Melodorum.] iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 79 



Ripe carpels berried. DISTEIB. Species about 18; Tropical Asia and 

 Africa. 



SECT. I. Melodorum proper. Outei* petals oblong-ovate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. Ovaries tomentose; ovules many. Seeds smooth, often with a 

 raised marginal wing. 



* Leaves very pubescent or tomentose beneath, 

 t Leaves jnibescent on both surfaces. 



1. M. rubiginosum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 116; leaves oblong obtuse 

 acute or abruptly acuminate glabrous except the tomentose midrib above, 

 pubescent beneath, outer petals 1-1| in. narrow oblong, carpels ovoid or 

 globose tomentose stalked. Uvaria rubiginosa, A. DC. Mem. 26 ; Watt. Cat. 

 6465. U. nervosa and U. fulva, Wall. Cat. 6479, 6427. 



From SILHET and CHITTAGOXG, H.f. & T., to TENASSERIM, Wallich. 



A large climber; branchlets brown-tomentose. Leaves 3-12 by 2-5 in., rather mem- 

 branous ; petiole J-l in. Flowers axillary or iu terminal 5-6-flowered leafless panicles, 

 brown-lomentose ; pedicels 1-1 in. ; bracts 1-2, supra-median, small, ovate. Sepals 

 short, broad. Outer petals oblong acuminate, tomentose outside, hoary within ; inner 

 narrower, ovate, base concave, limb triquetrous. Carpels 1-1 \ in. ; stalk as long or 

 longer. Seeds shining. 



2. M. latifolium, Dunal ; H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 117; leaves ovate or 

 oblong obtuse coriaceous densely pubescent beneath, outer petals f in. 

 oblong-ovate, carpels large ovoid beaked, stalks thick. Wall. Cat. 9411. 

 M. mollissimum, MiquelFl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 354. Uvaria latifolia, jBlume 

 Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 15. 



MALACCA, Griffith; SINGAPORE, Maingay. DISTRIB. Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 



Very near M. rubig/nosum, but leaves very coriaceous, more tomentose and obtuse, 

 young downy above, flowers smaller broader and shorter, in larger panicles. Carpels 

 3 in., oblong, densely rusty-tomentose, young warted beaked, old smooth; stalks longer. 



3. M. lanug-inosum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 117; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate rarely obtuse glabrous except the 

 midrib above densely woolly beneath, outer petals l|-2 in. villous, carpels 

 globose tomentose. Uvaria lanuginosa, Wall. Cat. 6454. 



PENANG and SINGAPORE, Wallich; MALACCA, Maingay. 



A rambling shrub densely brown-tomentose. Leaves 68 by If 2f in., lower on 

 the branches smaller, base rounded ; petiole |- in. Flowers terminal or leaf-opposed, 

 in short 3-4-flowered cymes; bracts small, oblong, deciduous; pedicels ^-1 in., brac- 

 teole ovate basal. Sepals 4 in., ovate. Outer petals oblong, tapering to an obtuse 

 point; inner a little shorter, hoary, narrow, base concave, limb long triquetrous. 

 Carpels 1 in. diarn. ; stalk in. Seeds dimidiate-oblong, shining. 



4. M. manubriatum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind, 118 ; leaves 3-5 in. oblong 

 or oblong-lanceulate acute or acuminate glabrous except the midrib above, 

 densely brown-tomentose beneath, outer petals f-1 in., carpels subglobose 

 densely tomentose. Uvaria manubriata, Wall. Cat. 6456. 



PENANG and MALACCA, Wallich, &c. 



A woody climber, young branches petioles inflorescence and carpels densely brown- 

 tomentose. Leaves 3-5 by 1|-1| in., base rounded; petiole in. Flowers 1-3, fasci- 

 cled, terminal, or leaf-opposed", pedicels 4~4i n -> hracts oblong, infra-median. Sepals 

 nearly $ in., ovate acute. Outer petals ovate-oblong, obtuse ; inner a little shorter, 

 dull purple, ovate-lancuolate, hoary, glabrous within. Carpds 4~| i"-, obtuse ; stalk 

 rather longer. 



