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Sort. Suit. 32 ; RumpMa, iii. 202, tab. 169 ; Nees in Flora, 1825, 106 (Milling- 

 toma) ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. i. pt. 2, 617. irina iDtegerrima, Blume Bijd. 231. 



Malacca, Ghiffith^ Maingaj/, — Disthib. Sumatra. 



A moderate-sized tree ; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 1-1 J ft. ; petiole nearly 

 twete ; leaflets 6-10 in., opposite, very variable in shape, coriaceous, shining on 

 bothsur&ces; nerves arched, much reticulate; petiolules ^-f in. Panicle stout, 

 erect, rusty-pubescent, -with rather spreading short pubescence ; bracts acuminate, 

 !v^^' ^P^^^ and bracteoles 5, the outermost very small, broadly orbicular-6vat€, 

 xather thick, glabrous. Petals subvalvate. FilaTnents larger than usual in the 

 .grans, jithout lateral teeth, the scale (petal) behind them being larger, elliptic and 

 T* V ' nr^^ ^^^^^y J i"- diam.— I think there can be no doubt but that this is 

 Jacks M Sumatrana; and that it is the same -with Blume's M. nitida. I have 

 in proof Java specimens of the latter named by Blume. Jack states that the ter- 

 minal leaflet is sometimes absent. GrifiBth has a single imperfect specimen of 

 •apparently this plant from Malacca, with a few spinulose teeth on the upper part of 

 me leaflets ; it may be M. confuse, Bl. of Sumatra. - . 



M. lanceolata. Blume Cat. Hai-L BuiL 32: BumMa. iii. 200. 



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£r ^^^^' ^^- Ophir, Griffith, Maingay (M. Sumatrana, Kcw distrih. not of 

 <'ccA).— DisTRiB. Sumatra, Borneo. 



leafl t^^^^' ^i^anchlets stout, rusty-pubescent. Leaves 1-2 ft.; petiole stout, terete; 



fihi 1 ^^ ^^~^4 ^°*' ^ften recurved and subfalcate, base rounded, rigidly coriaceous, 



nmg above, opaque and pubescent beneath with much raised nerves ; petiolules 



^ > J in. Panicles very large, "vvith long spreading branches, almost velvety with 



andir /^^^^' ■P'^w^rj minute, rather scattered, sessile or nearly so. Sepals 



fil ^^^^^^ ^ ^^ 5, broadly orbicular-ovate, glabrous, outer ciliate. Petals valvate. 



^^ts short; scales 2-fid. Fruit not seen.— The Bomean and Sumatra specimens 



® «iore glabrous on the leaflets beneath, but I find no other difference. 





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 x^{^^ exstipulate, simple or compound. Inflorescence various ; flowers small, 

 ^^r, unisexual, polygamous, or bisexual. Calyx 3-5-partite, sometimes 

 j^gj ^^i^t, spathaceous in Gluta. Petals 3-5, alternate with the sepals, free, 

 cuiM^ ^intricate or valvate in bud, sometimes accrescent. Dish flat, 

 then t 1 ^^ ^M^Jai", entire or lobed, rarely ol)solete. Stamens as many as 

 8uhi^ f ^' ^^^^y ^^^^? inserted under, rarely on, the disk, filaments usually 

 In ^te ; anthers 2-celled, basi- or dorsi-fixed. Ovary superior, half inferior 

 ^o/^am?, 1- or 2-6-celled, rudimentary or 2-3-fid in the (? ; of 5-G free 

 celk^ ^^^^^^^nta ; styles 1^, or stigma subsessile ; ovules r^^'-^'^^ ^'^ +t-^ 



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 exalbi • ^^^y ^ l-5"celled 1-5-seeded drupe ; stone sometimes dehiscent. Seed 

 fihorL^T?^^' embryo straight or curved, cotyledons plano-convex, radicle 



-^iSTRiB. Chiefly tropical ; genera about 45 ; species about 460. . 



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