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Section II. Pyramidanthe. Outer petals very long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, 1-2 to 5 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, rarely leaf- 

 opposed (cymose in M . latmginosum and M. rubiginosum.) 

 Ovules more than 4. 



Flowers 1'25 to 15 in. long; outer petals 

 rufous-lanate externally ; ripe carpels sub- 

 globose, '79 in. in diam. ... ... 9. 31. lanuginostim. 



Flowers 125 to 1*5 in. long; outer petals 

 minutely rufous-tomentose externally ; ripe 

 carpels oblong, tapering to both ends, 1*5 

 to 2 in. long ... ... ... 10. M. Maingayi. 



Flowers 1 "5 to 2 in. long; outer petals minutely 

 rufous-tonientose outside ; ripe carpels 



ovoid, tuberculate, 1*4 in. long ... 11. M. prismaticwm. 



Ovules 4. 



Flowers 3 to 5 in. long ; outer petals ad- 



pressed-puberulous externally ... 12. M. macranthum. 



Section III. Kextia. Outer petals not much longer than broad, 

 broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, with broad thick margins : flowers 

 axillary ; ovaries glabrous, 2 to 8-ovuled : seeds pitted. 

 Ovules about 8 : ripe carpels ovoid or ovoid- 

 globose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ... 13. M. elegans. 

 Ovules 2 ; ripe carpels globular : leaves 

 elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sometimes ob- 

 ovate ... ... ... 14. M. pisocarpum. 



1. Melodorum litse^folium, King, n. sp. A powerful climber : 

 young branches densely but minutely rusty-tomentose, afterwards 

 tuberculate and sub-glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to ob- 

 long, acute, the base rounded or slightly cuneate ; upper surface greenish 

 when dry, glabrous, shining except the rufous-pubescent midrib ; lower 

 reticulate ; uniformly hoary-pubescent with a superficial layer of deci- 

 duous yellowish or reddish flexuose hairs ; main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 

 oblique, curving, prominent beneath; length 2 - 75 to 4"25 in., breadth 

 1*35 to 1*6 in. Floivers '2 to '25 in. long, in few-flowered lax axillary 

 rufous-tomentose racemes or in terminal panicles ; pedicels "25 to "35 

 in. long with a single small median bracteole. Sepals broadly ovate- 

 acute, concave, connate at the base, spreading, *1 in. long. Petals 

 broadly ovate-oblong, acute, leathery ; outer 3 in. long, slightly con- 

 cave and glabrous at the base, otherwise puberulous inside, rufous- 

 tomentose outside ; the inner petals much smaller, hoary-puberulous 

 except the pitted glabrous concavity at the base inside. Stamens nu- 

 merous, apical process of the connective broadly aud bluntly triangular ; 



