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i 15. M. heteropleurum, 5/wme il/w5. Bot. i. 362 ; leaves 4-6 in. nearly 



ses&ile narrowly elliptic acuminate nerves distinct, inflorescence close axillary, 

 luds obtuse, flowers large. Miq. Fl Ind, Bat, i. pt. i. 679 j Triana in Tram. 

 Linn. Soc, xxviii. 157. 



BuEMA and Malay Peninsula; Griffith (No. 2337 Kew Distrib.). Malacca; 

 Maingay^Q, 816. Singapore; Maingay No. 815. — Distrib. Sumatra and Jara. 



Leaves acute, but not at all acuminate at the base ; both the secondary and marginal 

 nerves prominent. Calyx-tube saucer-shaped at the time of flowering, limb truncate 

 even in the bud. Disc flat, prominently rayed, Berry J in, diam. or more, areola 

 t in. "wide, somewhat prominent, disc much denressed. 



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16. 3W[. cerasiforme, Kurz, For. Fl i. 516; leaves 3-4 in. elliptic 



acuminate at both ends coriaceous, berries in short cymes \ in. diam. very 



succulent. 



Chittagong ; Kurz, 

 _ Leaves dried olive-yellow, lateral nerves obscure ; petiole \ in. Flowers not seen. 

 Peduncles (of the fruits) ^ in., pedicels | in. Berries blue-black unusually succulent, 



17. M. IKEaing'ayi, C B. Clarke ; leaves 8 in. subsessile oblong-lanceo- 

 late rounded or subcordate at the base secondary and marginal nerves promi- 

 nent, cymes clustered axillary, peduncles and pedicels about J in. stout, flowers 

 very large, buds obtuse, calyx-tube at the time of flowering campanulate limb 

 truncate disc somewhat convex very prominently rayed. 



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Malacca; Maingay No. 814. 

 , The finest species of the genus, the flowers being far larger than in any other spe- 

 cies, the calyx-tube in bud nearly ^ in. wide. Maingay's example does not show fruit, 

 but from the size of the flower it may be^ presumed that it would be large. 



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Jong subobtuse cordate at the base opaque, 

 lary, berry nearly ^ in, diam., calyx-limb 0, 



flowers small densely clustered axil- 

 areola scarcelv A in. diam. 



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-™ , Keddah Peak, Maingay No. 821. ? Malay Peninsula, CoL Low, 

 A small tree (Maingay). Leaves thick, subamplexicaul, marginal nen^es obscure, 

 secondary visible. Pedicels less than } in., slender. Buds obtuse; ca^^x-tube 

 ninnel-shaped at the time of flowering, rays of the disc very obscure. 



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Amherst; Wallick. 



J* lowers in close umbels at the summits of the ultimate branches of the panicle. - 

 ■L'lllers from M. paniculatum, Jack, in the much smaller and thicker leaves. 



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12 in. wide. Wall. Cat. 4103 ; Triaiia in Tram. Linn. Soc. xxviu. 

 jjxitiorum, Wall. Cat. 4472. M. edule var. ^, ThwaUes Enum. 110. 

 Diguum, Slutne Mm. Bot, i. 359 ; Triana I. c. 



Cktlon; Thwaites. No. 3442. Singapoek; Wallich.—BiSTmB. Java. 



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