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petiole -35 to ‘6 in., stout, minutely rusty; tomentose. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 
pairs or (by the fall of the leaves) in terminal 4- to 5-flowered leafless cymes, 1:2 to 
1-4 in. long; pedicels stout, *6 to *8 in. long; rusty or yellowish-tomentose with 1 or 
2 bracteoles near the base. Sepals °1 in. long; semi-orbicular, connate at the base. 
spreading. Outer petals thick, elongate-lanceolate, yellowish-tomentose outside, glabrous 
inside, slightly concave, especially at the expanded base ; inner petals like the outer, but 
shorter and narrower, sub-triquetrous, puberulous outside. Stamens very numerous; the 
connective with a large, compressed, sub-acute, apical process; the anthers linear. 
lateral. Ovaries several, narrowly oblong, densely sericeous; ovules numerous, in two 
rows; style short, thick, pubescent; stigma flat. Carpels obliquely ovoid-globose, 1. to 
1°25 m. long when ripe, tomentose; the stalks as long or longer. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 
Ind. i. 79; Kurz For. Fl. Burm, i, 43.—Uvaria rubiginosa, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 26; Wall. 
Cat. 6465.—U. nervosa and U. fulva, Wall. Cat. 6479, 6427. 
From Sylhet to Chittagong; Tenasserim. 
Var. oblonga, King. Ripe carpels oblong, blunt, tapering to the base, 1:3 in. 
long, the stalks nearly 1 in,, deciduously rufous-pubescent. 
Penang,— Curtis No. 843. | 
Prats 183. Melodorum rubiginosum, H. fi & Th., var. oblonga, King. 1, Flower- 
ing twig; 2, fruitmg twig with mpe carpels; 3, flower dissected; 4, section of a ripe 
carpel—of natural size; 5 & 6, anthers; 7 & 8, pistils—enlarged; 9, young carpels of 
the typical form—of natural size. . 
17. Metoporum Marneayi, Hook. fil. § Thoms. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 80. A climber; young 
branches pubescent, dark-coloured. eaves coriaceous, reddish-brown when dry, broadly 
elliptic or oblong, rounded at both ends, the tip sometimes minutely apiculate; upper 
surface glabrous, except the puberulous midrib; lower glaucous and finely pubescent; 
main nerves 14 to 16 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent and dark-coloured beneath ; 
length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1:5 to 2°35 in.; petiole °6 in. Flowers 1°25 to 1°5 in. long, 
solitary, axillary; buds swollen at the base, narrowed and triquetrous above; pedicels 
+25 to ‘5 in., stout; bracteoles several, small. Sepals orbicular, sub-acute, quite connate 
into a disk, *35 in. in diam. Petals leathery; the outer oblong-lanceolate, with broad 
base, flat but keeled down the middle inside; outside minutely rufous-tomentose, inside 
hoary-pubescent; inner very small, triangular-ovate, glabrous. Stamens numerous, small, 
with a broad rounded apical process, convex. Ovaries about 6, sericeous on one side; 
stigma sub-sessile. Ripe carpels oblong, tapering to each end; the apex shortly beaked, 
rusty-puberulous; the pericarp thick, 1°5 to 2 in. long and °75 in. in diam.; stalks ‘5 in. 
long, stout. Seeds many, in horizontal rows, ‘5 in. long, testa shining, not margined.” 
King in Journ, As. Soc. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 109. 
Penang,—Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 108; Curtis No. 1046. Perak,—Wray 
No. 1112. 7 ae 
Prats 184A. Melodorum Maingayi, H. f. & Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, unripe 
carpels; 8, ripe carpels—of natural size; 9, flower dissected, all the parts enlarged and 
one of the outer petals (4) very much so; 5 & 6, anthers; 7 & 8, pistils—much 
enlarged. . | 
- Ann. Roy. Bor. Garp, Catcurra Vou. IV. 
