Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



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Petioles of leaves 2 to 45 in. long, 

 thickeued and dilated near the 

 base; flowei-s 8 to 12 on the 

 ultimate biauchlets, racemose 

 Petioles of leaves '75 to 1*2 in. 

 long, only slightly thickened at 

 the base ; flowers on the ultimate 

 branchlets in cymules of 3 

 Sepals and petals 5. 



Stamens 5 all fertile; panicle as in 

 M. indica 



Stamen 1 perfect, with or without abor- 

 tive ones (staminodes). 



Panicle minutely tomentose or pubescent 

 Panicle quite glabrous. 

 Leaves very coriaceous 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous. 



Leaves oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 5 to 

 8 in. long, with 16 to 20 pairs of 

 prominent main nerves ; ^stamen 

 longer than the petals ... 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 3 or 4 in, 

 long, with 10 to 12 pairs of indistinct 

 main nerves ; the petals shorter 

 than the stamen .*. 



Disc minute or absent. 



Panicles glabrous (black when dry) stamens 

 attached to the minute disc. 



Leaves elliptic- lanceolate, acate or acumi- 

 nate, reticulate, main nerves about 20 

 pairs ; flowers -25 in. long, drupe oblong... 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, 

 the reticulations indistinct or obsolete, 

 main nerves 15 to 18 pairs ; flowers "35 

 in. in diam., disc cylindric ; drupe elliptic 

 to globose 



Leaves narrowly linear-oblong or linear- 

 lanceolate, with 25 to 35 pairs of main 

 nerves, both surfaces conspicuously reti- 

 culate; flowers nearly -3 in. long ; drupe 

 obliquely and broadly oblong-globose 



6. M, longipetiolatu. 



7. 



10. 



M. qtiadrifida. 



M. pentandra. 



M. indica. 



M, oblongifolia. 



11. M, longipes. 



12. M. gracilipes. 



13. M. odorata. 



14. M. foetida. 



15. 



M. fragrans. 

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