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Section II. Pvramipanthe. Outer petals very long, linear-lanceo- 
late, 12 to 5 in. long. Flowers solitary or in pairs, axillary, rarely leaf- 
opposed (eymose in M, lanugvnoswn and M. rubigimsum.) 
O rules more than 4. 
Flowers L*25 to 1*5 in. long; outer petals 
rufous- 1 anate externally ; ripe carpels sub- 
globoHe, *79 in. in diam. ... ... 9. M. lanuginosum. 
Flowers 1*25 to 1*5 in. long ; outer petals 
minutely rufous-tomentose externally ; ripe 
carpels oblong, tapering to both ends, I *5 
to 2 in. long ... ... ... 10. M. Maingayi. 
Flowers 1"5 to 2 in. long ; outer petals minutely 
rufous-tomentose outside; ripe carpels 
ovoid, tuberculate, 1*4 in. long ... 11. M. prismaticum. 
Ovules 4. 
Flowers 3 to 5 in. long ; outer petals ad- 
pressed -pubcrulous externally ... 12. M, macranthum. 
Section III. Kentia. Outer petals not much longer than broad, 
broadly ovate or sub-orbicular, with broad thick margins : flowers 
axillary ; ovaries glabrouB, 2 to 8-ovuled : seeds pitted. 
Ovules about 8 ! ripe carpels ovoid or ovoid- 
globoso ; leaves oblong-lanceolate ... 13. if. elegam. 
Ovules 2; ripe carpels globular: leaves 
elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sometimes ob- 
ovate ... ... ... 14. M. pisocarpum. 
1. Melodorum LiTSEJJFOLiUM, King, n. sp. A powerful climber : 
young branches densely but minutely rusty-tomentose, afterwards 
tuberculatc and sub-glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong-ovate to ob- 
long, acute, the base rounded or slightly enneate ; 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 j main nerves 8 to 10 pairs, 
oblique, curving, prominent beneath ; length 2*75 to 4*25 in., breadth 
1*35 to 1*6 in. Flowers '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- puberalous 
except the pitted glabrous concavity at the base inside. Stamens nu- 
merous, apical process of the connective broadly and bluntly triangular ; 
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