Orophea .] vi. anonace^e. 73 
Perak, Goping district (Kunstler). SetuI, Bukit Rajah Wang. 
Distrib. Siam, Tongka. 
19 . MITREPHORA, Bl. 
Trees or shrubs. Leaves sub-coriaceous or coriaceous. Flowers 
solitary or in racemes usually axillary or leaf-opposed, small, 
often unisexual. Sepals 3, orbicular or ovate. Petals 6, in 
2 series, valvate; outer ones ovate, thin; inner ones clawed, limb 
ovate or lanceolate, vaulted and cohering. Stamens oblong; 
anther-cells dorsal, remote; appendages broad, truncate. Ovaries 
oblong; style oblong or clavate; ovules 4 or more, 2-seriate. 
Carpels globose or ovoid, stalked or nearly sessile. Species 10, 
East Asiatic. 
Flower hermaphrodite 1 in. or more across, yellow 
or red . . . . . . . (1) M. Maingayi 
Flowers unisexual. 
Flowers on branches. 
Carpels ovoid not rugulose; nerves 12 to 14 pairs (2) M. reticulata 
Carpels sub-globular rugulose; nerves 14 to 20 
P airs . * . (3) M. macrophylla 
Flowers on trunk, fleshy.(4) M. crassipetala 
(1) M. Maingayi Hook . fil. F.B.I. i. 77; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. lx. 86; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 112, pi, 154. 
A tree 20 to 50 ft. tall, 6 to 24 in. through; branchlets tomen- 
tose. Leaves coriaceous ovate or oblong-acuminate, base rounded, 
glabrous; nerves 6 to 10 pairs; 3 to 5-5 in. long, 1*5 to 2*2 in. 
wide; petioles ’3 to *4 in. long. Flowers large and showy, 1 in. 
across or more, yellow with red spots, several on a leaf-opposed 
red-velvety peduncle, with many bracts. Sepals connate ovate 
acute, tomentose. Petals, outer ones orbicular or obovate, edges 
undulate, pubescent inside, inner ones shorter cordate with a long 
linear claw. Stamens numerous, appendages flat. Ovaries nar¬ 
rowed into the styles; ovules 4. Carpels ovoid densely tomentose 
pale green, 1 in. long, 75 in. through; stalks stout, 75 in. long. 
Seeds 4. Hab. Borders of woods in open country. Malacca 
(Maingay). Selangor. Dindings, Bruas; Telok Sera (Curtis). 
Perak, Thaiping; Goping (Kunstler); Penang, Telok Bahang 
(Curtis, Porter). Distrib. Borneo, Cochin-China. Native name: 
Maribut Daun Besar. 
(2) M. reticulata Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 77; King, Journ. ris. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 87; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 113, pi. 156A. Orophea 
reticulata Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 23. Uvaria reticulata 
Bl. FI. Jav„ Anonacece, 50, t. 24. 
Tree 20 to 30 ft. tall, stem 4 to 6 in. through; branchlets tomen¬ 
tose. Leaves membranous narrow oblong acuminate, base cuneate 
or rounded, reticulate glabrous; midrib pubescent above, setose 
beneath; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, prominent; 5 to 14 in. long, 2 
