88 vi. anonaceal \Melodorum. 
(n) M. rubiginosum Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. hid. lx. 116; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. i. 79; King , Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. l.c. 139, pi. 183. 
Large climber; branches rusty-tomentose. Leaves thinly cori¬ 
aceous oblong to elliptic blunt or rarely minutely cuspidate, base 
rounded or sub-cordate often unequal, above puberulous thin, 
glabrous except the tomentose midrib, beneath pubescent; nerves 
13 to 22 pairs, prominent beneath; 3 to 9 in. long, 1-25 to 4 in. 
wide; petioles 35 to -6 in. long, stout tomentose. Flowers solitary 
or in terminal cymes of 4 to 5 flowers, on stout pedicels *6 to *8 in. 
long, red-tom entose. Sepals semi-orbicular, -i in. long, connate 
at base. Petals, outer ones thick elongate lanceolate, thinly 
brown-tomentose outside, slightly concave glabrous inside, inner 
ones shorter and narrower sub-triquetrous. Stamens very numerous, 
appendages large, sub-acute. Ovaries several, silky; ovules silky 
in 2 rows. Carpels oblong, tapering to base, 1 to 1*25 in. long, 
thinly tomentose; stalks about as long. Hah. Rare. Lowland 
woods, Perak, road to Batu Kurau (Curtis); Goping (Kunstler). 
Penang, Waterfall (Curtis). Disinh. Silhet to Tenasserim. 
King makes the Malay plant a variety oblonga, but the Goping plant is 
exactly Hooker’s Indian plant. Curtis’ Penang plant has smaller stiffer 
leaves, not oblique at the base. 
(12) M. elegans Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. l.c. 122; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. i. 82; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. iii.; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 141, pi. 184B. Uvaria elegans Wall. Cat. 6474A. 
A large but slender climber. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong- 
lanceolate acuminate, narrowed slightly to rounded base ; nerves 
12 to 13 pairs, faint; 2*5 to 3*5 i n - l°ngi 1 to 1*25 in. wide; petioles 
•25 to -35 in. long. Flower-buds obtusely ovate, axillary solitary 
or 2 to 3 together, -35 to *65 in. long, on slender pedicels, -35 to -6 in. 
long. Sepals ovate acute connate at base only, outside pubescent, 
'i in. long. Petals, outer ones broadly ovate obtuse red-tomentose 
outside, yellow hoary-puberulous within,' inner ones *25 in. long, 
very thick, triquetrous above. Stamens numerous, appendages 
thick triangular. Ovaries glabrous; ovules in 2 rows. Carpels 
ovoid to globose, glabrous, -35 to -5 in. long; stalks slender, -5 in. 
long. Hah. Forests, widely spread in the peninsula, Singapore, 
Chan Chu Kang (Ridley). Johor, Sedenak. Malacca, Bukit 
Rejang (Derry). Perak, Thaiping Hills; Chankat Serdang (Wrav). 
Penang at Telok Bahang (Curtis, Wallich). 
(13) M - pisocarpum Hook. fil. and Thom. FI. Ind. 123 ; Hook, 
fil. F.B.I. i. 82; King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. l.c. 112; Ann. Bot. 
Gard. Calc. l.c. 142, pi. 187A. Uvaria mabiformis Grid. Notulce, 
iv. 709. 
A glabrous climber. Leaves small, coriaceous elliptic to obovate- 
eliiptic shortly abruptly acuminate, base rounded, underneath 
indistinct; 2'5 to 4 in. long, 1*25 to i*8 in. wide; petioles '35 in. 
