414 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



tube cylindric, dilated in the middle rather below the stamens, con- 

 tracted above and below, glabrous except a ring of hairs within under 

 the stamens, •125 in. long, with 5 lobed fleshy scales closing the throat; 

 lobes angled, falcate, fimbriate at the tip, the tip inflexed when open. 

 Anthers lanceolate, apiculate, "05 in. long ; filaments short, pubescent at 

 base. Ovary conoidal, tapering to a short style and oblong conical 

 stigma, with a pale band at its base. Berry ovoid, orange, 3 to 3-5 in. 

 long, 2-5 in. in diameter ; pericarp smooth, shining, rather thin. Seeds 

 numerous, embedded in pulp, roughly oblong, -6 in. long, "4 in. broad, 

 wuth no apparent aril ; testa thick, granular, brown, deeply pitted ; 

 albumen waxy or fleshy ; cotyledons oblong, -125 in. long, flat ; radicle 

 thick, cylindrical, '275 in. long. 



Peeak : in dense jungle at 500 to 800 feet, near Larut, King's Col- 

 lector 6525. 



5. Melodinus perakensis, King & Gamble, n. sp. A glabrous 

 climbing shrub ; young branches thicker than a crow-quill, cinereous- 

 brown, uppermost obscurely quadrangular. Leaves chartaceous ; elliptic 

 or elliptic-oblong, shortly and obtusely acuminate at apex, attenuate at 

 base ; both surfaces pale greenish-brown when dry, the upper somewhat 

 shining and darker than the lower ; margins slightly recurved ; 3*5 to 

 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. broad ; midrib slender, slightly impressed above, 

 raised beneath ; main nerves slender, 10 to 15 pairs, starting at about 

 60^ with the midrib and cui'ved upwards to and along the margin where 

 they meet, forming a slightly broken wavy obscure intramarginal nerve ; 

 secondary nerves few ; reticulations irregular, very faint, only the 

 main nerves easily visible; petiole '15 to "2 in., stout. Cymes axillary, 

 •75 to 1 in. long, lax, sessile; branches and •I to '2 in. long pedicels 

 slender; bracts ovate-acute, in pairs at the branches and below the 

 pedicels with 1 to 2 obtuse bracteoles on the pedicel ; buds clavate, 

 •2 in. long, tips globose ; flowers waxy- white. Calyx -05 in. long, cam- 

 panulate; lobes broadly ovate, ciliate. Corolla-iuhe cylindric, slightly 

 inflated in the middle opposite the stamens, narrowed at the throat ; 

 lobes oblong-spathulate, spreading, the apex lobed, one lobe fimbriately 

 toothed ; a large rounded gland at the base of each lobe, in the throat 

 of the tube. Anthers lanceolate, cordate at base ; filaments short, 

 slender. Ovary broadly ovate ; style slender ; stigma conical with a 

 bifid apiculus. Fruit pyriform, about 2 in. long by 1-5 in. broad ; peri- 

 carp thin but woody, smooth. Seeds many, roughly triangular, -75 in. 

 long ; testa dark brown, rugose, crustaceous, deeply pitted. 



Pbbak : in open jungle on limestone hills, at 800 to 800 feet. King's 

 Collector 4481, 7031. 



6. Melodinus coeiaceus, Ohver in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1758 (1888). 



