Melodorum.] iv. ANONACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 81 



puberulous beneath, flowers ^ in. solitary, calyx obtusely triangular, carpels 

 cylindric rough ends rounded. 



Malacca, Maingay. 



Branches very dark. Leaves 3-4^ by li-lf, base rounded, coriaceous, hard, mid- 

 rib slender, puberulous, nerves many- slender diverging; petiole 4-| in., pubescent. 

 J'lowers axillary, cernuous ; buds short, pyramidal, appressed brown-pubescent ; pe- 

 duncle short, thick, bract obscure. Oalyx \ in. diam. Outer petals triangular-ovate, , 

 3-quetrous, base excavated ; inner very small indeed, triangular, glabrous. Torus as 

 in M. Maingayi. Top of eonnective orbicular. Ovaries 4-6, silky-pubescent. Ripe 

 carpels 1-lf by J-| in., curved, brown-pubescent, walls very thin; stalk J in., stout. 

 Seeds many, J in. long, 2-seriate, horizontal, testa shining, not margined ; aril small, 

 cartilaginous. 



** Leaves glabrous or minutely sparsely pubescent beneath. (See also 

 Maingayi and cylindricwm.) 



t Flowers in terminal vr leaf-opposed cymes or fascicles. 



10. Bl. Wallicliii, H. f. & T.Fl. Ind. 118 ; leaves narrow oblong-lan- 

 ceolate acute or acuminate sparsely pilose beneath veins distant, outer petals 

 f in. carpels subglobose tomentose. — Uvaria bicolor, WaU. Gat. 6466, not of 

 Roxh. 



Easteeh Bengal, in Assam and Silhet, Wallich, &o. 



A large woody climber, young parts with slight golden pubescence. Leaves 4r-7 by 

 1^-24 in., base rounded, pale beneath and hairy chiefly on the midrib and distant 

 nerves; petiole J in. Flowers 1-3, in terminal or leaf-opposed fascicles; pedicels 

 4 in. ; bracts 1-2, ovate, basal. Sepals small, ovate. Outer petals oblong-lanceolate ; 

 inner one-third shorter, hoary, brown-purple. Carpels (mature?) \ in. diam., obliq^uely 

 mucronate ; stalk 1 in. 



11. nx. polyanthum, S. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves narrow oblong 

 or lanceolate usually acute at both ends minutely pubescent beneath, outer 

 petals ^ in. Uvaria polyantha, Wall. Gat. 6467. 



Forests of the Khasia. hills, Silhet, and Assam. 



A large woody climber; branches blackish, glabrous. Leaves 3-4 by 1-1 4 in. or 

 8-10 by 2-34 ™-i acute or sharply acuminate, pale beneath; petiole J-^ in., glabrate. 

 Flowers small, 3-7, in leaf-opposed^ cymes ; peduncle short, woody, hoary, soon 

 glabrate ; pedicels J in., with a basal scale and a median orbicular deciduous bracteole. 

 Sepals ovate, subacute, hoary. Outer petals ovate, silky outside ; inner about half the 

 size, pubescent without, glabrous -within. 



12. M. rufinerve,£r./ da T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves 6-10 in. long obtuse 

 or acute glabrous glaucous beneath, flowers minute. 



Eastern Bengal; forests .between Silhet and Cachar, M.f. & T. ^ 



A large woody climber ; branches glabrous ; buds golden-pubescent. Leaves 6-1^ 

 Ijy 2J-4 in., base rounded or retuse ; petiole glabrous, J-§ in. Buds minute, in pubes- 

 cent leaf-opposed cymes; pedicels \ in.;; bracteole small, median. — ^A very distinct 

 Species, in an immature condition. 



+t Flowers axiUary, solitary, or appearing racemose only through the fall 

 of the floral Leaves. 



13. nx. prismaticum, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 121 ; leaves 5-9 in. oblong 

 rounded or abruptly acuminate glabrous brown beneath, sepals connate, 

 outer petals narrow % in., carpels oblong obtuse tubercled glabrous. — Uvaria 

 prismatica, Wall. Gat. 6455. Pyramidanthe rufa, Miq. Ann. ii. 39. 



. Penakg, Mv^ooa and Sincapoee, Wallich, &c.— Djsikib. Borneo. 

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