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the base expanded and concave : the outer minutely rufous-tomentose 
on the external surfuce, paler and pubescent on the internal, "5 to "8 in. 
long, concave for their whole length : the inner one-third shorter with a 
glabrous concavity at the base only, the rest triquetrous, and pubeni- 
lous. Stamens numerous ; apical process of connective large, broader 
than the anther-cells, sub-globular. Ovaries about 1 oblong, golden- 
silky : with 4 to 6-ovnlea in 2 rows : stigma large sub-capitate ; style 
short. Ripe carpels globose or ovoid- globose, tubercled, puberulous or 
glabrvscent. 1 in. long ; stalks abrmt. the same length, striate. Scnh 
about 4 or 5, oval, compressed, smooth, brown, shining. 
Perak s Scortechini, King's Collector. 
This plant agrees fairly well with the only specimens of Melodorum 
hypcHjlaucum, Miq. which I have been able to consult. It also agrees 
fairly with Miquel's description of that species. But its petals and 
stamens, and its ovaries externally are rather those of Xylopia than of Melo- 
dontm ; although its habit, its torus and carpels arc emphatically those of 
the latter genus In the number of ovules it agrees with the majority 
of the species of Melodorum. It thus forms a connecting link between 
the two genera. 
7. Mlu.oiiOrum ?ABViFi.ORi T M t Seheffer in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. Tnd. 
XXXI, 344. A powerful climber ; young shoots minutely rusty-tomen- 
tose, the bark dark-coloured. Leaves coriaceous, more or less broadly 
elliptic, abruptly aeute; the base broad, rounded: upper surface p:ile 
yellowish-green when dry, when young minutely stellate- pubescent, 
when old glabrescent or quite glabrous, the midrib always toruentose ; 
under surface softly rufous-pubeseeut, the nervation and venation very 
prominent ; main nerves 13 to 15 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching 
close to the edge ; length 3 to 6 in., breadth 2*25 to 3*2 in., petiole '4 in. 
Floivers 5 in. long, in lax axillary or terminal rusty racemes often more 
than half as long as the leaves : pedicels "4 to "6 in. long with 1 or 2 
small bracteolcs. Sepals triangular, spreading, connate at the base, 
rusty-tomentose outside, glabrescent inside like the petals, "1 in. long. 
PetaU thick, leathery, oblong-lanceolate with broad bases j the outer 
*5 in. long ; the inner smaller, concave at the base, triquetrous in the 
upper half. Stamens numerous, the connective with compressed sub- 
quadrate apical appendage. Ovaries narrow, elongate, densely sericeous, 
C- to 8-ovuled. Ripe carpels globular, sometimes very slightly apiculate, 
densely but minutely dark-brown tomentose, '8 in. diam. ; stalks rather 
longer, slender, tomentose. 
Perak: King's Collector. — Distrib. : Bangka. 
A species closely allied to M. sphaerocarpum, Blume. The leaves 
of thiR are. however, larger, the upper surface is stcllato-tomeutose 
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