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78. M. Forbesii Mez n. sp. — Ramuli gracillimi, glaberrimi, adultiores dense lenti- 
cellati. Folia elliptica, basi reter acuta vel rotundata, apice acuminata, margine breviter 
sed manifeste remote dentata, + 70 mm longa, 30 mm lata, sicca + rugosa, praeter 
costas supra immersas subtus. prominentes laevia. Inflorescentiae glabrae, pauciflorae, bi- 
pinnatim paupere Eyo sta vel rarius subracemosae, petiolos subduplo superantes, pedi- 
cellis gracilibus + 2 mm longis; flores 2 mm longi, glabri; sepala lineata; petala medium 
usque coalita lobis fere orbicularibus; stamina in corollae fauce inclusa Methods late ellipticis 
utrinque emarginatis filamenta aequantibus; ovarium paullo ultra medium inferum stigmate 
late obtuso vix lobato, stylo brevissimo. 
Südost-Java: Forbes n.918, 932b, 936a, 993k, Koorders n. 5380. (Herb. 
Berlin, Leiden.) 
19. M. subdentata A. DC.! in Ann. sc. nat. 2. sér. XVI. (1841) 80 et in DC. Prodr. VIII. 
(1844) 79. — Ramuli gracillimi, glaberrimi, nitidi. Folia petiolis = 7 mm longis stipitata, 
late elliptica subrhomboidea, basi late cuneatimque acuta apice manifeste acuminata, mar- 
gine quasi erose undulatim subdentata vel fere integra, = 55 mm longa, 30 mm lata, mem- 
branacea, praeter costas subtus minute prominulas laevia. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, 
racemosae vel pauperrime panniculatae, densiusculae, glabrae, petiolos subduplo superantes, 
pedicellis gracilibus 2—3 mm longis; flores glabri, 2,5 mm longi; petala satis ultra medium 
(fere ad 3/4) connata lobis late rotundatis haud lineatis; stamina petalis haud multo breviora 
antheris late ovatis, apice rotundatis, exacte medio dorsifixis, quam filamenta paullo brevi- 
oribus; ovarium ultra medium superum, stigmate lobuloso, stylo e longioribus, cylindrico. 
Cochinchina: bei Tourane (Gaudichaud n. 269; Herb. Berlin, DC., Deless., Paris). 
80. M. populifolia Mez n. sp. — Ramuli e gracilioribus, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis 
== 10 mm longis stipitata, late suborbiculari-elliptica vel latissime subrhomboidea, basi latis- 
sime cuneatim acuta vel subrotundata, apice brevissime lateque acuminata, margine dentibus 
parvis sursum spectantibus crenata, — 70 mm longa, 50 mm lata, membranacea, praeter 
costas subtus minute prominulas laevia, lineis nervilliformibus destituta. Inflorescentiae 
pauciflorae, dense racemosae vel basi e racemis 2—4 subaequalibus compositae, glabrae, 
petiolos subduplo superantes, pedicellis = 1,5 mm longis, gracilibus; flores 2,5—3 mm 
longi, glabri; sepala margine optime crenulata; petala medium usque vel minute ultra 
connata lobis orbieularibus, late rotundatis, tenuissime lineatis; stamina e fauce vix emer- 
gentia antheris prope basin dorsifixis, utrinque emarginatis quam filamenta paullo longiori- 
bus; ovarium ultra medium superum, stylo brevissimo, stigmate parvo, obtuso. 
Assam: bei Kohima in 1500 m Meereshóhe (King n. 179). — Blüht im April (Herb. 
Wien). 
Nota. Speciem verisimiliter eandem ex Assam attulit Watt n. 7337, 6097 habitu tamen 
foliisque majoribus diversa specimina (Herb. Paris). 
81. M. pulchella Fawe.! in Forbes, Natur. Wand. East Archip. (1885) 509. — Ra- 
muli graciles, glaberrimi, lenticellis parvis dense verruculosi. Folia petiolis = 12 mm longis 
stipitata, ovata, basi breviter acuminatim acuta, apice manifeste acuminata, margine distanter 
serrato-crenata, = 400 mm longa, 45 mm lata, nitida, praeter costas subtus prominulas 
laevia, lineis nervilliformibus destituta. Inflorescentiae axillares, pauciflorae, perlaxe paupere- 
‘que panniculatae, petiolos subduplo superantes, glabrae, pedicellis gracilibus = 2 mm 
longis fructiferis satis auctis; flores minimi 4 mm longi, glabri; sepala late squamiformia, 
margine crenulata; petala medium usque coalita lobis obtusis, undulatis, lineolis minutis 
tigrino-maculatis; stamina profunde inclusa antheris filamenta subaequantibus; ovarium 
ultra ®/, inferum stigmate obtuso, obscure lobuloso, stylo brevissimo. 
Timor (Forbes n. 3556, 3566, 3573, 4103; Herb. Berlin, Brit. Mus.). 
82. M. Sarasinii Mez n. sp. — "Arbor ramulis validis, glaberrimis, lenticellis parvis 
dense verrucosis. Folia petiolis 15—25 mm longis stipitata, eliptica, basi rotundata e 
eleganter acuminata, integerrima vel dentibus minutis perobscurisque perpaucis praedita, = 
120 mm longa, 60 mm lata, chartacea, paullo nitidula, praeter costas subtus prominentes 
laevia, non nisi obscure lineolata. Inflorescentiae laxe tripinnatim panniculatae, optime pyra- 
midatae, glabrae, pedicellis gracilibus per anthesin usque ad 3 mm longis; flores 2 mm 
