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breadth '75 to 1'5 in. ; petiole *3 in., tomentose. Flowers *6 to '75 in. 
long, leaf-opposed or extra- axillary, in short racemes, rarely solitary ; 
pedicels "25 to *75 in., softly pale rufous-tomentose, with one broad 
clasping bracteole near the base. Sepals broadly ovate, shortly sub- 
acuminate, spreading, connate at the base, sericeous outside, glabrous 
inside, retah leathery, ovate-lanceolate, sub-acuminate, concave, the 
outer "6 to '75 in. long, outside sericeous, inside puberulous in the upper 
half, glabrous in the lower; the inner petals smaller, minutely pubescent 
in the upper half outside and near the apex inside, otherwise glabrous, 
the base very concave. Stamens numerous, the connective bluntly tri- 
angular at the apex. Ovaries numerous, oblong, densely sericeous \ 
ovules 8 in 2 rows ; stigma sessile, glabrous, bifid. Ripe carpels numer- 
ous, ovoid-globose, with thick pericarp, about 125 in. long, densely rufous- 
tomentose ; stalks 2 to 3 in. long. Seeds about 8, in two rows. Hook. fil. 
PI. Br. Ind. I, 79 ; Miq. PI. Ind. Bat. I, Pt, 2, 35. Melodoram bancanum, 
Scheff. Nat. Tijds. XXXI, 343. Uvaria manubriata, Wall. Cat, 6456. 
Penang, Malacca, Singapore. Perak : very common. Distrib. i 
Bangka. 
4. Melodorum lati folium, Hook. fil. and Thorns. Fl. Ind., 116. 
A largo climber ; young shoots velvety rufous-tomentose. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong or narrowly elliptic, sub-acute or obtuse, the base 
rounded j upper surface minutely pubescent, the midrib tomentose ; 
lower surface uniformly covered with short, soft, brown tomentum ; main 
nerves 16 to 24 pairs, spreading, bold, not inter-arching : length 3 to 
7 5 in., breadth 1*75 to 2'5 in. ; petiole *4 to 1 in., stout, channelled, to- 
mentose. Flowers from 6 to 1*25 in. in diara. when expanded, brown, ia 
lax axillary or terminal racemes or panicles ; pedicels *35 to "5 in. with 
bracteole at the baso. Sepals broadly ovate, blunt, connate into a flat 
triangular cup, *25 in. wide, tomentose outside, glabrous within like the 
outer petals. Petals thick, fleshy, ovate, acuminate, *4 to '7 in. long; 
the inner much smaller, Stamem very numerous, the apex of the con- 
nective triangular, acute ; anther-cells linear, lateral, Ovaries about 6, 
obliquely oblong, densely sericeous, 6- to 8-ovuled ; stigma small, sessile, 
Eipe carpels globose to ovoid, slightly apiculate and slightly taporing to 
the base, densely velvety and minutely tomentose, 1 to 2*25 in, long and 
1 to P2 in. in diam. : stalks stout, velvety, *75 to 1'75 in. long; Hook, 
fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 79; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 35; Wall. Gat. 9411. 
M. mollissimuin, Miquel Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 374. Uvaria latifolia, 
Bluine Fl. Jav. Anon. t. 15, Unona latifolia, Dunal Anon. 115. Uvaria 
longifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 13. 
Malacca ; Griffith. Singapore ; Maingay, Hullett. Perak : very 
common. Distrib. : — Sumatra, Java, Philippines. 
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