Melodorum.] ploka indica. 121 



suffalti, medio bracteola atnplectente munita. Sepala ovalia, obtusa, tomentosa. 

 Petala exteriora oblonga, obtusa, extus tomentosa, intus subglabra ; inieriora i bre- 

 viora, glabra, granulosa, dorso prope apicem tomentosa, acuta, apice triquetra. Sta- 

 mina processu couuectivi elongato late ovato terminata. Ovaria dense aureo-stri- 

 gosa. Fructus ignotus. 



We have seen only two specimens of this species, one in the Hookerian Herbarium, 

 the other in that of Dr. 'Wight. The short axillary branches, bearing at their apex 

 one leaf with a cyme of flowers and a terminal bud, are apparently peculiar to this 

 species. The upper cymes are sessHe and leaf-opposed. It should be compared witli 

 Uvaria spluerocarpa, Blume, with which it may be identical. 



10. M. polyanthum (H.f. et T.) ; foliis lanceolatis yel oblongis 

 basi acutis et in petiolum subdecurrentibus apice acutis vel acuminatis 

 rigide coriaceis supra prseter costam pubescentem glabris subtus pal- 

 lidis pube moUi brevissima ope lentis tantum conspicua incanis, floribus 

 parvis in cymas oppositifolias congestis. — Uvaria polyantha, Wall. Cat. 

 6467 ! 



Hab. Assam et Khasia, Griffith! Silhet, Wall.! — {v. s.) 



Frutex verosimiliter scandens. Hamuli flexuosi, glabri, cortice nigricante, rugu- 

 loso, Icnticellis albis consperso ; gemmai fiisco-pubescentes. Folia forma et magni- 

 tudiue admodum varia, late lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata vel lineari-oblonga, alia 

 3-4 poll, longa, 1-j-l^ lata, aUa 6-8 poll, longa, 3-3 lata. Petioli glabri, supra 

 profunda sulcati. Ci/ma uumerosa;, oppositifolife. Pedunculi tomentosi, abbre- 

 viati, 1-2 lincas longi, interdum vix uUi. Flares 3-7. Fedicelli brevissimi, basi 

 bracteis oblongis minutis suffulti, medio unibracteolati, Sepala ovato-rotundata, 

 obtusiuscula. Petala exteriora ovalia, i poll, longa, extus tomentosa, intus mar- 

 gine et sub apice puberula ; interiora conformia, fere dimidio miuora, crassa, extus 

 incana, intus glabra et scrobieulata, apice breviter triquetra. Stamina connectivi pro- 

 cessu cuneato-obloDgo apiculata. Ovaria strigosa. Fructus ignotus. 



11. M. rufinerve (H.f. et T.) ; foliis oblongis basi rotundatis 

 apice acutis vel obtusis utrinque glabenimis subtus pallidis, floribus op- 

 positifoliis fasciculatis. 



Hab. In provincia Silhet! — (». v.) 



Frtitex alte scandens, trunco diametro 3-4-polhcari ; cortice nigerrimo, ruguloso, 

 ramulorum lajvl glabro. GemmtB aureo-pubescentes. Folia 6-10 poll, longa, 2-|— 4 

 lata, petiolo f-poUicari, cylindrico, vix sulcato, tenuiter coriacea, costa uervisque 

 parallelis, subtus in sicco rufescentibus. Fasciculi florum sessiles vel brevissime pe- 

 dunculati, 2-7-flori. Fedicelli (forsan nondum plene evoluti) i-poUicarcs, aureo- 

 sericei, infra medium bracteola minuta squama^formi. Alabastri minuti, vix lineam 

 longi, triquetri, serieei. Sepala basi coalita, extus pubescentia. Stamina processu 

 connectivi ovali apiculata. Ovaria multiovulata. Torus convexo-conicus. 



This is a very distinct species from any with which we are acquainted, but unfor- 

 tunately all our specimens have only very young buds. It will however be readily 

 recognized by the large size of the leaves, and probably by its small flowers ; but from 

 the peculiar mode of development of the flowers in this Order, it is by no means easy 

 to satisfy oneself how nearly they have attained their fuU size. We found it in dense 

 forests on the banlcs of the Soorma river, between Silhet and Cachar, in Nov. 1850. 



13. M. prismaticum (H.f. et T.); foliis ovalibus vel oblongis 

 utrinque rotundatis apice in acumen breve graoile subito produotis 

 rigide coriaceis utrinque glaberrimis supra lucidis subtus pallidis (in 

 sicco rufescentibus), floribus magnis axiUaribus solitariis breviter pe- 



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