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more slender and usually longer pedicels : the ovary of this is moreover 
glabrous, while that of M. fulgens is pubescent and the carpels of this 
are under hnlf an inch in length, while those; of fulgens are three 
times as long. This is also allied to M. Renin, H. f. and Th., the ovaries 
of which have, however, never more than two ovules. 
Penang: Wallich. Malacca: Haingay (Kew Distrib.,) No. 75, 
Perak: King's Collector, Wray, Scorteehini. 
14. Mkloporum pisocarpum, Hook. fil. and Thoms. Fl. Tnd. 123. 
A powerful eiiniber: young branches glabrous, black. Leaves coriaceous, 
elliptic or elliptic-oblong, sometimes obovate-elliptic, shortly and abrupt- 
ly acuminate ; the base rounded or sub-cuneate : upper surface olivace- 
ous when dry, glabrous, Binning; the lower glaucous, slightly pnberulous 
■when young: main nerves 10 to 12 pairs, spreading, very indistinct; 
length 2 5 to 4 in., breadth 1*25 to 1*8 in., petiole "35 in. Flowers *3 to 
•65 in. long, axillary, solitary or in pairs ; pedicels rather stout, deflexed, 
rufous-puberulons, bi-bracteolate at the base, '25 to *35 in. long. Sepals 
broadly ovate, acute, concave, connate into a triangular cup, rufous-pu- 
berulous outside, glabrous inside, persistent. Petals thick : the outer 
flat, oblong-ovale, acute, minutely silky, rufous-tomentoso outside, hoary 
pubescent inside except on the glabrous hasal excavation, *3 to '65 in, 
long: inner petals less than half as long, with a large glabrouB baBal 
concavity and a short, thick, triquetrous point, hoary-puberulous. Sta- 
mens numerous, filament very short, apical process of connective orbicu- 
lar. Ovaries narrowly oblong, glabrous, pitted, 2-ovuled : style lateral, 
nearly as long as the ovary. Ripe carpels globular, Blightly tubercled, 
glabrous, -25 in. in diam. s stalks about as long. Seeds 2, plano-convex, 
dark-brown, shining, pitted. Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 82 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. I, Pt. 2, 37. M. pyramidale, Maingay MSS. Uvaria mabiformis, 
Griff. Notulae, IV, 709. 
Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay (Kew Distrib.) No. 77. Singapore ; 
Ridley. Peuang; Curtis. Perak j common. Distrib, Sumatra, Forbes, 
No. 2182. 
Only two species of Melodorum besides this have glabrous ovaines 
(Jf. Kentii and M. elegans) ; but whereas those of this and M. Eentii are 
2-ovuled, the ovaries of M. eleguns have 8, or, according to Sir Joseph 
Hooker, sometimes 10 ovules. This Bpecies has however different leaves 
from the two above mentioned, and its carpels are much smaller and 
quite globular. As in other species of Melodorum, there is considerable 
variability in the size of the flowers in this species. 
20. Xtlopia, Linn. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves coriacoous. Flowers axillary, solitary 
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