Melodorum.] ploha indica. 117 



lis supra sparse puberulis secus costam et venas villosis subtus pube 

 niinuta fulva tomentosis, panicula terminal! pauciflora, pedicellis poUi- 

 caiibus, fioribus magnis, caqDellis ovoideis pedicello sequilongo suffultis, 

 seminibus numerosis oblongis leevibus. — Uvaria nibiginosa, ^IpA. DC. 

 Mim. 26 ; Wall. Cat. 6465 ! U. nervosa, Wall. Cat. 6479 ! 



IIab. In sylvis Silhet ! Chittagong! et Tenasserim, Wall.! — (v. v.) 



Fi-utex scandens, ramulis nigricantibus vel griseis rugulosis pubescentibus ; partes 

 novelliE dense fulvo-tomeutosfe. Folia utrinque obtusa, basi interdum snbcordata, 

 apice acuta, rarius in acumen breve subulatum angustata, tenniter coriacea, 3-6 poll, 

 longa, 2-3 lata, majora nedalia, 5 poll, lata, petiolo f-poll., supra opaca; nervi sub- 

 enrvati, subtus prominuli. Flores axillares, solitarii vel plerumque in paniculam 

 terminalem 5-6-floram congesti, dense fulvo-tomentosi. Fedicelli poUicares et ultra, 

 infra medium bracteolas 1-2 parvas ovatas gerentes. Sepala lata, vis lineam longa. 

 Petala exteriora ultrapolUcaria, extus tomentosa, iutus cinereo-incana, ovali-oblonga ; 

 interiora paullo breviora, angustiora, c basi ovali concava, in rostrum longe trique- 

 trum producta, dorso cinerea, intus subglabra. Torus inter stamina glaber, inter 

 ovaria dense strigosus. Processus connectivi oblongns. Ovaria dense strigosa, 

 stigmatc puberulo. Carpella 5-10 vel plura, fulvo-tomentoaa, pollicaria. Semina 

 biserialia, nitida, septis tenuibus separata ; testa atro-fusca. 



3. M. latifolium (Dunal, sub Unona) ; foliis ovalibus vel oblongis 

 supra pubescentibus secus costara tomentosis sxibtus cum petiolo dense 

 fulvo-tomentosis, racemis lateralibus et terminaUbus laxis folio dimi- 

 dio brevioribus, carpellis numerosis subglobosis, seminibus compressis 

 transverse rugulosis. — Unona latifolia, Dunal, Anon. 115 ; DC. Syst. 

 i. 497, Prod. i. 91 . Uvaria latifolia, Bl. Fl. Jav. Anon. 37. t. 15, 25 A. 

 U. longifolia, Bl. Bijd. li.—Wall. Cat. 9411 ! 



Hab. In Peninsula Malay ana ad Malacca, Griffith! — (». «.) 

 DisTHiB. Java, ins. Molucc, ins. Philippin. (Cuming, 1548.) 



Frutex scandens vel sarmentosus. Famuli Iseves, fulvo-tomentosi. Folia remo- 

 tiuscula, 4-10 poll, longa, 2-4 lata, pet. i-J-poU., utrinque rotundata vel basi snb- 

 cordata et apice emarginata, subcoriacea, opaca. Racemi ramulos ssepe terminantes, 

 subpaniculati, 4-5 vel rarius pluriflori. Fedicelli solitarii vel fascicnlati, bracteis 

 parvis ovatis vel oblongis suifulti, infra medium bracteolati. Alahastri f-poU., dense 

 tomentosi. Sepala ovata, acutiuscula, vix 2 lin. longa. Petala exteriora ovato- 

 oblonga, extus tomentosa ; interiora ^ breviora, glabra, oblongo-acnminata, infra 

 medium concava, superne triquetra. Stamina et ovaria prioris. Carpella 8-15, 

 supra torum incrassatum subglobosum umbellata, iota tomento ochraceo tecta, ob- 

 tusa vel mucronata, pericarpio subbaccato post maturitatem atro-purpureo. Semina 

 4-8. 



We bave not seen fruiting specimens of this fine species, and have in consequence 

 followed Blume in that part of our description. The species, though confined in con- 

 tinental India to the extreme southern part of the Malayan Peninsula, seems abun- 

 dant to the eastward. Cuming's Philippine specimens are slightly different, in, 

 having more numerous fiowers, forming a sort of panicle beyond the leaves. 



3. M. lanuginosum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lanceolatis vel oblongo- 

 lanceolatis basi rotundatis supra prseter costam fulvo-pubescentem gla- 

 bris nitidis subtus cum petiolo dense fulvo-lanuginosis, fioribus paucis 

 terminaUbus vel oppositifoliis magnis dense lanuginosis. — Uvaria la- 

 nuginosa, Wall. Cat. 6454 ! 



