at Telok Bahang (Curtis, Wallich). 



(13) M. pisocarpum Hook. fil. and Thorn. Fl. Ind. 123 ; Hook, 

 fil. F.B.I, i. 82; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. I.e. 112; Ann. Bot. 

 Gard. Gale. I.e. 142, pi. 187A. Uvaria mabiformis Griff. Notulce, 

 iv. 709. 



A glabrous climber. Leaves small, coriaceous elliptic to obovate- 

 elliptic shortly abruptly acuminate, base rounded, underneath 

 indistinct; 2'5 to 4 in. long, i"25 to i"8 in. wide; petioles "35 in. 



