746 . Lxxii. cOKNACEiE. (C.B.Clarke.) [Mastixia. 



petalum arl)oreum, Wiffht Ic. t. 956; Thwaites Enum. 42; Bedd. Fl. Sylo. 

 t. 216. 



Cachar ; Calacherra, 7?. L. Keenan, Nilghiei Mts. ; near Sisparah, WighL 

 Cbylon ; alt. 4000-7000 ft., Gardner^ Thwaites. 



A large tree, foliage dark green. Leaves 3 by 2 in., elliptic or obov ate -oblong, 

 suddenly shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base, glabrous, drying black; petiole 

 ^-1 in., minutely pubescent when young. Panicle 2-3 i^. diam., branches and calyx- 

 tube with close fulvous pubescence. Style less than ^ in. Fruit 1^ by ^| in., ellip- 

 soid.— Closely allied to the preceding) Possibly not distinct from M. pentandra, 

 Blume Mus. Bot. i. 256, of which there is no authentic example at Kow; the descrip- 

 tion agrees except that the leaves are much larger, 4-8 in. 



ft Some of the bracts ^-f in., linear-oblong , obtuse, 



3. la. pentandra, Mume Mus. Bot. i. 256 ; leaves 4-7 in., bracteoles 

 and calyx-tube very hairy, calyx-teeth 5 ovate subacute. M. cuspidata, Blume 

 Lc, ex Miq. FL Ind. Bat. i. pt. i. 1095. 



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Malabar; Canara, Dharwar and Bellary ; Law; Concan; Stocks. 

 ^ A Iree. Leaves 4-7 by l|-2^ in., oblong or elliptic, narrowed to each end, pube- 

 rulous on both surfaces at least when young, drying green, whiter beneath ; P^'^^^^^ 

 i~\\ in., pubescent when young. Panicle 3-6 in. diam., very pubescent towards the 

 extremities. Some of the lower bracts 1^ in., leaflike though narrow, many of the 

 upper exceeding \ in. Buds silky. Style less than ^V in. Fruit l{ by f in., elongate- 

 ellipsoid. ^Identified from description only: Blume does not mention the large bracts, 

 so that this is possibly a new species. 



M 



-Im.' 



., bracteoles and calyx-tube 





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iubopposit 



leaves glabrous 



5. M. Jungrliuhniana, Miq. FL IncL Bat. i. pt. i. 772 ; leaves giaoroj^ 

 beneath or shortly hairy on the main nerves, calyx-teeth 4 roundish minutely 



pubescent. 



Malacca ; Maingay No. 709. . ^\ q 



A tree of moderate size ; tips of branchlets pubescent. Leaves 4^ by 2 in., ^^^^.^^^ 



green 



5 ju., puuescenc wnen young, i^anicie z-6 in. diam., tricnotomous ; uxa^^^-— - «^ .-■ 

 pubescent. Youn^ petals most minutely silky. Fruit not seen.— Identified witn- 

 Jiinghuhniana by the description, which closely agrees. It has been named M. tric 

 ioma, Blume, in the Kew Herbarium, of which species it is very possibly a variety. 



6. M. Maingrayi, C. B. Clarke ; under surface of the leaves and panicle 

 densely softly woolly. 



Singapore; Maingay No. 711. - f ar 

 Branchlets densely woolly. Leaves 5 by 2f in., elliptic, acute not acuminate, nar- 

 rowed at the base, shining green above, with much spreading soft hair and ^^ , 

 beneath; petiole 1 in. Paaicfe 4 in. diam. ; branches thick; bracts ^ in , ovate, ^u 

 tuse, thick. Y onng flow&rs densely woolly. ^ Fruit !{ by | in., ovoid, much narrow ^^^ 

 upwards. — A very fine and distinct specids. - - - ^^ ^ 





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