134 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
or 3 from a rufous-tomentose peduncle bracteate at the base; pedicels very short, Sepais 
ovate-acute, spreading. Petals leathery, ovate-lanceolate; the outer densely rufous-sericeous 
outside, glabrous inside, 8 in. long; the inner smaller, glabrous. Stamens numerous; the 
apex of the connective obliquely triangular. Ovaries oblong, densely rufous-sericeous ; 
style short; stigma deeply bifid. Carpels globose, pubescent, mucronate, i on. in diane. 
stalk -25 to °35 in. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 80; Kurz For. Fl. Burm, 1. 43. es 
bicolor, Roxb. Fil. Ind. ii. 662; Wall. Cat. 6466A G part). 
From the base of the E, Porriale ye through the hill ‘ranges of Assam to Burmah: 
at low elevations. 
Puate 175B. Melodorum bicolor, H. f. & Th. 1, Hlewenee branch ; 2, ripe 
carpels; 3, flower—of natural size; 4 & 5, ovaries—enlarged. | 
8. Mexroporum manusriatuM, Hook. fil. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 118. A large creeper ; 
young branches minutely rufous-pubescent. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, 
acuminate, the base rounded or slightly narrowed; upper surface olivaceous when dry, 
glabrous, the midrib rufous-pubescent ; lower uniformly covered with rather thin, brown or 
golden, sericeous tomentum; main nerves 12 to 18 pairs, oblique, slightly curved, rather 
prominent beneath; length °2 to 4:5 in., breadth °75 to 1°5 in.; petiole *3 im., tomentose. 
Flowers *6 to *75 in, long, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary, in short racemes, sale solitary ; 
pedicels 25 to °75 in., softly. pale. rufous-tomentose, with one broad clasping bracteole 
near the base. Sepals broadly ovate, shortly sub-acuminate, spreading, connate at the 
base, sericeous outside, glabrous inside. Petals leathery, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, 
concave; the outer *6 to ‘75 in. long, outside sericeous, inside puberulous in the upper 
half, glabrous in the lower; the inner petals smaller, minutely pubescent in the upper half 
outside and near the apex inside, otherwise’ glabrous; the base very concave. Stamens 
numerous ; the connective bluntly triangular at the apex. Ovaries numerous, oblong, 
densely sericeous; ovules 8,: in two rows; stigma sessile, glabrous, bifid.. Ripe carpels 
numerous, ovoid-globose, with thick pericarp, about 1:25 in. long, densely rufous- 
tomentose; stalks 2 or 3 in. long, Seeds about 8, in two rows. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
i. 793 Miy, Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 85; ° King in’ Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 
104, 1 Welodéiumn SBMEDDL, Scheff. Nat. : Tijds. xxxi. 383 — Uvaria nee Wall. 
Cat. 6456. | 
‘Penang, Malacca, Singapore. Perak; very common. Distrib. Spank 
Prats 176. Melodorum manubriatum, H. f. & Th. ob Flowering ee 25: young 
carpels ; 3, ripe carpels—of natural size; 4, anthers; 5, pitils—enlarged. 
9, Menoporum veRRUcosuM, Hook. il. & Thoms. Fl. Ind. 119. A strong climber; 
young branches minutely rusty-tomentose, speedily glabrous; the bark dark-coloured, 
rugose, arid lenticellate. Leaves thinly ‘coriaceous, oblong or oblong-lancéolate, acute, the 
base rounded or slightly cuneate ;’ upper ‘surface finely reticulate, glabrous, except the 
puberulous midrib; lower surface softly. pubescent, ‘becoming almost glabrous when old; 
main nerves 12 to'18- pairs; oblique,’ inter-arching near the: edge, bold’ and prominent 
ee the’ transverse veins obliqué, distinct; length 4 ‘to 65 in., breadth 1:2 to 
2'2 in.; ‘petiole’ ‘3 to!-°4 - in.s : ‘rufous-pubeseent, Flowers: *§ in. long, leaf-opposed or 
fords solitary ;- peduncles +6 to 1 in., long, .niinutely - tomentose, with - 1...or 2 
