85 
Melodorum.] vi. anonace^e. 
A moderate climber; branchlets rusty-pubescent. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous elliptic-oblong acute, base rounded, above glabrous, bright 
green, beneath golden-silky; nerves 8 to 10 pairs, faint; 2*5 to # 
4 in. long, i*6 to i*8 in. wide; petioles '5 in. long. Flowers solitary 
axillary orange yellow, fragrant. Sepals ovate triangular pubescent, 
connate. Petals, outer ones triangular-lanceolate, *5 in. long, *3 in. 
wide, flat with thickened edges ; inner ones nearly as long, orange 
lanceolate acuminate. Stamens numerous, dark rose pink ; appen¬ 
dages ovate. Pistils honey-coloured, 4 to 6, silky. Carpels cylin- 
dric, blunt at both ends, brown-silky, 1 to 175 in. long and *35 to 
75 in. wide; stalk '5 in. long, thick. Seeds many, horizontal. 
Hab. Common on edges of woods in low country in the south. 
Singapore. Bukit Timah; Garden Jungle, etc. Johor, Mt. Austin. 
Selangor, Bukit Kutu and Semangkok Pass (Ridley). 
(5) M. latifolium Hook. fU. and Thom. FI. Ind. 116; Hook. fil. 
F.B.l. i. 79; King, Journ. 4s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 105; Ann. Bot. Gard. 
Calc. l.c. 135, pi. 178. Uvaria latifolia Bl. FI. Jav. Anonacece t. 
15. M. sphaerocarpa Miq. King, Journ. 4s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 108. 
A stout climber; branchlets red-velvety. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong blunt, base round, above minutely pubescent or nearly 
glabrous except the tomentose midrib, beneath densely red- 
tomentose; nerves 16 to 20 pairs, spreading elevate; 3 to 7*5 in. 
long, 175 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles -4 to 7 in. long, tomentose 
thick. Flower-buds conic, in lax axillary racemes or panicles; 
pedicels *35 to -5 in. long, red-tomentose. Sepals broad ovate 
obtuse, connate in a flat cup, *25 in. across, tomentose. Petals 
fleshy ovate blunt, outer ones *4 to 7 in. long, tomentose outside, 
inner ones smaller, glabrous. Stamens, appendages triangular 
acute. Ovaries about 6, short oblong densely hairy; ovules 6 to 8. 
Carpels globose to ovoid, brown-tomentose, 1 to 2 '25 in. long, 
1 to 1*2 in. wide; stalks velvety brown, 75 to r25 in. long. Seeds 
about 10, flattened, deep brown; var. lypica, with rather larger 
flowers and oblong or globular fruit. Rare. In hill woods. Perak, 
Thaiping Hills. Distrib. Java. 
var. ovoidea with smaller flowers and obovoid fruit. Hab. Com¬ 
mon in lowland forest. Singapore, Garden Jungle, Selitar, etc. 
Malacca, Ayer Panas. Perak, common; Penang. Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Philippines. Native name : Akar Pisang- 
Pisang Bukit or Buldo. 
I think King’s M. sphesrocarpa is merely a form of this and probably 
M. Kingii is also a variety. 
(6) M. Kingii Boerl. Ic. Bogor. ii. (2), 134. M. parviflorum 
King, Journ. 4 s. Soc. Beng. l.c. 107, not of Scheffer. 
A very large climber 150 ft. long, 4 to 6 in. through. Leaves 
elliptic sub-acute or obtuse, base rounded, coriaceous, above 
glabrous, beneath brownish scaly-pubescent ; nerves 11 to 15 pairs, 
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