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: ttttt -ffen-y ?fi55 than ^ in. diam, Infiorescence less than 2 in. Leaves 

 mually less than 4 m., distinctly acuminatey 



petiole short. (See also M. grande above). K.B. This series only differs 

 from the M. edule series by the more distinct acumination of the leaves. 



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1^30. M. Isevigratum, Blmne Mus. BoL i. 358; leaves 2-3 in. broad- 

 elliptic suddenly shortly acuminate at both ends, petiole \-\ in., peduncles clus- 

 tered 0-1 in,, inflorescence not | in., buds large very acute, Miq. FL Ind. 

 Bat. i. 576 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157 ; Kurz For. Fl. I 513. 

 ^. Myrtilli, Bhme I c. 357 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. 578. M. pachyderma, Wall, 

 tat. 4104. M. Vosmaerianum, Scheffer in Flora 1870, 249. 



-- Tavoy; Wallich. Tenasserim and Andamans; flbZ^r (KewDistrib. No. 232S). 

 ^lacca; Maingay No. 817. — Distrib. Java, Sumatra, Borneo. 

 y Branchlets round (Blume says subquadrangular in M. Imvigatum, terete in M. Myr- 

 turns; bat they seem all the same and never distinctly quadrangular). Lcavessome- 

 wnat thm but opaque, nerves obscure but can be seen. Peduncles occasionally terminal 

 a^ well as axillary. Calyx-tube at the time of flowering more than | in., wide, saucer- 

 snaped. Disc on the apex of the ovary obscurely rayed. Berry \ in. diam., globose, 

 •ubsessile, mouth small. 



VAB. sylvaticum, Thwaites Enum. 110 (sp.); petiole somewhat shorter, leaf long 

 recurrent (but in Thwaites* example No. 1567 the leaves are petioled exactly as in 

 ■«. sylmticuTn). —Ceylon ; alt. 2000-4000 ft. ; common, Thwaites. As Mr. Thwaites 

 remarks, some of his examples of M. sylvaticum are very near M. edtik; they differ 

 yf tlie more acuminate leaves and the larger, sharply acute buds. Triana in Herb. 

 : ^^q^iires how the two differ. 



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Aanceolate acuminate at each end somewhat rostrate with the apex obtuse, 



-petiole |-i in., peduncles solitary axillarv j-| in., pedicels few ^-^ in., buds 



Bomewhat large acute. M. imibellatum, ]Blu?ne Bijd. 1094 ; Naud. in Ann. &;. 



|^«5. ser. 3. xviii. 273 ; Triana in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 157. M. garci- 



Moides ^. elongatum, Blume Mus. BoL i. 358. 



Andaman's 



DisTEiB. Sumatra, 



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f^ves somewhat thin, nerves all slender but visible. Calyx-tube at the time of 

 ^og saucer-fifinnp^ n^e/. n« tha fmAx of the ovarv obscurelv raved. — This 



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longer 



cumination ; the simple umbels at the summit of manifest peduncles give a slightlj' 

 iitterent look to the inflorescence. 



32. m. plebejum, Kurz For. Fl. i. 613 ; leaves 2^-3^ in. elliptic-Ian- 



5>iate acuminate acute at the base, petiole H i^-» ^T^^ ^^^^^^ ®^^^*' °^^^^' 

 ise hke M. edule. 



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omtff!^* ^P'^l^e. nerves scarcely visible, marginal quite 

 InW !f^*^^'^ exhibits neither flower nor fruit, so there, r 

 iubjomed var. belongs. 



obscure. — Kurz' example 

 must be doubt whether the 



,^ , ^ - ^-Juncles 0-i in. clustered, inflorescence extending hardly \ in., 



so *u ^^ ^^® ^™^ of flowering saucer-shaped or somewhat funnel-shaped small, 



' f V'^ *P®^ ^f the ovaiT prominently rayed. Chattuck, in the plain of Sylhet. 



lium -> /^*~I^aves exactly those of M. pkbejum Kurz. Marked M. Itsvigatum 



^ejumi 7^^^"^^ but the inflorescence as well as the leaves must be nearer M. pie- 



.unless all are referable to one species. : 



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