387 
Frutex scandens, ramis nigris. Folia coriacea, eee cuspidata, 
supra 
pedicelli rufo-furfuracei, 6 mm. longi. Calyx cupuliformis, integer, 
aud lobatus. Petala exteriora lanceolata, obtusa, basi latiora, 
superne attenuata, rufo-tomentosa, 1°5 cm. longa < ad basim 4 mm. 
lata; petala interiora multo breviora. Carpella matura cylindrica, 
obtusa, paullo ad basim angustata, 3 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, tenuiter 
rufo-brunneo-velutinosa. Semina 7 atro-brunnea, lucida. 
SaRAwaAk. Kuching, Haviland, 421 ; Beccari, 393. 
- Melodorum longipetalum, Aidi. [Anonaceae]; species, M. 
Mljenit, Hook. £., proxima, sed folia multo coriacea et laevia 
petala elongata, lineari-lanceolata, longiora. 
Frutex ramis gracilibns, juvenilibus rufo-tomentosis. Folia lan 
ceolata, acuminata, acuta, basi rotundata, supra glabra (siccn 
grisea), subtus elancescenta, glaberrima costa rufo-tomentosa 
exepta, nervis ra gina oe —— nog conspicuis in 
Flores sins, axillares; pedicelli 2 cm. 9 ae aut breviores ; 
bracteae parvae, lineares. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, 3 mm. 
longa. Petala exteriora lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, extus tenuiter 
rufo-tomentosa, intus glabra, 2°5 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata; petala in- 
teriora duplo breviora, linearia, acuminata, glabra. Carpella i in toro 
cylindrico pilis sericeis flavis tecto. 
Sarawak. Kuching, Haviland, 2102. 
“ Flowers sweet-scented.” 
681. Melodorum ovalifolium, idl. [Anonaceae]; frutex scandens, 
foliis parvis 5 cm. longis ovatis peltatis basi elandulis 2 instructis 
coriaceis glabris, floribus singulis extra-axillaribus, Ste: is longis 
angustis, staminum appendicibus wit pes quasi rostratis 
Frutex scandens, ramis tomentos Folia parva, Gvistd 
elliptica, breviter acuminata, ohiaaa, basi lata, peltata, Aendatie 
elevatis 2 basalibus, 5 cm. longa, 2°5 cm. lata coriacea, superne 
tectis ; peticli pubescentes, 4 mm. longi. lores singuli, foliis 
oppositi; pedicelli tenues, hirti, 2°5 cm. longi; bracteae minutae. 
Sepala ovata, obtusa, rufo-hirta, 2mm. longa. /Petala exteriora 
2°5 cm. longa, basi 4 mm. lata, superne su babrupte angustata, 
linearia, obtusa, rufo-hirta ; petala interiora brevissima, lanceolata, 
glabra, acuminata, 5 mm. longa. Stamina appendicibus | prolongatis 
medio depressis. 
Sarawak. Kuching, Haviland, 3141, 3151. 
This I think is certainly a Melodorum, att in many points it 
resembles Xylopia, for the specimens s that it is clearly a 
climber. The peltate leaves with two basal suit are very goat 
682. Xylopia congesta, Rid. [Anonaceae]; species X. Scortechinii, 
King, affinis, sed foliis floribusque minoribus, floribus sti in 
massis parvis in ligno vetusto, petalis exterioribus et interioribus 
subsimilibus, differt, 
