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i. Eu-melodorum. Petals oblong-ovate, under 1 in. 
Flowers -4 in. to nearly *5 in. long; buds broad 
pyramidal. 
Flowers -25 in. long, lax, axillary racemes 
Flowers -4 to *5 in. long; solitary, or in short 
cymes ....... 
Flowers *5 in. long or more; buds pyramidal, 
broad. 
Flowers racemose; leaves glabrous above; fruit 
globose ....... 
Flowers solitary axillary; fruit cylindric . 
Flowers racemose. 
Leaves pubescent above (young), base nar¬ 
rowed ....... 
Leaves glabrous, smooth above, base broad 
round ....... 
Flowers narrow, pyramidal; fruit tubercled 
ii. Pvramidanthe. Outer petals linear-lanceolate, 1-2 
tomentose beneath. 
long, seeds smooth. 
(1) M. litsesefolium 
(2) M. fulgens 
(3) M. manubriatum 
(4) M. cylindricum 
(5) M. latifolium 
(6) M. Kingii 
(7) M. hypoglaucum 
to 2 in. long; leaves 
Outer petals densely woolly outside; fruit 
globose . . . (8) M. lanuginosum 
Outer petals minutely red-tomentose; fruit 
oblong . (9) M. Maingayi 
Outer petals minutely red-tomentose 2 in. long; 
fruit ovoid, tubercled; leaves sub-glabrous . (10) M. prismaticum 
Outer petals minute, red-tomentose -75 in. long; 
oblong . (11) M. rubiginosum 
iii. Kentia. Outer petals as broad as long, ovate, edges thick; flowers 
axillary; seeds pitted. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate; fruit ovoid ; ovules 8 . (12) M. elegans 
Leaves elliptic or obovate; fruit globose; ovules 2 (13) M. pisocarpum 
(1) M. litsesefolium King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 103; 
Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 132, pi. 173. 
A strong climber; branchlets rusty-tomentose. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous, oblong-ovate to oblong-acute, base rounded, glabrous 
above, midrib pubescent; beneath hairy pubescent, midrib and 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs, red-tomentose, slender, prominent beneath; 
275 to 4*25 in. long, 1-25 to i*6 in. wide; petioles 'i to *2 in. long. 
Flowers in lax few-flowered racemes or panicles, 3 to 4 in. long; 
pedicels '25 to ’35 in. long. Sepals broad ovate acute concave, 
connate at base, *i in. long. Petals broadly ovate acute coriaceous, 
outer ones '2 to *3 in. long, rufous-tomentose outside; inner ones 
smaller, puberulous outside. Stamens numerous, appendages 
broadly and bluntly triangular. Ovaries few, red, pubescent 
4-ovuled. Hab. Open forest. Rare. Perak, Thaiping Hills at 300 
to 500 ft. altitude (Kunstler). 
Distinct in its small flowers in panicles, very near the Chinese M.glaucescens. 
Kunstler described it on one ticket as a shrubby tree 10 to 15 ft. tall, 3 to 4 in. 
through. 
(2) M. fulgens Hook. fd. F.B.I. i. 120, King, Journ. As. Soc. 
Beng. l.c. 104; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 133, pi. 174. 
