10* 
when young and dries a pale yellowish-green ; the flower-racemes are- 
much longer and laxer, and the flowers larger. 
8. Helodorcm sphaerocarpum, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p. 35. 
A strong climber : young branches and all others parts more or less 
dark rusty-velvety tomentose. Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse and very 
slightly apiculate, slightly narrowed to the rounded base ; upper surface 
with harsh, short pubescence, the midrib toraenkme ; lower surface uni- 
formly and minutely soft-pubescent : main nerves 8 to 12 pairs, oblique 
not inter-arching at tho tips, prominent beneath ; the connecting veins 
transverse oblique, rather prominent, length 2 5 to 4 5 in., breadth 125 
to 2 in., petiole '35 in. Flowers *6 or *7 in. in diam., in axillary or 
terminal racemes or panicles ; pedicels "35 to "5 in. long with a small 
supra-basal bracteole. Sepals ovate-acuminate, connate at the base, 
spreading, minutely tomentose outside, glabrescent inside. Petals thick, 
leathery, brown outside, pink within, ovate, acuminate, slightly pouched 
at the base ; the outer *3 to "35 in. long, tomentose outside, puberulous 
within : the inner smaller than the outer, more concave at the base, 
glabrous or glabrescent, the upper part very thick. Stamens numerous, 
the apex of the connective thick, obliquely triangular; anther-cells 
Linear, lateral. Ovaries about 6, elongate, oblique, pubescent, with 6 to 
8 ovules : style short, glabrous : stigma small. Ripe carpels globular, 
harshly and minutely pubescent, 1*1 in. in diam. : stalks rather slender, 
about twice as long. Unona sphaerocarpa, Bluine 13ijdr. 12 : Fl. Javae 
Anon. 79 t. 16. 
Perak : King's Collector. 
This is allied to M. latifolium; but, has smaller leaves with fewer 
nerves ; its pubescence is very dark rusty, not tawny ; and the apices of 
the anthers are truncate, not bearing a broad triangular, acute point. It 
is also allied to M. parviflorum, Scheff. 
9. Ml;lodorlm lanuoinopum, Hook, fil and Thorns. Fl. Ind. 1 17. 
A strong creeper j young branches softly rufous-tornentose. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong, sometimes sub-obovate-oblong, abruptly acute or 
shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse, the base rounded ; upper surface 
glabrous, the midrib rufous-tomeiitose, olivaceous when dry ; lower sur- 
face densely rufons-lanate ; main nerves 12 to 20 pairs, oblique, curving, 
inter-arching close to the edge, prominent beneath ; length 3'5 to 9 in., 
breadth 1*9 to 3 5 in. ; petiole "4 to "6 in., stout, tomentose. Flotvers 1*25 
to 1*5 in. long, axillary or leaf-opposed, solitary, or in short 2- to 4- 
flowered cymes ; pedicels stout, lanate, "5 in. long, with a single basal 
bracteole. Sepals ovate, spreading, slightly connate, golden or rufous- 
lanate outside, glabrous inside like the outer petals. Petals thick, 
leathery, oblong-lanceolate from a broad base, sub-acute, the outer 1 25 
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