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Section II. Pyramidanthe. Oater petals very long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, 12 to 5 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, rarely leaf- 

 opposed (cymose in M. lanuginosum and M. rubiginosum.) 

 Ovules more than 4. 



Flowers 1'25 to 1"5 in. long; outer petals 

 rufous-lanate externally ; ripe carpels sub- 

 globose, '79 in. in diam. ... ... 9. M. lamiginosum. 



Flowers 1*25 to 1"5 in. long; outer petals 

 minutely rufous-tomentose externally ; ripe 

 carpels obloug, tapering to both ends, 1"5 

 to 2 in. long ... ... ... 10. M. Maingayi. 



Flowers TS to 2 in. long; outer petals minutely 

 rufous-tomentose outside ; ripe carpels 



ovoid, tuberculate, 1'4 in. long ... 11. M. prismaticum. 



Ovules 4. 



Flowers 3 to 5 in. long ; outer petals ad- 

 pressed- puberulous externally ... 12. M. macranthum. 

 Section III. Kentia. Outer petals not much longer than broad, 

 broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, with broad thick margins : flowers 

 axillary ; ovaries glabrous, 2 to 8-ovuled : seeds pitted. 

 Ovules about 8 : ripe carpels ovoid or ovoid- 

 globose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ... J 3. M. elegans. 

 Ovules 2 ; ripe carpels globular : leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sometimes ob- 

 ovate ... ... ... 14. M. pisocarpum. 



1. Melodorum LiTSE^FOLlUM, King, n. sp. A powerful climber : 

 young branches densely but minutely rusty-tomentose, afterwards 

 tuberculate and sub-glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to ob- 

 long, acute, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; upper surface greenish 

 when dry, glabrous, shining except the rufous-pubescent midrib ; lower 

 reticulate ; uniformly hoary-pubescent with a superficial layer of deci- 

 duous yellowish or reddish flexuose hairs ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 oblique, curving, prominent beneath ; length 275 to 425 in., breadth 

 135 to 1'6 in. Floivers '2 to '25 in. long, in few-flowered lax axillary 

 rufous-tomentose racemes or in terminal panicles ; pedicels '25 to 35 

 in. long with a single small median bracteolo. Sepals broadly ovate- 

 acute, concave, connate at the base, spreading, -1 in. long. Petals 

 broadly ovate-oblong, acute, leathery ; outer "3 in. long, slightly con- 

 cave and glabrous at the base, otherwise puberulous inside, rufous- 

 tomentose outside ; the inner petals much smaller, hoary-puberulous 

 except the pitted glabrous concavity at the base inside. Stamens nu- 

 merous, apical process of the connective broadly and bluntly tx'iangular ; 

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