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42 ANONACES. [ Melodorum. 
in. long and longer, on a thick Lomage 8-9 lin. long acuminate or 
acute at base, coriaceous, abruptly or bluntish acuminate, quite 
glabrous ; flowers solitary or rarely aiced, hardly 9 lin. long, yel- 
lowish, on a 1-3 lin, long pedicel, furnished with a few scale-like 
bracts; sepals ovate, glabrous, about 3 to 4 lin. long, membranous ; 
petals almost equally long, about 2 in. long, the outer ones oblong, 
long acuminate, chess or almost glabrous, the inner ones 
united in an elongated mitre, densely tawny pubescent within ; 
berries oval, very shortly stalked, about 8 lin. long, glabrous, red. 
Has.—Tenasserim; Ava, Kakhyen hills. 
2. G. Griffithii, H. £.& Th. Ind. Fl. i. 73.—An evergreen large 
shrub, all parts glabrous ; ; leaves ontone or elliptically oblong, about a 
foot long cr thereabouts, on an 3- :" in. long petiole, bluntish 
peduncle supported by some scale-like bracts; sepals about 1 in. 
long, acute, membranous, nerved, puberulous or nearly glabrous ; 
the outer petals 2 in. long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous, 
the inner ones 6-7 lin. long, thick coriaceous, slightly pubescent, 
see rE berries oblong, very shortly stalked, glabrous. 
Rather rare in the tropical Sore of the eastern slopes a the Sali 
Yomab (headwaters of hes choung) ; Martaban ; Tenasserim. h R. 
MELODORUM, Dun. 
Sepals 3, small, united at base, valvate. “Petals 6, in 2 rows, 
valvate, nearly conform and thick- cal connivent, the inner ones 
smaller. or triquetrous upwards. Stamens numerous , the connective 
beyond the anther-cells oval, oblong, or inatats “Torus conically 
convex. Ovaries numerous, with 2 or more ventral ovules in each ; 
style oblong. Carpels berry-like, stalked. Shrubs, often asand- 
ent, with terminal or lnf-opposed flowers. 
Calyx cyathiform, 3-lobed. Flowers 4-5 in. long - M. macranthum. 
| = Cale soon 3-cleft ; flower > 1 in. or fare eee 
ee Flowers about an in. long ; carpels tomentose . WM. rubiginosum. 
: ‘Flowers 3-4 lin. tag . M. Griffithii 
Flowers rete an in. long; : carpels s densely verrucose, pubescent. M. verrucosum. 
Flowers 1 in. long ; carpels almost glabrous . + M. bicolor. 
1. M. macranthum, Kz.—An evergreen tree 20—25 feet high, 
Pibrous, the leaf-buds tawny velvety ; leaves oblong or elliptically 
obec, on a rather —— glabrous strong petiole, acute at base, 6-7 in. 
te or apiculate, membranous glabrous ; 3 “flowers 
= white , large, on art about an in. —s puberulous pedicels, arising soli- 
: tary and moves Marie the branches ; sepals spreading, ovate, 5-6 
lin. long, rather t, glabrous, coriaceous ; petals white, turning 
