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filaments short. Ovaries few, oblong, oblique, rufous-pubescent, 4- 

 ovuled ; stigma lateral, oblong. Bipe carpels unknown. 



Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 4063 and 4986. 



The flowers of this resemble those of M. fulgens, H. f. and Th^, but 

 they are smaller and more numerous than those of M. fulgens ; the 

 petals of this species also are thinner and the apical process of the 

 anthers is broader and blunter. The leaves too of this are broader and, 

 in the indumentum on their lower surface, they differ considerably from 

 those of M. fulgens. Fruit of this species is as yet unknown. The 

 ovaries have only 4 ovules. 



2. Melodorum fulgens. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 120. A large 

 climber; young branches minutely tawny-pubescent, speedily becoming 

 glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves oblong- lanceolate, acuminate, the 

 base rounded or sub-acute ; upper surface pale olivaceous when dry, 

 glabrous, the midrib strigose ; under surface brown when dry, sparsely 

 and minutely strigose, especially on the midrib ; main nerves 11 to 13 

 pairs, oblique, curving ; length 3 to 4*5 in., breadth 1'2 to 1-5 in. ; petiole 

 "25 to "4 in. pubescent. Flowers '4 to '5 in. long, solitary or in terminal 

 or leaf-opposed, few-flowered cymes : pedicels "3 to "4 in. long, adpi'essed 

 tawny-pubescent with one sub-medial and one basal bz'acteole. Sepals 

 broadly ovate, sub-acute, connate at the base, spreading, •! in. long 

 pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals thick ; the outer flat, ovate- 

 oblong, sub-acute, tawny-pubescent outside, glabrous at the base inside 

 •6 in. long ; inner petals like outer but concave at the base, only "3 in. 

 long and glabrous, except near the apex outside. Stamens numerous ; 

 apical process of connective of the outer lanceolate and as lono- as the 

 anthers, that of the inner shorter. Ovaries narrowly oblong, oblique, 

 curved, minutely pubescent, with 4 ovules in two rows : style lateral 

 half as long as the ovary, stigma small. Ripe carpels ovoid-globose 

 densely and minutely silky tawny- tomentose like the stalks, 1 to 1"5 in 

 long, and "9 in. in diam. ; stalks '85 to 15 in. long, stout. Seeds oblong 

 plano-convex, brown, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 82. Miq. Fl, 

 Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 35. Uvaria fulgetis and Myristica Finlaysoniana, Wall. 

 Cat. 6482 and 6/93. 



Malacca, Perak, Singapore. Distrib. Borneo, Philippines. 



3. Melodorum manubriatum. Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Ind. 118. 

 A large creeper: young branches minutely rufous-pubescent. Leaves 

 tliinly coi-iaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded or 

 slightly narrowed ; upper surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous the 

 midrib rufous-pubescent ; lower uniformly covered with rather thin 

 brown or golden sericeous tomentum ; main nerves 12 to 18 paii's, ob- 

 lique, slightly carved, rather prominent beneath ; length 2 to 4 5 in. 



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