Mehdorum.] IV. anonace^. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 79 



Ripe carpels berried. — Distrib. Species about 18; Tropical Asia and 

 Africa. 



Sect. I. DXelodorum proper. Outei- petals oblong-ovate or"ovate-lan- 

 ceolate. Ovaries tomentose; ovules many. Seeds smooth, often with a 

 raised marginal wing. 



* Leaves very pubescent or tomentose beneath, 

 t Leaves pubescent on hath surfaces. 



1. nx. rublg'lnosum, H.f. <Ss T. Fl. Ind. 116; leaves oblong obtuse 

 acute or abruptly acuminate glabrous except the tomentose midrib above, 

 pubescent beneath, outer petals I-I5 in. narrow oblong, carpels ovoid or 

 globose tomentose stalked. Uvaria rubiginosa, A. DC. Mem. 26 ; WaU. Gat. 

 6465. U. nervosa and U. fulva, Wall. Gat. 6479, 6427. 



From SiLHET and CHiTTAaosQ, H.f. & T., to Tenasserm, Wallich. 



A large climber; branchlets brown-tomentose. Leaves 3-12 by 2-5 in., ratter mem- 

 *branous ; petiole J-l in. Flowers axillary or in terminal 5-6-flowered leafless panicles, 

 brown-tomentose ; pedicels 1-lJ in. ; bracts 1-2, supra-median, small, ovate. Sepals 

 short, broad. Outer petals oblong acuminate, tomentose outside, hoary within ; inner 

 narrower, ovate, base concave, limb triquetrous. Carpels 1-1 J in. ; stalk as long or 

 longer. Seeds shining. 



2. nx. latifolium, Dunal ; H. f. & T. Fl. Lnd. 117; leaves ovate or 

 oblong obtuse coriaceous densely pubescent beneath, outer petals f in. 

 oblong-ovate, carpels large ovoid beaked, stalks thick. Wall. Gat. 9411. 

 M. inollissimum, Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. i. 354. Uvaria latifolia, Blume 

 Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 15. 



Malacca, Griffith; Sincapoke, Maingay. — DiaiEiB. Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 



Very near M. ruhiginosum, but leaves very coriaceous, more tomentose and obtuse, 

 young downy above, flowers smaller broader and shorter, in larger panicles. Carpels 

 3 in., oblong, densely rusty -tomentose, young warted beaked, old smooth ; stalks longer. 



3. ItX. lanuginosum, H. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 117 ; leaves lanceolate or 

 oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate rarely obtuse glabrous except the 

 midrib above densely woolly beneath, outer petals 1^-2 in. villous, carpels 

 globose tomentose. Uvaria lanuginosa, Wall. Gat. 6454. 



Penahg and Singapore, Wallich; Malacca, Maingay. 



A rambling shrub densely brown-tomentose. Leaves 6-8 by 1|-2| in., lower on 

 the branches smaller, base rounded ; petiole 4-§ in. Flowers terminal or leaf-opposed, 

 in short 3-4^flowered cymes ; bracts small, oblong, deciduous ; pedicels J-1 in., brac- 

 teole ovate basal. Sepals \ in., ovate. Outer petals oblong, tapering to an obtuse 

 point; inner a little shorter, hoary, narrow, base concave, limb long triquetrous. 

 Carpels 1 in. diam. ; stalk 4 in- Seeds dimidiate-oblong, shining. 



4. Itl. manubriatum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 118 ; leaves 3-5 in. oblong 

 or oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate glabrous except the midrib above, 

 densely brown-tomentose beneath, outer petals f-1 in., carpels subglobose 

 densely tomentose. Uvaria manubriata, Wall. Gat. 6456. 



Penano and, Malacca, Wallich, &c. 



A woody climber, young branches petioles inflorescence and carpels densely brown- 

 tomentose. Leaves 3-6 by U-lf in., base rounded; petiole i in. Flowers 1-3, fasci- 

 cled, terminal, or leaf-opposed, pedicels 4-|in.; bracts oblong, infra-median. Sepals 

 nearly \ in., ovate acute. Oute,r pi:tals ovate-oblong, obtuse ; inner a little shorter, 

 dall purple, ovate-lanceolate, hodry, glabrous within. Carpels 4-| in., obtuse ; stalk 

 rather longer. 



