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filaments short. Ovaries few, oblong, oblique, rufous-pubescent, 4- 
ovulod; stigma lateral, oblong. Ripe carpels unknown. 
Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 4063 and 4986. 
The flowers of this resemble those of M. fulgens, H, f. and Th., but 
they are smaller and more numerous than those of M. fulgens ; tlio 
petals of this species also are thinner and the apical process of the 
anthers is broader and blunter. The leaves too of this are broader and, 
in the indumentum on their lower surface, they differ considerably from 
those of AT fulgens. Fruit of this species is as yet unknown. The 
ovaries have only 4 ovnles. 
2. Mklodorum fulgens, Hook. fil. PI. Br. Ind. 120. A large 
climber; young branches minutely tawny-pubescent, speedily becoming 
glabrous and dark-coloured. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the 
base rounded or sub -acute ; upper surface pale olivaceous when dry, 
glabrous, the midrib strigose ; under surface brown when dry, sparsely 
and minutely strigose, especially on tho midrib ; main nerves 1 1 to 13 
pairs, oblique, curving; length 3 to 45 in,, breadth 12 to 1*5 in.; petiole 
'25 to '4 in. pubescent. Flowers 4 to '5 in. long, solitary or in terminal 
or leaf -opposed, few-flowered cymes : pedicels *3 to *4 in. long, ad pressed 
tawny-pubescent with one sub-medial and one basal braeteole. Sepals 
broadly ovate, sub-acute, connate at the base, spreading, "1 in. long, 
pubescent outside, glabrous inside. PetaU thick ; the outer flat, ovate- 
oblong, sub-acute, tawny-pubescent outside, glabrous at the base inside, 
■5 in. long; inner petals like outer but concave at the base, only *3 in. 
long and glabrous, except near the apex outside. Stamens numerous ; 
apical process of connective of the outer lanceolate and as long as the 
anthers, that of the inner shorter. Ovaries narrowly oblong, oblique, 
curved, minutely pubescent, with 4 ovules in two rows i style lateral, 
half ns long as the ovary, stigma small. Hipe carpels ovoid-globose 
densely and minutely silky tawny-tomentose like the stalks, 1 to 15 in, 
long, and 9 in. in diam. ; stalks *85 to l o in. long, stout. Seeds oblotig, 
plano-convex, brown, shining. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 82. Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat. I, Pt. 2, 35. Uvaria fulgens and Myrustica Finlaysoniana, Wall. 
Cat. 6482 and 6793. 
Malacca, Perak, Singapore. Distrib. Borneo, Philippines. 
3. Melodorum uanubkiatum, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 118. 
A largo creeper: young branches minutely rufous-pubescent. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, the base rounded or 
Blightly narrowed ; upper surface olivaceous when dry, glabrous, the 
midrib rufous-pubescent ; lower uniformly covered with rather thin 
brown or golden sericeous toinentum ; main nerves 12 to 18 pairs, ob- 
lique, slightly curved, rather prominent beneath ; length 2 to 4 o in., 
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