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Uvaria Intifolin, Blnme, as described and fiornred by that, author has 
larger flowers than the common Perak plant and its carpels are globular, 
whereas those of the Perak plant are ovoid and apicnlate. The plnnt 
figured by Blumo does, however, occur there, hut it is not common. The 
forms may be characterised thus 
Var. typica: flowers *7 in. long: frnit globular, not apiculate, I in. 
in diam. Uvaria latifolia, Blume 1. c. t. 15. Perak, Java. 
Var. ovoulea : flowers '5 in. long; frnit ovoid, slightly apicnlate, 
often oblique, as much as 225 in. long, very oblique and warted when 
young. M. latifolium, H, 1 and Th. Fl. Br. Tnd. 79. Malacca, Perak, 
Singapore. The common form in the Malay Peninsula. 
5. Melodorum cylindrtcum, Maingay in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Tnd. T, 80. 
A climber: yonng branches minutely rusty-pubescent, speedily glabrous 
and dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, brownish when 
dry, acute or aenminate, the bnse rounded or slightly narrowed ; upper 
surface quite glabrous, the lower paler, minutely pubescent; main nerves 
8 to 10 pairs, spreading, very faint; length SMJ to 4*25 in., breadth 1*6 to 
1*8 in., petiole '5 in. Flowers '5 in. long, solitary, axillary, drooping ; 
buds short, pyramidal, adpressed, brown-pubescent : pedicel short, si nut, 
with minute bracteole. 8epah small, triangular, connate, forming a flat 
spreading cup. Outer petals triangular-ovate, triquetrous with an ex- 
cavated base ; the inner very small, triangular, glabrous. Stamens nu- 
merous, the apex of the connective orbicular. Ovaries 4> to 6, sericeous. 
Ripe carpel* cylindric, eurved, both ends obtnse, an b- tubercular, minutely 
brown-pubescent, 1 to 1*75 in. long and '35 to "75 in. in diam. ; pericarp 
thin ; stalk *5 in. long, stout. Seeds many, horizontal, in two sories, 
compressed, "65 in. long, shining, with a small cartilaginous arillus. 
Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 78. Singapore; Ridley, 
No. 2115. 
6. MrtLODORUM htpoolaucdm, Miquel in Ann. Mus. Lngd. Bat. 11, 
37. A strong creeper : young branches minutely rufous-pubescent, 
ultimately glabrous, rather pale and mnch tubercled. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, acute or shortly acumi- 
nate, the base rounded or cuneate ; upper surface glabrous except the 
rufons-pnberulons midrib ; lower minutely boary-piibernlons, the 10 or 
12 pairs of bold oblique curving main nerves ultimately glabrous and 
darker- coloured ; length 3 to 5*5 in., breadth 135 to 2'2 in., petiole 25 
in. Flowers "5 to 8 in. long, in lax, 2-to 3-flowered, axillary racemes or 
(by abortion of the leaves) in lax, terminal, 10- to 12-flowered panicles ; 
pedicels as long as the flowers, slender; braeteoles 1 or 2, minute. 
Sepals ovate, acute, concave, conjoined only at the base, rufous-pubes- 
cent outside; puberulous within. Petals leathery, linear-laneeolato, 
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