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than the leaves ; pedicels slender, -1 in. long, with a -06 in. long subulate 

 bract at the base and 2 similar bracteoles beneath the flower; buds 

 nearly globose. Calyx superior, -05 in. in depth, cupular, with 5 imbri- 

 cate broad incurved concave glabrous lobes. Corolla rotate with 5 

 imbricate rounded broad lobes, •! in. deep ; tube rather longer than 

 lobes. Stamens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla ; anthers 

 globular ; filaments flattened, longer than the anthers. Ovary inferior, 

 depressed, surmounted by a flattened lobed stigma, 1-celled ; ovules 

 many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. Fruit unknown. 



Perak : Gunong Bubu, at 5,000 feet elevation ; Wray 3850, 3886. 



4. M^SA STRIATA, Mez Monog. Myrs. 42 (1901). A shrub or small 

 tree ; branches smooth, reddish, with scattered lenticels. Leaves mem- 

 branous ; rather variable, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, rounded or acuminate 

 at apex, bluntly acute and sometimes unequal at base ; entire or un- 

 dulate or broadly dentate, especially on the upper half, pale green 

 when dry, glabrous except for a few occasional stiff hairs on the midrib 

 beneath, striate with many faint very slender lineoles ; 4 to 7 in. long, 

 2-5 to 3 in. broad ; midrib angular, prominent beneath, main-nerves 

 7 to 8 pairs, slender ; secondary nerves and reticulations faint and 

 irregular; petiole slender, -4 to 1 in. long, channelled above. In- 

 florescence oi axillary racemes, simple or joined in a sub-sessile panicle, 

 rarely over 2 in. long ; pedicels very slender, -05 to "1 in. long, with a 

 subulate bract at base, half their length, and 2 acute bracteoles under 

 the flower. Calyx superior, about •! in. deep; lobes 5, imbricate, o^ate, 

 rounded, about 4-striate, edges hyaline ; tube as long as lobes. Corolla 

 as long as calyx, rotate, "1 in. in depth ; lobes 5, imbricate, rounded, 

 crenate, glabrous. Stamens 5, inserted near the base of the corolla ; 

 anthers ovate, slightly divaricate ; filaments 2 to 3 times as long as 

 anthers. Ovary inferior, depressed, rounded ; style short cylindrical, 

 stigma 4-lobed ; ovules many, cuneate, on a central basal placenta. 

 Fruit round, -1 to "15 in. in diam., smooth, faintly ribbed, crowned 

 by the persistent calyx-lobes and style. 



Penang : at Paya Trobong, Curtis 2857. Perak : King's Collector 

 2287.— DisTRiB. Sumatra, Forbes 1260, 1287, 1315, 1376. 



5. M^sa pahangiana, King & Gamble, n. sp. Apparently a shrub; 

 branches rovmd, smooth, dark brown when dry. Leaves membranous ; 

 rhomboid-obovate, acuminate at the apex, rounded cuneate at base ; 

 faintly crenate especially in the upper half ; glabroiis on both dull sur- 

 faces ; 7 to 8 in. long, 4 to 4-5 in. broad ; midrib slender, prominent 

 beneath ; main-nerves distant, 8 to 9 pairs, at about half a right angle 

 with the midrib, sometimes branched ; secondary nerves few and like 

 the reticulations indistinct ; petiole slender, -8 to 1 in. long. Inflores- 



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