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VI. ANONACEAL 
[. Melodorum. 
elevate transverse, nervules conspicuous; 3*5 to 6-5 in. long, 
2 to 3 in. across ; petioles ‘5 in. long, thick glabrous. Cymes few- 
flowered axillary or terminal, dark tomentose; pedicels *5 in. long. 
Sepals connate with short sub-acute points, small. Petals white 
tinged with pink; outer ones lanceolate, fleshy, obtuse, -6 in. long, 
'i in. wide at base, outside brown tomentose. Carpels globose, 
•75 in. to 1 in. long, velvety brown; pedicels long. Hab. Forests. 
Not common; Malacca (Cantley). Perak: Ulu Bulong, 400 to 
600 ft. altitude and Thaiping Hills (Kunstler). Native name : Poko 
Achar. Use : A decoction of the flowers used for dyspepsia. 
Possibly only a form of M. latifolium. 
(7) M. hypoglaucum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 37; 
King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 106; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 
pi . 160A. 
A strong climber; branchlets minutely red-pubescent. Leaves 
thinly coriaceous oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-acute or shortly 
acuminate, base rounded, above glabrous except the red-pubescent 
midrib, beneath hoary-puberulous; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, bold 
ultimately glabrous and dark; 3 to 5*5 in. long, 135 to 2*2 in. 
wide; petioles ‘25 in. long. Flowers in axillary racemes of 2 to 3 
flowers, or in 10- to 12-flowered terminal panicles on pedicels *5 
to ’8 in. long slender, greenish yellow. Sepals ovate acute concave, 
connate at base, red-pubescent outside, puberulous inside. Petals 
coriaceous linear-lanceolate, base dilate concave, outer ones red- 
tomentose outside, pubescent inside, concave for the whole length, 
■5 to *8 in. long; inner ones one-third shorter, excavate at base 
only, above triquetrous. Stamens, appendages broad sub-globular. 
Ovaries 12, oblong golden-silky; ovules 4 to 6 in. long, 2 rows. 
Carpels globose tubercled, puberulous or not, 1 in. long. Seeds 
globose tubercled, puberulous or not, 1 in. long; stalks as long. 
Seeds 4 or 5, oval. Hab. Hill forests. Perak, Goping and Ulu 
Bubong and Batang Padang (Kunstler). Native name: Akar 
Larak Merah. 
(8) M. lanuginosum Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. hid. 117; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. i. 79; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 108; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. pi. 182. 
A strong climber; branchlets red-tomentose. Leaves coriaceous, 
oblong or sub-ovate oblong acute or shortly acuminate, base 
rounded; above glabrous except the red-tomentose midrib, beneath 
densely red-woolly; nerves 12 to 20 pairs inarching close to the 
edge, prominent beneath; 33 to 9 in. long, 1-9 to 33 in. across; 
petioles -4 to -6 in. long, tomentose. Flowers axillary or leaf- 
opposed solitary, or in racemes of 2 to 4; pedicels stout woolly, 
3 in. long. Sepals ovate, red- woolly outside. Petals thick oblong- 
lanceolate sub-acute, outer ones 1-25 to 2*1 in. long, densely red- 
woolly ; inner ones smaller glabrous, base concave. Stamens 
