Plate 1758. 



MELODINUS CORIACETJS, Oliv. 

 ApocYNACE.a. Tribe Carissej:. 



f '. conaceus > Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glaber, ramis crassitie pennse cygni 

 teretibus subtevibus, foliis coriaceis ellipticis v. obovatis obtusis basi 

 pms minus cuneatim in petiolum angustatis, venis primariis haud 

 prommentibus utrinque 13-16, floribus axillaribus in cymis brevis- 

 simis sessilibus plurifloris dispositis, corolla? tnbo apice constricto 

 carnosulo glabro, lobis obliqnis apice fimbriato-dentatis, fructibus 

 giobosis nitentibus pericarpio minute tuberculatim ruguloso, testa 

 cavernosa sulcatim intrusa albumine ruminato. 



Hab. Penang, Mr. G. Curtis (No. 1040). 



-FWm 3-4 poll, longa, 1^-2 poll, lata ; petiolus |-i poll, longus. 

 * tores $ poll. i ong i. Fructus 1% poll, diam.— D. Oliver. 



3 V^ti, 1 ' Bud ' 2 - Coroll »> laid open, showing fleshy squamae of the throat. 

 wtTn *S 4 * 0var y- 6 - Transverse section of same. 6. Seed. 7- Same in 

 eCt,on - Excepting 6, enlarged. 



