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Mat^nals for a Flora of the Malayah Peninsiila. 



14. MelAnochyla, Hc>ok. f. 

 Trees. Leaves Bimple, very ebriaceoTis, exstijpulate, quite eritiffe. 

 Panicles branched, axillary And terminal. Flowers small, nnisexnal. 

 Calyx-tube peisistent, slightly enlai-ged in fruit and adnata to the very- 

 base of the drupe, cupular or Campanulate, lobes 5, erect. Petals 5, 

 inserted on the edg-e of the disc; very coriaceous, persistent, erector 

 sub-erect, tillous in front, valvate. i)i5c lining the calyx-tube. Stamens 

 inserted on the edge of the disc ; filaments stout, sometimes coherent at 

 the base vrith the petals, villous ; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, 1- 

 celled; style short, stigmas 3; ovule ], pendulous from near the top or 

 from the side of the cell. Drupe globose, areolate at the base by the 

 enlarged calyx, flesh full of black varnish ; stone thick, hard. Seed 

 ' oblong, testa thin ; cotyledons amygdaloid, radicle superior. — DlSTRlB. 

 Malayan Peninsula and Ai'chipelago : about 12 species. 

 LeaTes more or less hairy on the lower surface. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong. 



The whole of the under- surface of the leaves 

 rusty-tomentose, panicles condensed ... 



Petioles midrib and main nerves on the 

 under surface of the leaves rusty-tomentose, 

 panicles lax 

 Leaves oblong-oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic- 

 oblong. 



Lower surface of the leaves glaucescent, the 

 midrib and niain iverves with adpressed 

 brown hairs, leaves 2*75 to 5 in. long 

 Lower sui'faces of the leaves slightly pubes- 

 cetit, leaves 5 to 8 in. long 

 Leaves glabrous on both surfaces. 



Leaves much elongate, narrowly oblong, their 

 bases cordate or auriculate, sessile or with very 

 short petioles. 



Drupes vertically ridged 

 Drupes very rtkgose, not ridged 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, oblong-elliptic or ob- 

 long-oblanceolate, with distinct slender petioles. 

 Inflorescence densely crowded and with large 

 prominent bracts ... 



Inflorescence more or less laxly paniculate, 

 not bracteate. 



Young branches and panicles covered with 

 a thin felted layer of minute tomentum, 

 flowers less than 'l in. long.., 

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1. M. densiflora. 



2. M. tomentosa. 



3. If. Ktmstleri. 



4. M. Maingayi. 



5. 

 6. 



M. auriculata. 

 M. rtigosa. 



7. M. hracteata. 



8. M. angustifoUa. 



