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spreading, flowers suLsessile, petals 5 linear-lanceolate 3-ridged inserted on the 

 ^isk, stamens 5 one perfect the rest shorter imperfect. Ho.Tb. FL Ind. ed. 

 Carey, ii. 440 ; Wall Cat. 8488; Chiff. Notvl.vr. 419. M. Horsfieldii & M. 

 fcetida, Miq. FL Lid. Hat. i. pt. 2. QZ±—Rumph. Amk i. 98. t. 28. 



Mauvcca, Penang, and SmcAPOEE, JacX:, &c.— Distkib. Throughout the Malay 

 Archipelago. 



'"■^A large tree; branchlets very stout. Leaves very large, 10-12 by 3-4 in,, very 

 coriaceous, pale when dry ; surface raised above between the stout nerves, of which 

 there are about 20 pairs ; base acute ; petiole stout, 1-2^ in. Panicle large, stout, 

 Tnth very spreading branches, and these again with short tertiary cymose branchlets 

 VQeep bloood-red, Mainqay), black wlien dry. Flowers h in. diam., pink or dark red. 

 p?^^/^^^te, obtuse. Petals refiexed from the middle^ inserted on the pedicel-like 

 ^isk above its Ixise, but not decurrent on the disk. Omr?/ glabrous ; style slender, 

 fl if^ (-^^^/^^^^'^riablo in form, not compressed, oblique, green, smooth, very fetid; 



esh j-ellow, thick; stone almost 2-edged, chartaceous, fibrous ; cotyledons equal, 

 •ameled at the base ; radicle short. Griffith.)— Kaing^j describes the fruit as 

 coarse-flavoured, and not unlike Lanjoot (M. Ligenifera), stringy. Malay name 



acimng or Bachong. Eumpli and Loureiro describe the drupe as hairy, but no one 

 €iso does so; possibly the fibres of the stone are alluded to by these authors. 



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18. M. caesia, Jack in Roxb. FL Ind. ed. Carey , ii. 441 ; leaves cuneate- 



ate or -oblong or -elliptic with very short thick petioles, panicle branched 

 tomentose very stout, petals 5 erect adnate to the disk long narrow with one 

 central ridge, stamen 1. Griif. NotuL iv. 415. M. foetida, Blume (according 



to Mx^uel in IlerK). ^ 



^AccA, Maingay (cult.).— Distrib. Sumatra, Java. 

 bv2i^i^^ stately magnificent tree {^Griffith); branchlets very stout. Leaves 6-16 

 ■J 2-3^ in., very thicklv coriaceous, smooth, rather shining, obscurely reticulated 

 arch?' ^^^^^^^*^ ^" the" petiole, which is ^-1 in. ; nerves about 20-30 pairs, slightly 

 Ftm ."^^^^^^^ very stout and much branched (of a glaucous reddish colour. Jack). 

 ^g^^* ^^ flense heads on the tertiary branchlets, ^ in. long; bracts broad; pedicel 

 Ti^ f short. Sepals short, broadly ovato, jmbcscent. Petals erect, adnate by the 

 t^^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^' linear, concave, purple. Dish slightly lobed, Imperfect stamens 

 {Dtv \y ^^^® teeth; filament of perfect one slender. Style lateral, slender, 

 conn f ^¥*^"S-Qtovate, reddish-white, e/izcX-.)— Griffith says that the corolla is more 

 "fthit * ^^^ ^^® ^^^^ ^" ^'^^ female, and that the panicle is cream-coloured and petals 

 '\'\uU ^^^^^"^^ and lilac inside, and that the larger cotyledon alone is auricled.— 

 ^^% name Beenjai or Binjaee. 



ceolat' *■ ^^P®''^^., Hook. f. ; leaves very large subsessile cuneate-oblan- 

 ' larop^ ^^\ Reticulate, panicle spreading pubescent, flowers subcapitate very 

 sf«m' ^^^^^ ^ lanceolate acuminate adnate to the disk with a flat central ridge, 

 ^^m 5, 1 perfect. 



-.^Malacca, Maingay. 



^i^^^j^Santictree(ikra2w^^ branchlets as thick as the thumb.^ Leaves lO-lQ hy 



— ^luminent 



a^d^tW^"^'^■^^^^^'^^^^''^^"""^'^^^y ^^^^^ strict, ascending, branched at the tips 



t in ^^ faring heads of flowers tM'O inches across ; bracts large, concave. Flowers 

 tor^g ^^.^ ^^^c. Sepals hoary, \ in. long, ovate- lanceolate. Petals adnate to the 

 ferous n ^®^tral ridge, concave, recurved. FilaTnents all slender, one antheri- 

 2ontaL^T^^^^ <^hlique; style slender, subterminal ; ovule laterally attached, hori- 

 auj othp l^l^ ^ Srand species, allied to M. cmda, but far larger in all its parts than 

 ^ congn- - ^ ® genus. It is curious that no one but Maingay should have met with 

 '^^ose nir^^^T^ ^^^^' '■ Large sheathing stipule-like' scales occur amongst the leaves, 

 ^tiire I cannot ascertain. 



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