much paler beneath, dotted at the margin with ferruginous 
points, veins numerous, parallel, obscure. Flowers small, 
pale yellowish-green, collected into axillary, sessile, crowd- 
ed heads, appearing lateral from the frequent falling awa 
of the leaves. Bractee brown, membranous, appressed. 
Calyx quinquefid. Corolla five-cleft, its segments reflexed, 
and these as well as those of the calyx are often sprinkled 
with rust-coloured dots. All the flowers appear to be female. 
Anthers rather large, inserted in the tube of the corolla, and 
opposite to the segments, sagittate, sessile, dull orange, 
robably abortive. Germen globose. Style very large, 
ong and thick in proportion to the size of the flower, 
filling up the tube and much exserted ; Stigma sometimes 
slightly bifid or ragged. 
Introduced from Nepal, in 1828, by Dr. Waxxicu, to the 
Liverpool Botanic Garden, whence our specimens were 
communicated in full flower, in January, 1833. It is treated 
as a stove plant, and though the blossoms cannot boast of 
much beauty, the foliage is handsome, and of a deep rich — 
green colour. 
In Nepal, Dr. Watticu assures us that the wood of this _ 
tree and that of M. semiserrata is of a chocolate colour, — 
radiated, compact, and heavy, and much esteemed by the _ 
hill-people for various carpenter’s works: the ripe 
are also eaten. 
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nao Flgnsr, (female ?). 2. Corolla of the same laid open. 3 Pistil : 
