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Martabax, Wallich. _ . . 



Branches spirallj grooved, studded with conical prickles. Leaves 4-10 hj 4-7 in., 

 palmately 5~7-ncrved, glabresceiit above, villosulous beneath, rusty-pilose alonff the 

 . prominent nerves ; petiole 2-3 in., hairy. Male fl. in long(8-10 in.), pendulous, axinary, 

 racemes, of from the old wood; racliis and pedicels hairy ; pedicels supporting a globose 

 head of tlowera. Bracts or sliorter than the pedicel. I lowers rVi"-» setose. Sepals 

 oblong obtnse concave at tlie apex, auisomerous with the corolla. CbroZZa funnel- or 

 "brt-shaped, twice the length of the calyx, bristly externally with uncinate bristles, lirab 

 4-lobed, lobes ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 4, alternate with the lobes of the corolla ; 

 filaments and anthers glabrous. Pistil rudimentary, hairy. Female fl. not seeff. 

 JFruit covered "with subulate bristles. '■' -^ '^ 



2. P. bracteata, Wall. PI As. Ear. iii. 12 ; branches prickly, leaves 

 cordate-ovate entire or slightly lobed, bracts (of male spikes) linear longer 

 than the pedicel. IVall Cat. 4947. P. macrocarpa. Griff. Noid. iv. 322 J 

 Ic. PI. Ind. Or. 487. Gynocephalum bracteatum, Trecul in Ann. iSc^ iV^x^v 

 ser. 3,viiL 149. ' ;/ .;; i;,,,^.. 



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Penang, Porfer; Malacca, Griffith^ Maivgay, — Distrib. Borneo. ^ :^ ^,['' 

 Stem tubercled, tubercles ending in a spine. Branches covered with minute P"*^^^ ' 

 Leaves 6-7 by 44-5 in., coriaceous, asperulous above, pubescent beneath, p.^^h^atelj o- - 

 nerved, nerves prominent beneath ; petiole 2J in, Male fl. small, in axillary noary 

 racemes each about 8 in. ; pedicels slender, each supporting 3 small heads of ^"^^ , 

 and subtended by a long linear bract adnate to its base and studded with l^^p^> 

 bribtles. Male fl. : Sepals 3-5, truncate. Corolla longer than the calyx-lobes, roiinuea, 

 inflexed, setose externally. Stamens d~5. Badiment of ovary ohlong, setoae. JemaLe • 

 (according to Griffith), in rounded, peduncled capitula ; peduncles 3 from the same ax , 

 as long as the petiole, flattened, strigose. Calf/x of 4 spathulate, concave sepals. ^^^^^ 

 4-pavted. Ovary strigose ; style short or 3-partite, stigmas 3; ovules anatjopal, ^ 

 dulous. Drupes in globose masses the size of a man's head, each U ^^^.y\' ^"Lj 

 acute at both ends, densely covered with slender, appressed, yellow serse, l-ceiled. 

 1, alba»en fleshy, papulose on the surface, smelling of linseed oil ; radicle brond; coiy 

 dons small, suborbicular. . \ 





3. P. oblonga, Jfall. PL As. Par. iii. 12 ; branches not pnckly, leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate entire pubescent beneath, bracts shorter than tl\^ P^^ ^ o 

 Wall. Cat. 4948. Gynocephalum oblongum, Trecul in Ann. Sc JSat.^r. o. 



viii. 149. 





l^ENANo, TTaRiU, &c. ; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. ' -^.c^^^^ 



^ Bark striated, brownish. Zea2;es 8 by 3 in., coriaceous, glabrous above, puoe .^ 

 l)eneath, shortly acuminate, 1-nerved, base acute; petiole 4 in., rugo.^e. JUale •^.^^. 

 axillary racemes or in tufts from the old wood. Racemes slender, densely ^^''^^^r.'u 

 the pedicels, bracts and perianth, with brown hairs; pedicels filiform, 3-flowere(l. lyr 

 hncar, half the length of the pedicel and more or less adnate to it. Sepals 4, ^^ [ 

 obtuse, concave. Corolla 4-parted, lobes rounded. Stamens 3-4. Pisttl ru^^^^^k^ 

 Female fl. (according to Maingay) : Sepals Hnear-oblong, pale brown, hirsute. 



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oblong-obovoid, obtuse, covered with stout, straight, subulate P"^*^>^s ^^'^\w^^^^^ v 



leave circular pits ; epicarp coriaceous, meaocam pulpy, stone crustaceous. oocy^ ^ 

 accordinsr to Mainjrav tliin u/lii'f^ .i;,..»«;»„f» t..^*i,r.nu Lmnphed. f?) embeaueu ^ ^^ 



according to Maingay, thm, white, divaricate, tortuous, branched, (?) 

 fleshy lobulated albumen. 



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4. P. palmata, Wall PI As.' Rar. iii. 12; stem pri^Wy, ^^avespa^; 



■aia, }yau. ri. As. Kar. in. 12; stem Priv-^V' '-" v^Tgig. 

 . ferrugiuous-hairy beneath, bracts shorter thdli tne pe 

 49. P.-8tyrocarpa; Griff .NoliiT. -Wf ^m \ ^. ^./^49, 



mately 5-lobed 

 Wcdl. Cat^ 49 

 489. Gynocephalum palmatuin, Trecul in Ann. He. Nat.'ser. 3, vui. 



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