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WaU.\ Wt. 8f Aim. in Ed. New Phil. Journ. 1833, 178 ; W. ^ A. Pi-odr. 115 j ' 

 Wight Ic. t. 964, 3 ; Thwaites Enum. 50 : Becld. Fi. Sylv. Anal. Gen. 77 ; Hedd. 

 Fl.Sylv.Man.77. 



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Western Peninsula ; from the Concan southwards, Ceylon, Central Province, 

 alt. ^7000 ft. 



^ Very similar to M, pungens, and perhaps only a form of that plant ; but the hahit 

 IS more robust, the leaves usually broader in proportion, less tapered to the base, and 

 quite entire, often more oblong-elliptic, with rarely a caudate apex, and if toothed the 

 weth are less spinulose ; the flowers are of the same size, and similarly aggregated ; 

 tie fruit also appears to bo of tho same size. 



. i BI. simpllcifolla, Roxh. FL Lul i. 103 ; Cor. PL t. 254 (MiUingto- 

 ^a) ; leaves membranous obovate oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate quite en- 



^^or toothed when young glabrous or puhescent beneath, flowers sessile 

 ^winct, sepals and bracteoles about C ciliate outer narrow hairy on the 

 ^k. Wall Cat. 8114 B, C, D, W 8f A. B-odr, 116 (Millingtonia) ; M. 

 ^tegnfolia, Wall. Cat 8114 G (Millingtonia); Thwaites Enum. 69 j Chiff. 



^™* 1^:^162 5 7c. PL As. t. 442 ; Becld, FL Sylv. Anal Gen. 77. ' ■ 



«J5f?™^ Himalaya; Nipal, Wallich; Sikkim, alt. 2-4000 ft. J". £"..0.; Bhotan 

 G^h ^^^^ Mts, ascending to 3000 ft. ; Assam, Sylhet, Tenasseeim at Mergui, 

 <m|/i^A; Western Peninsut^, in subalpine forests, 5erfc?a??a^. Ceylon, common up 

 xo an elevation of 3000 ft. Distrib. Java ? 

 Iv ^7 "^^^ ^^^^ ' branchlets and petioles puberulous, panicles pubescent. 



m 1^ ^°'' iiarro-wed into tho petiole, young sometimes obtusely toe , ^ 



11^ ^^^^^' "^^^^^y^^^™i"ate, glabrous or puberulous beneath, with strong raised 

 ^es ; petiole A-2 in. Panicle often longer than the leaves, sometimes leafy, or 

 P^ iclesm the upper axil ; branches slender. Flowers much smaller than in M. Wightii^ 



FrJfT^'^^^^^''* ^^^^ liairy on the bnicts and sepals, which are much more acute. 



^/ about ^ in. diam. — Miquel gives this as a native of Java, but I have seen no 



pecimen from Java exactly according with it. I have Been no Western Peninsula 



^pecitaens of this, but Beddomo says it is' common on tho Ghats, about 2-3000 ft. 



, emiOD, above which its place is taken by M.pungens (Wightii). 



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• n. elUptlca, Hook. f. ; leaves coriaceous elliptic acuminate at both 



Leaves 6-16 



toothed, usually 



dens 1 ^iitire densely rufous pubescent or tomentose beneath^ panicle 



verv ^P^^^^^^^f flowers sessile distinct, sepals and bracteoles 3-6, orbicular 

 T»iiZ ^^^^^.^^^^ subciliate, petals very coriaceous subvalvate. Sabia? flori- 

 ""^^Mtq, FL Ind. Bat SuppL i. 621. 



'^^^c^. Griffith, Maingay ; Smc avobs, Zobb. 

 rustv d ^ ' "ranchlets, petioles, leaves beneath and panicles clothed with very soft 

 puW T^-^^^^^^ velvety tomentum. Leaves 3-7 by 1 J-3 in., glabrous except the 

 ^erves^^ ^^dnb above, quite entire, rarely oblanceolate, narroTved into the petiole; 

 ^snallvT^ ^^^y prominent beneath; petiole ^J- in. Pamc^d as in the genus, 

 froii all ff ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ leaves. Flowers of the size of M. simplicifolia, very distinct 

 2-fid pT I preceding in the small coriaceous glabrous sepals. Staminal scales 

 Sabia? T^-A^^^^ tip (Maingay)— Kurz (Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1870, ii. 74) refers 

 ''^tich I h • *^ of Miquel to M. simplicifolia, meaning no doubt this species, under 



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leaves ?' ^^'^^^^oUa, Hook. f. ; clotted witli spreading villous pul)escence, 

 gated a 1 K oblanceolate acuminate membranous, flowers sessile, aggre- 

 ttnpr '„i r ^°^ bracteoles 5 outer lanceolate ciliate and liairy on the back 

 ^er glabrous oblong. 



than in an *■ ''y^^^ic, clothed -with a rough and much 'more spreading pubescence 



y 01 the. other species, especially on the panicle and nerves of the leaves be- 



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