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Miquel’s description of that species. But its petals and stamens, and its ovaries exter- 
nally, are rather those of Xylopia than of Melodorum; although its habit, its torus 
and carpels are emphatically those of the latter genus. In the number of ovules _ it 
agrees with the majority of the species of Melodorum. It thus forms a connecting 
link between the two genera. | 
Pirate 180A. Melodorum hypoglaucum, Mig. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, ripe carpels ; 
3, section of a ripe carpel—of natural size; 4, flower dissected—slightly enlarged ; 
5 & 6, anthers; 7 & 8, pistils—much enlarged. 
18. MertoporuMm PaARVIFLORUM, Scheffer in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. Ind. xxxi. 344. A 
powerful climber; young shoots minutely rusty-tomentose, the bark dark-coloured. 
Leaves coriaceous, more or less broadly elliptic, abruptly acute, the base broad, rounded; 
upper surface pale yellowish-green when dry, when young minutely stellate-pubescent, 
when old glabrescent or quite glabrous, the midrib always tomentose ; under-surface 
softly rufous-pubescent, the nervation and venation very prominent; main nerves 13 
to 15 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching close to the edge; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 
2°25 to 3°25 in.; petiole -4 im. Flowers *d in. long, in lax axillary or terminal rusty 
racemes often more than half as long as the leaves; pedicels *4 to °6 in. long with 1 
or 2 small bracteoles. Sepals triangular, spreading, connate at the base, rusty-tomentose 
outside, glabrescent inside like the petals, ‘1 in.-long. Pedals thick, leathery, oblong- 
lanceolate, with broad bases; the outer °5 in. long; the imner smaller, concave at the 
base, triquetrous in the upper half. Stamens numerous; the connective with com- 
pressed sub-quadrate apical appendage. Ovaries. narrow, elongate, densely sericeous, 6 
to 8-ovuled. Ripe carpels globular, sometimes very — slightly apiculate, densely but 
minutely dark-brown tomentose, ‘8 in. in diam.; stalks rather longer, slender, tomentose. 
King in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 107. } 
Perak,—King’s Collector. Distrib.—Bangka. ! 
A species closely allied to UM. spherocarpum, Blume. The leaves of this are 
however larger, the upper surface is stellate-tomentose when young: and dries a pale 
yellowish-green ; the racemes are much longer and laxer, and the flowers larger. 
PuaTE 181. Melodorum parviflorum, Scheff. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, 3 & 4, flowers, 
dissected; 5, carpels—of natural size; 6, anthers; 7, ovaries—enlarged. 
14. MeEtoporuM sPH uM, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 35. A strong climber ; 
young branches and all other parts more or less dark rusty-velvety-tomentose. Leaves 
elliptic-oblong, obtuse and very slightly apiculate, slightly narrowed to the rounded 
base ; upper surface with harsh short pubescence, the midrib tomentose ; lower surface 
uniformly and minutely soft-pubescent; main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, oblique, not inter- 
arching at the tips, prominent beneath; the connecting veins transverse, oblique, rather 
prominent ; length 2°5 to 4:5 in., breadth 1:25 to 2 in.; petiole *85 in. Flowers °6 or 
-7 in, in diam., in axillary or terminal racemes or panicles; pedicels *35 to *5 in. 
long with a small supra-basal bracteole.. Sepals ovate-acuminate, connate at the base, 
spreading, minutely tomentose outside, glabrescent inside. : Petals thick, leathery, brown 
outside, pink within, ovate, acuminate, slightly-pouched at. the base; the outer ‘3 to 
‘35 in. long,’ tomentose outside, puberulous within; the inner smaller than the outer, 
Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp. Catcurra Vor. IY. 
