84 VI. ANONACEiE. [MelodoTUM. 
A moderate climber; branchlets pubescent. Leaves lanceolate- 
acuminate or elliptic-lanceolate, base rounded or sub-acute, above 
glabrous, beneath glabrous or sparsely strigose; nerves 13 to 18 
pairs, slender curving; 3 to 4 in. long, 1*2 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles 
•25 in. long, pubescent. Flowers 1 to many in a terminal or leaf- 
opposed cyme; pedicels *3 to - 4 in. long, pubescent. Sepals broad 
ovate sub-acute, connate at base, ‘i in. long, pubescent outside. 
Petals thick, outer ones fiat ovate-oblong sub-acute, red pubescent 
outside, *5 in. long; inner ones similar but smaller, glabrous and 
concave at the base, -3 in. long. Stamens numerous, appendages 
of outer ones lanceolate and as long as the anthers. Ovaries 
pubescent, 4-ovuled in 2 rows. Carpels ovoid, globose, densely 
silky tomentose, 1 to i‘5in. long, - 9 in. through; stalks ‘85 to i *5 in- 
long, stout. Seeds oblong. Hab. Open forest-edges. Common. 
Singapore, Reservoir Woods; Bukit Mandai ; Chanchu Kang. 
Johor. Malacca, Sungei Hudang (Derry). Selangor, Bukit Kutu; 
Kwala Lumpur; Gunong Semangok at 2500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
Perak, Tapah (Wray); Larut (Kunstler). Distrib. Malay Isles. 
Native names : Akar Kep; Akar Singuloh ; Akar Larat, Larit or 
Lerek. 
(3) M. manubriatum Hook. fit. and Thom. FI. Ind. 118; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. i. 79; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 104; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 134, pi. 176. M. baneanum Scheff. Nat. Tijdr. 
xxxi. 343. Uvaria manubriata Wall. Cat. 6456. 
A large climber; branchlets red-tomentose. Leaves thinly 
coriaceous, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, base rounded, above 
glabrous except the rufous-hairy midrib, beneath densely red-tomen¬ 
tose ; nerves 12 to 18 pairs, slender curved, rather prominent 
beneath; 2 to 4-5 in. long, 75 to 1*5 in. wide; petioles ‘3 in. long, 
tomentose. Flowers 1 or 2 or more in short racemes, on pedicels 
•25 to 75 in. long, densely red-tomentose, extra-axillary. Sepals 
ovate broad obtuse, connate at the base, silky outside, *2 in. long. 
Petals coriaceous, lanceolate to ovate lanceolate obtuse, outer ones 
densely red-tomentose outside, puberulous in the upper half , 
inner ones smaller, pubescent at the tip, base concave. Stamens, 
appendages bluntly triangular. Ovaries numerous oblong, densely 
silky; ovules 8 in 2 rows. Carpels numerous, ovoid-globose, about 
i'25 in. long, densely red-woolly; stalks 2 to 3 in. long. Torus 
globose, all red-woolly. Seeds 8. Hab. Dense forest. Common. 
Singapore, Changi; Bedoh. Malacca, Merlimau (Derry); Alor 
Gajah and Rim Jungle (Griffith). Negri Sembilan. Perak, Tapah 
(Wray); Gunong Bubu 2000 ft. altitude and Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang. Distrib. Mergui, Banca. Native names: Akar Jangkang; 
Akar Larak; Akar Kenchang. 
(4) M. cylindricum Maing. in Hook. fd. F.B.I. i. 80; King, 
Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 106; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 136, pi. 
177B. 
