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16. UK. fragrans, Maingay MSS. ; leaves very narrowly linear-oblong- or 

 lanceolate acute acuminate or rounded at the tip, panicle spreading quite gla- 

 brous, petals narrow linear, stamens 5, one mucli longer tlian the others whose 

 anthers are imperfect. 



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Maxacca, Maingay. 



A tree,^ everywhere quite glabrous. Leaves much longer and narrower than in any 

 other species, 6-10 by 1^-1^ in., coriaceous, reticulated on both surfaces, margins 

 ■waved, base acute abruptly contracUid into a very slender petiole 1-2 in.; 

 nerves 25-35 pairs, slender, almost horizontal. Panicle longer than the leaves, 

 peduncle long and branches thick, black when dry. Flowers erect, almost \ in. long ; 

 pedicel turbinate. Sepals unequal, ovate-Ian ceokte. Petals very narrow, erect, 

 reflexed sharply from the middle, 1-nerved (Maingay), 3-nerved in a young state. 

 Disk a slender pedicel. FUamenis very slender, shorter than the capillary style, 

 which is lateral. {Drupe obliquely broadly oblong-glolx)se ; flesh yellow, acid and 

 terebinthine ; stone thin, fibrous; testa coriaceous, itfain^^ay.)— This in foliage 

 approaches very closely Blume's 3/. Tnacrocarpa of Java, which has still narrower 

 leaves with crimped edges, 40 pairs of nerves, and a bitter-sweet fruit as large as a 



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'. A tree, everywhere quite glabrous, or very obscurely pubescent on the panicle. 

 Leaves 6-12 by 2-4 in., very coriaceous, reticulate on both surfaces ; nerves about 20- 

 pnirs, very strong ; petiole stout, l:^li in., much thickened from below the middle to 

 the base. Panicle with stout green branches that turn black when dry. ^ Flowers J m. 

 diara., odorous, flesh-coloured. Sepals ovate-oblong. Petals three times as long, 

 reflexed, greenish, suffused with blood-red. Perfect stamens mmQtimes 2 {Griffith), 

 the imperfect ones slender, subulate, capitate. Ovary glabrous. {Drupe oblong, 

 stinking, yellow-green, with yellow spots, filled with a sticky ,gum ; flesh yellow, fibrgus, 

 sweet, not turpentiny; stone compressed, fibrous; cotyledons rugose, equal at the 

 base, one overlapping at the top. Griffith.) — Malay name "Koeene"or "Kohini,' 

 according to Griffith, which is the name Maingay gives to M. obhngifolixi (a totally 

 diflerent plant). This much resembles M. Parih, Miq., of Java, which has a more i 

 efSise panicle with long tertiary branchlets and very long pedicels. • .^ 



15. 1«. la^enifera, Chif. Notul iv. 414, t. 567, f._3; leaves small 



olx)vate-oblong or -spatliulate obtuse or rounded at the tip, panicle large spread- 

 ing pubescent, petals 5 linearnDblong obscurely thickened in the middle, stamens 

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Malacca, Griffith, dimming (2330), Mahigay, 



Avery lofty tree {Griffith); branchlets stout, with pale bark. Leaves 3-6 by 

 l^lf in., very thickly coriaceous, gradually narrowed into a very stout petiole f-li 

 in., not reticulate on either surface ; nerves about 20 pairs, very faint, spreading and 

 parallel. Panicle on a long and stout peduncle, much exceeding the leaves. Flowers 

 \ in. diam. ; pedicels very short. Sepals many, orbicular, tomentose. Petals three 

 times as long, concave, purple, erect till a late period. Disk a slender stipes. Fila- 

 ments very slender (purple, alternating with short horns, Maingay). Ovary glabrous ; 

 style capillary, lateral. {Drupe pyriform, 4 J by 2 J in., pale green, with a pink blush, 

 flesh livid or purplish flesh-colour ; stone fibro-coriaceous, adherent to the membranous 

 testa ; radicle basal, very large. Maiyigay!) — Called Lanjoot by the Malays, according 

 to Maingay and Griffith. The latter describes the drupe as smooth, glaucescent, 

 fleshy, fetid, exuding a black Tarnish, traversed by innumerable fibres; stone ovate- 

 ^ lanceolate, fibro-coriaceous. Seed erect, adhering to the black tegument on the one 

 side, on the other smooth; cotyledons with one half the surface smooth^'tlie other 

 wrinkled. Maingay describes the disk as hemispherical, but I do not find it so. 



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17. M. fcetida, Xour. FL Cock 160; leaves large elliptic-oblong of 

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