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breadth 75 to 1"6 in. ; petiole "3 in., tomentoae. Flowers "6 to 75 in. 

 long, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, in short racemes, rarely solitary ; 

 pedicels 25 to '75 in., softly pale rufous-tomentose, with one broad 

 clasping bracteole near the base. Sepals broadly ovate, shortly sub- 

 acuminate, spreading, connate at the base, sericeous outside, glabrous 

 inside. Petals leathery, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, concave, the 

 outer '6 to '75 in. long, outside sericeous, inside puberulous in the upper 

 half, glabrous in the lower ; the inner petals smaller, minutely pubescent 

 in the upper half outside and near the apex inside, otherwise glabrous, 

 the base very concave. Stamens numerous, the connective bluntly tri- 

 angular at the apex. Ovaries numerous, oblong, densely sericeous ; 

 ovules 8 in 2 rows ; stigma sessile, glabrous, bifid. Ripe carpels numer- 

 ous, ovoid-globose, with thick pericarp, about 1"25 in. long, densely rufous- 

 tomentose ; stalks 2 to 3 in. long. Seeds about 8, in two rows. Hook. fil. 

 Fl. Br. Ind. I, 79 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 35. Melodorum bancanum, 

 Scheff. Nat. Tijds. XXXI, 343. Uvaria manubriata, Wall. Cat. 6456. 



Penang, Malacca, Singapore. Perak : very common. Distrib. : 

 Bangka. 



4. Melodoeum latifolicm, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind., 116. 

 A large climber ; young shoots velvety rufous-tomentose. Leaves 

 coriaceous, oblong or narrowly elliptic, sub-acute or obtuse, the base 

 rounded ; upper surface minutely pubescent, the midrib tomeiitose ; 

 lower surface uniformly covered with short, soft, brown tomentum ; main 

 nerves 16 to 24 pairs, spreading, bold, not inter-arching : length 3 to 

 75 in., breadth 1*75 to 2"5 in. ; petiole "4 to "7 in., stout, channelled, to- 

 mentose. Floioers from "6 to 1"25 in. in diam. when expanded, brown, in 

 lax axillary or terminal racemes or panicles ; pedicels "35 to "5 in. with 

 bracteole at the base. Sepals broadly ovate, blunt, connate into a flat 

 triangular cup, "25 in. wide, tomentose outside, glabrous within like the 

 outer petals. Petals thick, fleshy, ovate, acuminate, '4 to '7 in. long; 

 the inner much smaller. Stamens very numerous, the apex of the con- 

 nective triangular, acute ; anther-cells linear, lateral, Ovaries about 6, 

 obliquely oblong, densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled ; stigma small, sessile. 

 Bipe carpels globose to ovoid, slightly apiculate and slightly tapei'ing to 

 the base, densely velvety and minutely tomentose, 1 to 2"25 in. long and 

 1 to r2 in. in diam. : stalks stout, velvety, '75 to 1*75 in. long; Hook, 

 fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 79; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 35; Wall. Cat. 9411. 

 M. mollissimum, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 374. Uvaria latifolia, 

 Blume Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 15. JJnona latifolia, Dunal Anon. 115. Uvaria 

 longifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 13. 



Malacca ; Griffith. Singapore ; Maingay, Hullett. Perak : very 

 common. Distrib. ; — Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 



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