X33 ASKALS OF .THE EOTAL BOTAHIO OAKDEif, CALCOTTi.
more concave at the base, glabrous or globroscent, the upper part very thick. Stamens
numerous ; the apex of the connective thick, obhquely triangular ; anther-cells linear,
lateral. Qmries about 6, elongate, obKque, pubescent, with 6 to 8 OYules; style short,
"•labrous ; stigma small. Ripe carpels globular, harshly and minutely pubescent, 1-1 in.
br diam. ; stalks rather slender, about twice as long. Eing i» Journ. Aa. Soe. Bengal
61, 1>I. 2, 108.—Unona sphairocarpa, BJume Bijir. l i ; Fl. Javm Anon. 79, t. 16.
Perak,—Kmc/'s Colledar, Distrib.—Java.
This is allied to M. Mifolium, but hiw smaller leaves with fewer nerves; its pubescence
is veiy dark rusty, not tawny ; and the apices ef the authors are truncate, not
bearing a broad triangular acute point. It is also allied to M. parvijhrim, Scheff.
P l a t e 180B. Meledorum sphrerecarpmn, Miq. 1, Flowering branch ; 2, ripe
carpels ; 3, flower dissected—o/ mlaral size ; 4, anthers ; 5, pistils—enlarged.
15. Melodoeüm LASOGISOSBM, JZooi. ft. ^ Tlumt. FL Iml. 117. A strong creeper;
young branches softly rafous-tomentosc. Leava coriaceous, obleng, sometimes subobovate
oblong, abruptly acute or shortly acuminate, rarely obtuse, the base rounded ;
upper surface glabrous, the mitb-ib rufous-tomentose,- olivaceous when dry ; lower
surface densely rufous-lanate; main nerves 12 to 20 pairs, oblique, curving, inter-arching
close to the edge, prominent beneath; length 3-5 to 9 in., breadth 1'9 to 3-5 in.; petiole
•4 to '6 in., stout, tomentoso, « » » m 1-25 -to 15 in. long, axfllary or leaf-opposed,^ sohtaiT,
or in short 2- to 1-flowered cymes; pedicels stout, lanate, '5 in. long, with a
sin=-ie basal bmcteole. Sepa't ovate, spreading, slightly connate, golden or rufous-lanate
outside, glabrous inside like the. outer petals. Petals thick, leathery, oblong-lanceolate
from L bread base, sub-aeuto ; the outer 1-25 to 1-5 in. long; the inner smaller
glabrescent or glabrous, concave at the base. Stamns numerous ; the cennective ob-
Uqnely triangular at the apex ; the anther-cells very narrow, lateral. Omries oboveid,
oblique, curved, densely sericeous, 4- to O-ei-uled ; style glabrous. Eife earpelt sessile,
shortly' stalked, sub-globose, narrowed to the base, densely and softly rnfous-tomentose,
about •75 in. in diam. when ripe. Seeds about 4. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. J>t. i', 35 ;
Heck. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i, 79 ; King in Journ. As. Soe. Bengal 61, pt. 2, 108. Uvana
tomentosa. Wall. Cat. K454.
P e n a n g , ^ I W a , Curtis. Singapore,-Jfaiíiíi. Pangkore,-(7»rfiS. Penang,-
Seortedmi. Wray, King^s Collector.
At once distinguished by its largo flowers, lanate leaves and sessile, or shortlystalked
rufous-tomentese fruit.
P l a t í 182. Meledorum lanuginosum, E. f . Sf Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, flower
dissected; 3, cone of inner petals undetached; 4 & 5, young carpels; 6, carpels some
of which are of natural size; 7, anthers; 8, ova.A» - enlarged.
16 Melodoedm HDniGlsosm, Hook. fil. Sf Thorns. Fl. I„d. 116. A largo climber;
young branches i-usty-tomentose. leaves thinly coriaceous, almost membmnons, oblong to
elliptic, obtuse, abruptly and minutely cuspidate or acute ; the base rounded or sub-cordate;
upper surface at first pnbernlous, afterwards glabrous exccpt the tomentose midne
aud nerves; lower surface pubescent; main nerves 13 to 22 pairs, spreading, cnrymg,
prominent beneath, veins obliquely transverse; length 3 to 9 in., breadtn 1-So to 4 m.,
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petiole -35 te '6 in., stout, minutely msty; tomentose. Flowers axillary, solitary or in
pairs or (by the fall of the leaves) in teiminal 4- to 5-flowered leafless cymes, 1-2 to
1-4 m. long; pedicels stout, '6 to -8 in. long; rusty or yellowish-tomentose with 1 or
2 bracteeles near'the base. Sepals -1 in. long; semi-orbicular, connate at the base,
spreading. Outer petals tliick, elongate-lanccolate, yellowish-tomentose outside, glabrous
inside, slightly concave, especially at the expanded base ; inner petals like the outer, but
shoi-ter and narrower, sub-triquetrous, puberulous outside. Stamens very numerous; the
connective with a large, cemiiressed, sub-acute, apical, process; the anthers linear,
lateral. Ovaries several, narrowly oblong, densely seiieeous; ovules numerous, in two
rows; style shoi-t, thick, pubescent; stigma flat. Carpels obliquely ovoid-globose, 1 to
1-2Ó in. long when lipe, tomentose; the stalks as long or longer. Hook. fil. Fl. Br.
Ind. i. 79; Ktirz Fw. Fl. Burm. i. 43.—Uvaiia rubiginosa, A. DC. Mem. Anon. 26; Wall.
Cat. 6465.—U. nervosa and U. fulva. Wall. Cat. 6479, 6427.
From Sylhet to Chittagong; Tenassorini.
Var. oblonga. King. Ripe cai-pels obleng, blunt, tapering to the base, 1'3 in.
long, the stalks nearly 1 in., deciduously rufous-pubescent.
Penang,—Cm/'íís No. 843.
P l a t e 183. Melodorum rubiginosum, R. f . Th., vae. oblonga. King. 1, Flowering
twig; 2, fi-uiting twig with iipe carpels; 3, flower ^ssected; 4, section of a ripe
carpel—o/ natural size; 5 & 6, anthers; 7 & 8, pistils—enlarged; 9, young carpels of
the typical form—o/ natural sise.
17. Melodokdh Maixgayi, Book. fil. TImns. FL Br. Ind. i. 80. A climber; young
branches pubescent, dark-coloured. Leams coriaceous, reddish-brown when dry, broadly
elliptic or oblong, rounded at both ends, the tip sometimes minutely apiculate; upper
sm-face glabrous, exccpt the pnbemloas midrib; lower glaucous and finely pubescent;
main nerves 14 to 16 pairs, spreading, slightly prominent and dark-coloured beneath;
length 3 to 6 in., breadth I'o to 2-35 m.; petiole -6 m. Floniers 1-25 to 1-5 in. long,
solitai-y, axillar}^; buds swollen at the base, naiTowed and ti-iquetrous above; pedicels
•25 to -3 in., stout; bracteoles several, small. SepaU orbicular, sub-acnte, quite connate
into a disk, -35 in. in diam. Pcídía "leathery; the outer oblong-lanceolate, with broad
base, flat but keeled down the middle inside; outside minutely' rufens-tombntose, inside
heary-pubescent; inner very small, triangular-ovate, glabrous. Stamens nnmerons, small,
with a broad rounded apical process, convex. Osaries about 6, sericeous on one side:
stigma sub-sessile. Uipe carpels oblong, tapermg to each end; the apex shortly beaked,
rusty-pabenilous; the pericarp thick, 1-5 to 2 in. long and in. in diam.; stalks -5 in.
long, stout. Seeds many, in horizontal rows, -o in. long, testa shining, not margined.
King in Jomi. As. Soc. Bengal 61, pi. 2, 109.
Peanug,—Maingag (Keu ' DistrH.) No. 108; Curtis No. 1046. Perak,—JFroj'
No. 1112. ,
P l a t e 184A, Melodorum Maingayi, E. /. ^ Th. 1, Flowering branch; 2, unripe
carpels; 3, ripe carpels-«/ natural size; 9, flower dissected, all the parts enlarged and
one of the outer petals (4) very much so; 5 & 6, anthers; 7 & S, pistils - »u/ci
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