Melodorum.] flora indica. 115 



1. A. squamosa (L. Sp. 757); foliis membranaceis, junioribus 

 pubescentibus subtus glaucis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis acutis vel 

 obtusis basi acutiusculis, pedunotdis unifloris subsolitariis, fructu 

 ovato-globoso vel conico, areolis convexo-prominentibus viridi-flavis 

 vel glaucescentibiis. — Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 657 ; DC. Syst. i. 472, Prod. 

 i. 85 ; Bl. m. Jav. Anon. 107. t. 53 B {fructus); Wall. Cat. 6490 ! ; 

 Jf^. et A. Prod. i. 7 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3095 ; Martins, Fl. Bras. Anon. 14. 

 t. 5./. 1 {fructus). — Rheed. Mai. iii. t. 29 ; Eumph. Amb. i. t. 46. 



Hab. la hortis ubique culta et seepe in dumetis subspontanea, prse- 

 sertim in provinces australioribus. 



DiSTEiB. In insTilis AntiUis indigena ; per totum orbem tropicum 

 culta. 



The leaves of this species are smaller than those of the next, and more frequently 

 obtuse than acute. When in fruit the two are readily distinguished. 



2. A. reticulata (L. Sp. 757) ; foliis membranaceis subtus sca- 

 briusculis oblongis aut oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis basique acutius- 

 culis, pedunculis lateralibus 2-4 confertis, fructu cordato-ovato obtuso 

 cortice scabriusculo crasso fusco vel subrubello leviter pentagono-reti- 

 cidato, areolis planiuscubs, seminibus nigricantibus.— i2o«J. Fl. Ind. 

 iii. 657; BC. Syst. i. 473, Prod. i. 85 ; Bl. Fl. Jav. Anon. 108 ; Wall. ■ 

 Cut. 6489 ! ; TF. et A. Prod. i. 7 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2911, 2912 ; Mart. Flor. 

 Bras. Anon. 15. — Rheed. Mai. iii. t. 30, 31. 



Hab. In hortis culta, hinc inde subspontanea. 

 DlSTElB. In insulis Antillis indigena; per totum orbem tropicum 

 culta. 



Rheede, Roxburgh, Blume, WaUich, and "Wight unite in bearing testimony that 

 no species but the two above described are in common cultivation in India, so that 

 A. Asiatica, L., which is referred conjecturally by Brown to A. muricata, L., is 

 rightly considered by Martins a spurious species, made by mixing the characters of 

 A. squamosa and reticulata, to one or other of which species it is generally referred. 



Tribus IV. Xylopie^. 



Petala sestivatione valvata, hand unguiculata ; interiora difformia, tri- 

 quetra. Stamina indeiinita. Carpella discreta, interdum definita. 



10.' MELODORUM, Dunal. 



Unona, § Melodorum, Dunal, BC. TJvaria, § Melodorse, Blume [excl. sp.). Po- 

 lyalthia, § Kentia, Blume. 



Sepala 3, parva, basi plus minus coalita. Petala 6, «st. biseriatim 

 valvata ; exteriora convexa, interiora superne triquetra. Stamina in- 

 definita, multiserialia, connective ultra antberarum loculos lineares 

 extrorsos contiguos in processum ovalem vel oblongum carnosum pro- 

 ducto. To7-us convexo-conicus. Ovaria numerosa, oblonga, secus su- 

 turam ventralem multi- vel pluri-ovulata, rarius biovulata. Styli ob- 



jQ,)n-i. Prutices plerumgue scandentes, foliorum nervis subtus conspicuis 



obliauis rectis vel vix incurvis parallelis, inflorescentia terminali vel oppo- 

 sitJfoUn, alabastris triquetris tomentosis. 



