MELA STOMA CEJE. 465 



° ° Calyx about IX line acrons, tulrrc/ed. 



M. PTJNCTATUir, Prcsl. Ji.\S, Tenasscrira. 



Pedicels short and tlnck. Calyx undulatc-tnmoate, with a hemispherical tuborcled 

 base. Leaves bluutish or rotuse, shortly acuiiiiiuitc. 



ff Bratichlets ^liarphj \-lincd or alinud o-iciiii/ed and appearing mure or less 

 4-cornered. 



M. scuTELLATUJi, Js'aud. ^.<S'. var. ft Tc^n and Tc-nasserim. 



var. a in Siam. 



Calyx smooth, about 1^ line across, expanded, obsoletely undulato-lobed. Cymes 

 almost sessile or shortly pcduncled. Leaves as iu preceding species. 



var. fi siibsesxile. Umbellets on peduncles less than a line long or almost 

 sessile. Pedicels about a lino long. Leaves smaller. 



var. ft hrevi-pedioieidatum. Umbellets on peduncles 1 to 2 lines long, the 

 pedicels usually 2 lines long. Leaves larger. 



M. PAUciFLOKUM, El. E.T. Tropical forests of Chittagong, Tonasserim 



and the Aadamans. 



Calyx about A line wide, shaqily 4-toothed. Leaves only l-X I inch long. Pedicels 

 about a line long. Cymes much reduced, almost sessile, fcw-tlowered. 



A A Berries the size of a eherrij, sappy. 

 M. CEEASiFOEME, Kz. E.T. Chittagoug. 



-| — f- Cymes more or less ample, pedunehd. Berries the size of a pea or smaller. 

 f Leaves rather thiyi-eoriaeeous, the lateral nerves more or less eonsjiicuuus and 

 arcuately anastomosing toivards the margin. 



M. CELASTEiNUM, Kz. E.T. Tropical forests of Martaban. 



Cymes simple, the pedicels slender. Caly.x 1-1 i line wide. Leaves those of 

 M. cerasiforme. 



var. a genuinum. Leaves glaucous-green, coriaceous. Cymes stiti'-peduncled. 

 var. ft Brundisianum. Leaves of a thinner texture, more (often caudately) 

 acuminate. Cymes short or very short, simple or the lateral branchings almost 

 reduced. Peduncles 2-4 lines long, pedicels more slender. 



M. GRiFFixniANUAr, Naud. E.S. Tropical forests East of Touugngoo 



M. Horsfieldii and Lamponyam, Jliq. and Tenasserim. 



Umbellets in thyrsoid cymes, the pedicels 1-2 lines long. Calyx i line wide, the 

 limb sinuate -l-angular. 



ff Leaves more or less thiek-eoriaceous, the lateral nerves not or barely visible. 



° Leaves sessile, with a eordate base. 

 M. PCXClTKnii, Kz. E.T. .Vndamaus. 



Leaves large. Cymes lax, pcduncled, rather slender. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, 

 slender. 



° ° Leaves petioled, more or less tapering, very rarely rounded, at th^ base. 

 A Branchlets sharply \-cornered. Leaves tapering at base. 

 M. ELEGANs, Kz. E.S. Audauiaus. 



Cymes rather ."ihort-peduncled, but slender. Leaves 3-4 inches long. 



A A Branchlcts terete or with only faint lines. 



M. OVATU.M, Smith, E.S. Chittagong to Tenasserim. 



3[. grande, Wall. 

 M. lueidum, Presl. 

 M. prasinum, Naud. 



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