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Leaves narrow, reachiug only 1-2.5 in. broad, main 

 nerves 18 to 22 pairs ; cymes few-flowered . . 4. M. cilriformis 



Cymes longer than the petiole, -75 to 1 in. long ; leaves 

 greenish-brown when dry . . . . . . 5. M. perakensis. 



Leaves coriaceous, upper surface olivaceous-brown, shining ; 

 lower surface paler and dull ; cymes scarcely longer than the 

 petioles ; corolla-lobes scarcely bifid, much oblique, fimbriate 

 at tip . . . . . . . • . . G. M. coriaceus. 



1. Melodinus monogynus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 56 (1832). A large 

 glabrous climbing shrub ; young branches thinner than a goose-quill, 

 smooth, nearly cylindric, dull brown when dry. Leaves chartaceous ; 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate or rounded at 

 base ; glabrous on both surfaces, the upper shining, the lower rather 

 dull and paler brown when dry ; margins slightly recurved, somewhat 

 crispate when dry; 4-5 to 6 in. long; 1'5 to 2 in. broad; midrib slender, 

 impressed above, raised beneath; main nerves about 20 pairs, slender, 

 at about an angle of 70° with the midrib, very slightly curved to 

 meet an intramarginal looped nerve close to the edge ; secondary nerves 

 many, similar to main nerves but thinner, often forked, sometimes with 

 recurrent branches; reticulations transverse, irregular; all faint on both 

 surfaces ; petiole "2 to '3 in. long, rather stout. Cymes terminal, 

 puberulous, reaching 3 in. in length (occasionally more) and 2 to 3 in. 

 in diam. ; peduncles to '75 in. long ; branches trichotomous ; pedicels 

 variable ; bracts of the inflorescence and primary branches leafy, 

 caducous, those at the bases of the branches and pedicels ovate, acute 

 bracteoles 1 to 2, small, obtuse, on the pedicel itself ; buds elongate, tip 

 oblong, acute ; flowers white, fragrant. Calyx campanulate ; lobes 5, 

 oblong-orbicular, sometimes emarginate, ciliate, '15 to '2 in. long, the 

 margins hyaline. Corolla-ivhQ cylindric, "5 to '75 in. long, widening 

 upwards, glabrous or slightly puberulous without, densely villous 

 within, above the stamens ; lobes oblong-falcate, rounded, -3 to -5 in. 

 long, more or less aiuicled, each with a 2- to 3-lobed glabrous scale near 

 the base ; throat with a corona of 5 bifid villous linear-falcate lobes. 

 Anthers oblong-lanceolate, "06 in. long ; filaments slender, short. 

 Ovary rounded ; style slender, -1 in. long ; stigma thick, cylindric, 

 with a sharp bifid apiculus, very gummy, embraced by the anthers. 

 Berry globose, smooth, pulpy, reaching 3 in. in diam. ; pericarp coriaceous, 

 orange-coloured, smooth. Seeds numerous, flattened ; integuments 2, 

 outer thick rugose, inner membranous ; albumen copious ; cotyledons oval. 

 A. DC. Prod. VIII. 329 ; Wall. Cat. 1603 ; Wight Ic. t. 394 ; Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 834 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2527 ; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 629 ; Prain Beng. 

 Plants 668. Echaltium piscidmm, Wight Ic. t. 472, excl. Jig. of fruit. 

 Nerium piscidium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 7, excl. descr. of fruit. 



