136 ANNALS OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
Piare 179. Melodorum latifolium, H. f. & Th., var. ovoidea, King. 1, Flowering 
branch; 2, young carpels; 3, ripe carpels; 4, flower dissected—of natural size; 5, 
anthers; 6, pistils—enlarged. 
11. Mertoporum cyriinpricum, Maingay in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1. 80. A climber ; 
young branches minutely rusty-pubescent, speedily glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, brownish when dry, acute or acuminate, the base rounded 
or slightly narrowed ; upper surface quite glabrous; the lower paler, minutely pubes- 
cent; main verves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, very faint; length 2°5 to 4°25 in., breadth 
1-6 to 1:8 in.; petiole 5 in. Flowers *5 in. long, solitary, axillary, drooping; buds short, 
pyramidal, aipresed: -brown-pubescent ; pedicel short, stout, with minute bracteole. Sepals 
small, triangular, connate, forming a flat spreading cup. Outer petals triangular-ovate, 
triquetrous with an excavated base; the imner very small, triangular, glabrous. Stamens 
uumerous ; the apex of the connective orbicular. Ovaries 4 to 6, sericeous. Ripe carpels 
cylindric, curved, both ends obtuse, sub- tubercular, minutely brown-pubescent, 1 to 1:75 
in. long and °35 to ‘75 in. in diam.; pericarp thin; stalk °5 in. long, stout. Seeds 
many, horizontal, in two series, compressed, ‘65 a long, shining, with a small 
cartilaginous arillus. King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 106 
- Malacca,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 78. Singapore, Ridley No. 2115. 
Pirate 177B. Melodorum cylindricum, Méaing. 1, Flowering branch; 2, ripe fruit; 3, 
flower—of natural size ; 4, flower dissected; 5 & 6, anthers; 7 & 8, pistils—enlarged. 
12, Metoporum HyPogLaucum, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. ii. 387. A strong 
creeper; young branches minutely rufous-pubescent, ultimately glabrous, rather pale 
and much tubercled. Leaves thinly coriacecus, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, acute 
or shortly acuminate, the base rounded or cuneate; upper surface glabrous, except the 
rufous-puberulous midrib ; lower minutely hoary- pubeEnloes, the 10 or 12 pairs of bold, 
oblique, curving main nerves ultimately glabrous and darker-coloured ; length 8 to 5°5 
in., breadth 1°35 to 2-2 in.; ; petiole 25 in. Flowers °5 to °8 in. long, in lax, 2- 
to 3- flowered, axillary Pee or (by abortion of the leaves) in lax, terminal, 10- to 
12-flowered panicles ; pedicels as long as the flowers, slender; bracteoles 1 or 2, minute. 
Sepals ovate, acute, concave, conjoined only at the base, rufous-pubescent outside, 
puberulous within. Petals leathery, linear-lanceolate ; the base expanded and concave; the 
outer minutely rufous-tomentose on the external surface, paler and pubescent on the 
internal, -5 to°8 in. long, concave for their whole length; the inner one-third shorter 
with a glabrous concavity at the base only, the rest triquetrous and puberulous. Stamens 
numerous; apical process of connective large, broader than the anther-cells, sub- 
globular. Ovurtes about.12, oblong, golden-silky, with 4 to 6 ovules in two rows; stigma 
large, sub-capitate ; style short. Ripe carpels globose or ovoid-globose, tubercled, 
puberulous or glabrescent, 1 in. long; stalks about the same length, striate. Seeds 
about 4 or 5, oval, compressed, smooth, brown, shining. King in Journ. As. Soc. 
Bengal 61, pt. 2, 106. ee 
Perak,—Scortechini, King’s Collector. 
The plant decked above agrees fairly well with the only specimens of Mindcrain 
kypoglaucum, Miq., which I have been able to consult. It also agrees fairly with 
