VI. ANONACEiE. 
Melodorum] 
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glaucous, above dark shining green; nerves 10 to 12 pairs, very 
numerous, appendages triangular. Ovaries obovoid, densely red- 
tomentose, 7 to 1 in. long, *75 in. through. Seeds about 4. Hab. 
Open country and forest edges. Common; a very handsome 
species easily known by its large flowers. Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Jurong; Sembawang. Malacca (Maingay); Perak, Thaiping; 
Blanda Mabok (Wray). Dindings. Pangkor (Curtis). Penang. 
Lankawi. 
(9) M. Maingayi Hook. fl. F.B.L i. 80; King, Journ. As. 
Soc. Beng. l.c. 109; Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 139, pi. 184A. 
Climber; branchlets pubescent. Leaves rather stiffly cori¬ 
aceous broadly elliptic or oblong shortly acuminate at tip, base 
rounded, above glabrous, beneath glaucous; nerves 14 to 16 pairs, 
slender and slightly prominent; 3 to 6 in. long, 1*5 to 2*35 in. 
wide; petioles '6 in. long. Flowers solitary axillary, yellow on 
short -25 in. thick tomentose pedicels. Sepals orbicular sub¬ 
acute, quite connate into a saucer *25 in. across. Petals coriaceous, 
outer ones oblong-lanceolate, base broad, 75 to 1*25 in. long, 
flat keeled down the middle inside, red-tomentose outside, inner 
ones very small triangular-ovate, glabrous. Stamens numerous, 
appendages rounded. Ovaries 6, silky. Carpels oblong, slightly 
tapering to each end, red-puberulous, 1*5 to 2 in. long, 75 in. 
through; stalks ’5 in. long. Seeds many. Hab. Forests. Rare. 
Perak, Gunong Batu Putih (Wray at 3600 ft, altitude). Penang 
(Maingay); Bukit Padi at 1500 ft. altitude (Curtis). 
(10) M. prismaticum Hook. fil. and Thom. Fl. Ind, 121 ; Hook, 
fit. F.B.I. i. 81; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. no; Pyramidanthe 
rufa Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 39. Oxymitra bassiaefolia 
Teysm. and Binn. in Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. xxv. 4 I 9 - 
A large climber; branchlets glabrous. Leaves coriaceous 
oblong abruptly shortly acuminate; base broad rounded, above 
glabrous except the puberulous midrib, beneath glaucous, finely 
pubescent or glabrous; nerves 12 to 18 pairs faint, secondary 
nerves prominent; 43 to 8'5 in. long, 2*3 to 3*3 in. wide; petioles 
•5 to 7 in. long. Flowers 1*5 to 2 in. long, orange outside, white 
inside, hardly opening, axillary solitary ; pedicels *3 to *6 in. long, 
red-tomentose. Sepals quite connate into a 3-angled disc, *3 in. 
across, pubescent outside. Petals, outer ones fleshy orange covered 
with ochreous scurf, inside greenish cream, linear-lanceolate tri¬ 
quetrous, inner ones *3 in. long, triangular ovate acute yellow 
glabrous. Stamens numerous, white, appendages triangular. 
Ovaries oblong pubescent; ovules 14 in 2 rows. Carpels ovoid 
blunt tubercled, 1*4 in* l° n g» ‘8 in. wide; stalks *8 to 1 in. long, 
stout. Seeds oval black. Hab. Common in forests, Singapore, 
Garden Jungle; Selitar. Johor. Malacca. Perak, Thaiping ; Gop- 
ing (Kunstler). Penang Hill. Distrib. Banka, Borneo. Native 
name : Akar Pisang-Pisang Bukit. 
