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Frutex glaber. Folia coriacea, superne brevia, subtus glauca, 
ontice, spneidatay acuta, basi rotundata aut breviter cuneata, 
15-18 cm. longa, 6-8 cm. lata nervis_ 6jugis subtus elevatis, 
costa convexa superne depressa; petioli 1*1 cm. longi. lores 
singuli, in pedicellis extra-axillaribus 1 cm, longis; bractea mediana, 
brevis, lanceolata. Sepala pugioniformia, basi lata, apice angustata, 
4 mm. longa, VPetala exteriora lanceolata, linearia, pubescentia, 
9 mm. longa, 3)mm. lata; petala interiora conum angustum formantia, 
5 mm. longa. Torus minimus, hirtus.  Pistilla conica, hirta. 
Ovula 1-2, superposita. Yarpella matura globosa, 5 mm. longa, 
oe aequilongis. 
wak. Kuching, Haviland, 3333 ; Haviland and Hose, 3335. 
The tee specimens, which are in fruit, have smaller leaves but 
sai to Cte to the same species as the flowering ones. 
Melodorum fagifolium, Adi. [Anonaceae]; species M. 
seoscriie, King, affinis, foliis haud tomentosis sed furfuraceis, 
paniculis brevibus, staminibus paucis, appendicibus rotundatis haud 
rostratis differt. 
rutexc scandens, glabrescens, ramis rufo-furfuraceis. Folia 
ovata vel elliptica aut oblonga, apice cuspidata, basi rotundata 
superne parce furfuracea, subtus magis furfuracea, pallida, 7-10 cm. 
longa, 4-5 cm. lata, nervis 9-jugis superne inconspicuis subtus 
prominulis haud arcuatis; petioli atri, rufo-furfuracei, 1°5 cm. 
longi. Paniculae breves, subterminales, laxae, 7 cm. longae, 
furturaceae ; bracteae parvae, 1 mm. longae, lanceolatae, ovatae ; 
pedicelli 7 mm. longi. Alabastra longe conica, triquetra, obtusa, 
acuminata, Sepala ovata, 2 mm. longa, Petala exteriora lanceolata, 
extus rufo-furfuracea, 1 em. longa; petala interiora breviora, 
lanceolata, glabra. Stamzna in veraiiiia 4, appendicibus rotundatis 
planis haud rostratis convexis glabris. Pistilla pauca, hirta, 
Sarawak. Entagut River, Hose, 397. 
678. Melodorum paniculatum, di. [Anonaceae]; species M. 
litseaefolio, King, proxima, floribus majoribus, tomento partium 
juvenilium costae foliorum (subtus) et inflorescentiae rufo, staminibus 
paucis oblongis, appendicibus subtriangularibus rostratis distincta. 
Frutex, partibus juvenilibus ferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia elliptica, 
acuminata, pe rotundata, coriacea, superne glabra costa media 
excepta, su btus rufo-tomentosa, 9-11 cm. longa, 2°5—5 em. lata, 
-nervis 11-12-jugis subtus prominulis ; petioli validi 5 mm. longi. 
Inflorescentia terminalis, paniculata, 9-14 cm. longa, ramis 5 cm. 
longis, omnino rufo-tomentosa ; bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 1 mm 
saan pedicelli 1 em. longi. Alabastra ovoidea. Sepala ovata: 
subaequilonga, crassa, carinata, apice fugaciter hirta. Stamina 
oblonga, pauca, appendicibus subtriangularibus rostratis lucidis 
“rubies Carpella pauciora, pilis rufis longis tecta, apice 
Sarawak. Kuching, Haviland, 1845. 
a kg Becriox rigidum, Ridi. [Anonaceae]; scandens, foliis 
vibus nec cee calyce integro nec lobato gamo- 
bus insignis 
pile; “diese singulis axillari 
