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albuminous, embryo small, transverse. A. DC. in Trans. Linn. See. 

 XVII. 133, Prod. VIII. 77 ; Scheff. Myrs. 15 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 

 1006 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XLVI. ii. 220 ; For. Fl. II. 99 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. III. 508 ; Koord. & Val. Bijdr. V. 218 ; 

 Mez Monog. Myrs. 27 ; Prain Beng. PL 642. M. ovata, A. DC. I.e. 133, 

 t. 4, Prod. I.e. 77 ; Seheff. Myrs. 14. M. lanceolata, Don Prod. 

 148. M. acuminata, missionis, and glabra, DC. Prod. I.e. 77, 78, 82. 

 M. suviatrana, Scheff. Myrs. 15. Bceobotrys ramentacea, Eoxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 16, Fl. Ind. I. 558 ; Wall. Cat. 2322. B. ovata, Wall. Cat. 2324. 

 B. glabra, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. I. 560. B. fragrans. Wall. Cat. 2323. B. (?) 

 missionis. Wall. Cat. 6523. 



Kedah : Langkawi, Curtis 2554, 3409. Penang : Wallich 2324 ; 

 Maingay (K.D.) 1001 ; /. Scott ; G. King ; Phillips ; Deschamps. 

 Perak: Scortechini 382a, 606b, 628; Wray 1286, 1291, 1912, 2363, 

 2787 ; King's Collector 171, 1222, 1909, 2788, 3883, 4144, 4281, 4497, 

 4915, 5088, 5113 ; Curtis. Pahang : Bidley 2175. Selangor : Ridley ; 

 Goodenough 10554. Negri Sembilan : Bidley 10067. Malacca : 

 Griffith (K.D.) 3552; Cuming 2286; Miller 9; Hervey; Goodenough 10S6, 

 1742 ; Derry 37, 1063 ; Bidley 10099. Johore : Lake & Kelsall 4035 ; 

 G. King. Singapore : Schomburgk 91 ; Lobb 324 ; T. Anderson 126 ; 

 Bidley 2064, 2805: Goodenough 1644; Hullett 38, 56, 885, 887.— 

 DiSTRiB. Eastern Bengal and Burma, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 

 Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



We follow Mez in not keeping up thie var. ovata. The large mass of material 

 available shows clearly that in shape of leaf and in inflorescence the variation is 

 regular, and that the form with cordate long-acuminate leaves passes gradually into 

 that with ovate broad short-acuminate leaves, and that similarly the inflorescence 

 changes. A monstrous form with moss-like inflorescence similar to those often seen in 

 India on M. Chitia and other species, is not uncommon. 



3. MiESA impressinervis. King & Gamble, n. sp. A bush or small 

 tree ; branches half as thick as a goosequill, glabrous, pale brown, and 

 prominently longitudinally wrinkled when dry. Leaves thinly coria- 

 ceous ; elliptic, shortly acuminate at apex, cuneate at base ; entire or 

 very faintly dentate only near the apex, margins recurved when dry, 

 reticulate and shining above, dull and paler beneath ; 3 to 3*5 in. long, 

 1'25 to 1-75 in. broad; midrib prominent, impressed above ; main-nerves 

 7 or 8 pairs, also prominently impressed above and pi'ominently raised 

 on the lower surface, arching upwards to meet near the margin ; secon- 

 dary nerves few, inconspicuous as are the reticulations ; petiole '2 to 

 •25 in. long, bordered by the decurrent edges of the blade, which are 

 almost eonnivent above. Inflorescence an axillary raceme, simple or 

 with one short branch near the base, 1-5 to 2*5 in. long, and so shorter 



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