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solitary, or in terminal or leaf-opposed few-flowered cymes; pedicels °3 to ‘4 in. long, 
adpressed, tawny-pubescent with one sub-medial and one basal bracteole. Sepals broadly 
ovate, sub-acute, connate at the base, spreading, ‘1 in. long, pubescent outside, glabrous 
inside. Petals thick; the outer flat, ovate-oblong, sub-acute, tawny-pubescent outside, glab- 
rous at the base inside, ‘5 in. long; inner petals like the outer but concave at the base, 
only ‘3 in. long and glabrous, except near the apex, outside. Stamens numerous; apical 
process of connective of the outer lanceolate and as long as the anthers, that of the 
inner shorter. Ovaries narrowly oblong, oblique, curved, minutely pubescent, with 4 
ovules in two rows; style lateral, half as long as the ovary; stigma small. Ripe carpels 
ovoid-globose, densely and minutely silky-tawny-tomentose like the stalks, 1 to 1:5 in. 
long and °9 in. in diam.; stalks *85 to 1°5 in. long, stout. Seeds oblong, plano-convex, 
brown, shining. Hook, jil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 82; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 35; King in 
Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 104.—Uvaria fulgens and Myristica Finlaysoniana, Wall. 
Cat. 6482 and 6793. | 
Malacca, Perak, Singapore. Distrib—Borneo, Phillipines. Very common. 
Prats 174. Melodorum fulgens, H. f. § Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2 & 3, ripe 
carpels; 4, section of ripe carpel; 5, seed; 6, flower dissected—of natural size; 7, anthers ; 
8, pistils—enlarged. 
6. Mertoporom Watitcum, Hook. fil. §& Thoms. Fl. Ind. 118. <A large climber; young 
branches sparsely yellowish-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, the base rounded or slightly cuneate; upper surface glabrous, the lower 
sparsely adpressed-pubescent ; main nerves about 10 to 14 pairs, oblique, rather straight ; 
length 3°5 to 5°5 in., breadth -9 to 1:3 in.; petiole ‘2 in. Flowers *65 in. long, leaf- 
opposed or terminal, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3; pedicels *3 in. (longer in fruit) ; 
bracteoles 1 or 2, oval, basal. Sepals ovate, acute, connate only at the base, spreading, 
puberulous on both surfaces, ‘25 in. long. Petals leathery; the outer ovate-oblong, sub- 
acute, adpressed-rufous-pabescent outside, glabrous inside, °65 in. long; the inner rather 
smaller but thicker and tubercular inside, glabrous, except the upper half, outside. Stamens 
numerous with short thick filaments. Anthers linear; the connective with short conical 
apiculus. Ovaries oblong, oblique, pubescent; stigma shorter, glabrous, cylindric. fipe 
carpels ovoid, slightly apiculate, sub-tubercular and minutely adpressed-pubescent, 11 
in. long. and ‘7 in. in diam.; stalks 1:25 to 14in. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i.—Uvaria 
bicolor, Wall. Cat. 6466 (not of Roxb.) . — 
Assam, Khasia, and Sylhet. ts 
Puate 175A. Melodorum Wallichii, H. f. ¢ Zh. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe 
carpels; 3, flower dissected—of natural size; 4 & 5, stamens; 6 & 7, pistils—enlarged. 
7.. MeLoporum siconor, Hook. fil. Fl. Ind. 119. A large climber; young branches 
rufous-tomentose. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong or elliptic-oblong, the older obtuse, 
the younger acute, the base rounded; upper surface glabrous; the midrib coarsely, the 
nerves finely, pubescent; under-surface sparsely covered with long adpressed flexuose 
hairs; main nerves 16 to 20 pairs, oblique, slightly curving, not inter-arching, pr ormunenit 
beneath; the reticulations open, distinct; length 4 to 6 in., breadth 1°8 to 2°5 tot petiole 
35. in., tomentose. Flowers ‘7 to 1 in. long, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, solitary or 2 
