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marginal obscure; petiole sometimes manifest, attaining ^ in. Flowers blue, some- 

 what large, buds obtuse. Calyx-tube truncate even in the bud. Diac depressed, 

 distinctly rayed. Berry \ in, diara., spherical, areola very small, about ^^ in! 

 wide. 



tt Leaves rarely attaining 4 m., usually opaque, 



obscure. 



7. M. amabile, Bedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. t. 163; leaves 1^-2^ in, nearly 

 sessile oblong-lanceolate opaque, base cordate, peduncles ^-| in. 1-3 together 

 axillary and terminal, pedicels \ in. 



South Canara Ghats, up to 2000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Cymes small, simple on each peduncle or compo\;nd but close. Calyx-Utbe funnel- 

 shaped at the time of flowering, limb truncate ; buds obtuse. Petals blue. Disc 

 plane (Beddome). — Very probably a form of J/, termiiiale No. 22 with quadrangular 

 branchlets ; but the peduncles are rather shorter, and the flowers smaller. 



Var. malaccensis \ leaves 1^-2^ in. oblong acuminate base rounded very opaque 

 coriaceous, peduncles \ in. clustered axillary and terminal, cymes simple, pedicels less 

 than -^ in. — Malacca, Maingay No. 819. — Branchlets quadrangular, 4-winged below 

 the nodes. Petiole -^-^ in. Buds acute, not large. Calyx-tube saucer-shaped at the 

 .time of flowering ; limb in the bud nearly truncate. Disc depressed, obscurely rayed, 

 —This is perhaps really allied to M. faucifiorum No. 10, but the leaves diflfer 

 niaterially in their rounded base and acuminate apex. 



8. m, elegrantuluxn, Thtcaites Enum. 112; leaves 3 in. narrow-lanceo- 

 ^te long acuminate apex obtuse, panicles filiform somewhat elongate few- 

 flowered, pedicels subsolitary one half longer than tlie cal}*i. Triana in Trans. 

 Linn. Sac. xxviii. 169. 



Ceylon ; Saffragam district at no great elevation; Thwaiies. 

 Leaves acute at the base, nerves obscure; petiole ^ in. i^'fottJ^r* white. Berry 

 spherical, the size of a pea. 



9. M. gracile, Bedd, Ic. PL Ind. Or, t 164 ; leaves 1-1^ in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate acuminate apex obtuse, peduncles solitary ^ in. 8-flowered, pedicels 



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— ^ ^x.,*;evelxy Ghats; Col. Beddome. 



A small tree or large shrub ; branchlets slender, distinctly quadrangular. Leaves 

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- -^ amaii tree or large shrub; branchlets slender, aistincuy quaoranguiar. j^eave 

 opaque, nerves very obscure; petiole ^V-§ ^°- -P^^^^* P^^® ^^^®- -^'^ distinctl 

 rayed.~Beddome describes the pedicels as 2-3 in. long, probably a misprint for 2- 



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10. at. pauciflorum, Blume Mus. BoL i. 356 ; leaves |-1^ in. subsessile 

 f^*^? oblong or elliptic obtuse or acute but not acuminate opaque acute at 

 the base, peduncles scarcely any, pedicels less than i in. Miq. Fl Ind. Bat. i. 

 Pt. 1. 678; Triana in Tran^. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 158; Kurz Far. FL i. 514. M. 

 australe, P. Muell ex Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 159. M. umbellatum, 

 ^enth. FL Austral iu. 293, not of others. 



Chittagong; H. / ^ T. Mergui; Griffith; Tenasserim, Heifer {Kew Distrib. 

 v°* r^32). Andamaks : Kurz. SmoAPORE ; Lobb.—DisiuiB. Through Malaya to 

 ^orth Australia, 

 fl A tree 20-25 ft. high. Flowers minute, whitish (Kurz). Calyx ^\. the time of 



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<7 6 ^^. uiam., epnerical, areola scarcely ^^ '^^^ ^^^®5 pedicel J-| in.— Miquel. 

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