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smooth and shining on the upper side, but not so much so as in the two following species, on peticles of 3 to 6 lines. Flowers white, sweet-scented, in dense terminal trichotomous cymes, sessile above the last leaves, and shorter than them. Pedicels short. Sepals orbicular, very obtuse, about 11⁄2 lines long. Corolla-tube 4 to 5 lines long; the lobes shorter, narrow at the base, suddenly expanded, chiefly on one side, into a very oblique or falcate lamina, broader than long, with 2 irregular teeth on the inner or expanded edge. Scales of the throat more than a line long, united to about the middle into a 5 or 10-lobed cup. Berry globular.' The flowers are only about half the size of the other two local species.
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NAMES.—Mountain orange; Kar" lor, hoan" quor".
ILLUSTRATION. Figure 1 is a reproduction of drawings of leaves, flowers, and fruit.
FLOWERING PERIOD,- -May.
LOCALITIES.-Common on the hillsides and in the nullahs on Hong Kong island and elsewhere in the Colony.
MELODINUS MONOGYNUS, Roxb.
M. monogynus, Roxb.; A. DC. Prod. viii. 329; Bot. Reg. t. 834; Bot. Mag. t. 2527. A tall woody climber resembling the last species in most respects, but the leaves are usually longer and narrower in proportion, often above 4 in. long, more coriaceous, smooth and shining, the sepals scarcely so broad, the flowers larger, the tube full 5 lines long, the lobes obovate or broadly oblong, falcate with 1 or 2 teeth on the inner expanded edge, the scales of the throat free, or scarcely connected at the very base, hairy inside."
Leaves are more shining and the flowers are much larger than in the previous species and generally in dense bunches. The fruit is globular to oblong.
DISTRIBUTION.-Tropical Asia.
FLOWERING PERIOD.-End of April and May.
LOCALITIES.—As for preceding species.
MELODINUS FUSIFORMIS, Champ.
“M. fusiformis, Champ. in Kew Journ. Bot. iv. 332. This species is again very nearly allied to the M. monogynus, with the same general habit, foliage and inflorescence, except that the leaves are usually smaller, and the cymes fewer-flowered. Sepals ovate, the outer ones more or less Corolla of the size of M. monogynus, but the lobes less oblique and less distinctly toothed on the inner edge, and the scales of the throat very small and hairy. The berry, according to Champion, is spindle-shaped or pear-shaped, the size of a large apple. In a specimen of Wright's, if not mismatched, it is globular."
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DISTRIBUTION,— -According to Bentham only known from Hong Kong island, but doubtless it is also present on the adjacent mainland.
The Hong Kong Naturalist.
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ILLUSTRATIONS.—Figure 2 is a reproduction of a rough sketch, actual size, of flower and fruit. Figure 3 shews the arrangement of the leaves and a single terminal trichotomous cyme of flowers, half actual size. FLOWERING PERIOD.—End of April and May.
LOCALITY, ---- -Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.
NAME. McClure (5) p. 34 gives the name Loh Hon Kwoh T'ang to this plant which his collector has found on Lan T'au island.
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Figure 2. Melodinus fusiformis.
CERBERA, Linn.
'Calyx without glands. Corolla-tube cylindrical. The lobes ovate, spreading, without scales at the throat. Anther linear-lanceolate, included in the tube. Ovary of 2 distinct carpels, united by a single style, with a conical 2-lobed stigma. Ovules 2 in each carpel. Fruit a nearly globular drupe, flattened on one side, with a woody endocarp, usually one-seeded. -Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, crowded on the young branches. Flowers white, in terminal cymes or panicles." Bentham loc. cit. p. 219. DISTRIBUTION. A genus of very few species from Tropical Asia and the Pacific Islands.
CERBERA ODOLLAM, Gærtn.
CERBERA MANGHAS, Linn.
"C. Odollam, Gærtn.; A. DC. Prod. viii. 353; Wight, Ic. t. 441. A glabrous erect shrub, with thick herbaceous branches. Leaves oblong or lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to 6 in. long, narrowed into a rather long petiole; the lateral veins transverse. Fowers white, sweet-scented, in a dense ter- minal pedunculate cyme. Sepals oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, about 1⁄2 in. long. Corolla-tube 1 in. long; the lobes about half as long, obovate-oblong." Bentham loc. cit. p. 219.
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