Melodorum.] iv. ANONACE^E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 81 



puberulous beneath, flowers % in. solitary, calyx obtusely triangular, carpels 

 cylindric rough ends rounded. 



MALACCA, Maingay. 



Branches very dark. Leaves 34^ by 1^ If, base rounded, coriaceous, hard, mid- 

 rib slender, puberulous, nerves many slender diverging; petiole 4~f in., pubescent. 

 Jflowers axillary, cernuous ; buds short, pyramidal, appressed brown-pubescent ; pe- 

 duncle short, thick, bract obscure. Calyx % in. diam. Outer petals triangular-ovate, 

 3-quetrous, base excavated ; inner very small indeed, triangular, glabrous. Torus as 

 in M. Maingayi. Top of connective orbicular. Ovaries 4-6, silky-pubescent. Ripe 

 carpels 1-lf by \-\ in., curved, brown-pubescent, walls very thin; stalk \ in., stout. 

 Seeds many, ^ in. long, 2-seriate, horizontal, testa shining, not margined ; aril small, 

 cartilaginous. 



** Leaves glabrous or minutely sparsely pubescent beneath. (See also 

 Maingayi and cylindricum.} 



t Flowers in terminal or leaf-opposed cymes or fascicles. 



10. BE. Wallichii, //. /. & T.Fl. Ind. 118 ; leaves narrow oblong-lan- 

 ceolate acute or acuminate sparsely pilose beneath veins distant, outer petals 

 f in. carpels subglobose tomentose. Uvaria bicolor, Wall. Cat. 6466, not of 

 Roxb. 



EASTERN BENGAL, in ASSAM and SILHET, Wallich, &c. 



A large woody climber, young parts with slight golden pubescence. Leaves 47 by 

 15-24 in., base rounded, pale beneath and hairy chiefly on the midrib and distant 

 nerves; petiole ^ in. flowers 1-3, in terminal or leaf-opposed fascicles ; pedicels 

 4 in. ; bracts 1-2, ovate, basal. /Sepals small, ovate. Outer petals oblong-lanceolate ; 

 inner one-third shorter, hoary, brown-purple. Carpels (mature ?) 4 in. diam., obliquely 

 mucronate ; stalk 1 in. 



11. BE. polyanthum, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves narrow oblong 

 or lanceolate usually acute at both ends minutely pubescent beneath, outer 

 petals | in. Uvaria polyantha, WalL Cat. 6467. 



Forests of the KHASIA HILLS, SILHET, and ASSAM. 



A large woody climber; branches blackish, glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1^ in. or 

 8-10 by 2-34 in., acute or sharply acuminate, pale beneath; petiole |-^ in., glabrate. 

 Flowers small, 3-7, in leaf-opposed cymes ; peduncle short, woody, hoary, soon 

 glabrate ; pedicels in., with a basal scale and a median orbicular deciduous bracteole. 

 Sepals ovate, subacute, hoary. Outer petals ovate, silky outside ; inner about half the 

 size, pubescent without, glabrous within. 



12. BE. rufinerve, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves 6-10 in. long obtuse 

 or acute glabrous glaucous beneath, flowers minute. 



EASTERN BENGAL; forests between Silhet and Cachar, H.f. & T. 



A large woody climber ; branches glabrous ; buds golden-pubescent. Leaves 6-10 

 by 2J-4 in., base rounded or retuse ; petiole glabrous, ^- in. Buds minute, in pubes- 

 cent leaf-opposed cymes; pedicels in.j bracteole small, median. A very distinct 

 species, in an immature condition. 



ft Flowers axillary, solitary, or appearing racemose only through the fall 

 of thejloral Leaves. 



13. BE. prismaticum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves 5-9 in. oblong 

 rounded or abruptly acuminate glabrous brown beneath, sepals connate, 

 outer petals narrow 2 in., carpels oblong obtuse tubercled glabrous. Uvaria 

 prismatica, Wall. Cat. 6455. Pyramidantbe rufa, Miq. Ann. ii. 39. 



PENAJSG, MALACCA and SIXCAPORE, Wallich, &c. DISTUIB. Borneo. 

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