370 Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



ovules G or more. Fruit ovoid ; carpels persistent, dehiscing dorsally. 

 Steeds as in Magnolia. — Distrib. Mountains of tropical Asia ; species 5. 



1. M. Sebassa, Miq. Ann. Lugd. Bat. IV, 71. A shrub. Adnlt 

 branches with pale shining bark ; young tawny-villous, as are the petioles 

 and spathoid hood of calyx. Leaves coriaceous, ol)loiig or oblanceolate, 

 acute, much narrowed at the base, glabrous and shining on both surfaces, 

 buUate ; nerves 14 to 20 pairs, prominent; length of bkde 11 to 14 in., 

 breadth 4*5 to 7 in. ; petiole 1 in., much thickened at base. Flotvers 

 solitary, terminal, on villous peduncles 2 to 3 in. long. Spathoid hood 

 densely adpressed fulvous-sericeous. Sepals and petals about 9, fleshy, 

 pale yellow, from obovate to oblong, abruptly contracted into a claw at 

 the base, nearly 2 in. long. Stamens with very stout filaments. Pistils 

 about 20. Eipe carpels (fide Miquel) oblong, lenticellate. Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. Suppl. 367. 



Perak, Kunstler ; in dense pngle, at elevations of about 1500 feet : 

 only once collected. Distrib. Sumatra. 



The specimens collected by the late Mr. Kunstler are without fruit. 

 They agree in other respects with the Sumatran specimens on which 

 Miquel founded the species. 



2, M. GLAUCA, Bl. Bat. Verb. IX, 149. A tall glabrous tree. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oval or obovate-ohlong, slightly acuminate, the edges 

 slightly recurved when dry, glaucescent beneath ; nerves 12 to 14 pairs, 

 not prominent ; length of blade 5 to 7 in., breadth 2*5 to 3 in. ; petiole 

 •75 to 1*5 in. Floioers terminal, solitary, on annulate peduncles 1 to 1*5 

 in. long, yellowish, about J"5 in. long. Stipular hood broadly ovate, 

 glabrous. Sepals and petals 9, greenish-yellow, oblong, sub-acute, those 

 internal smaller. Filaments Bhort. Pistils n\im.erona. Bipe fruit ovoid, 

 the size of a hen's egg, glabrous. Seeds with a red fleshy arillus. 

 Bijdr. 8 ; Fl. Jav., Magnol. 22, t. 6 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, p. 15. 

 Perak at 3,000 feet. Distrib. Java. 



3. M. ScoRTECniNii, King, n. sp. A tree. The young branches 

 stipules and under surfaces of the leaves minutely rufous-pubescent, 

 ieaues thinly coriaceous, lanceolate, narrowed to base and apex, the latter 

 subacute; upper surface shining, leticulations minute, distinct on both 

 surfaces; nerves about 12 pairs; length of blade 3'5 to 4 in , breadth 

 1"25 in., petiole "3 to "4 in. Flowers solitary, axillary, on annulated pedi- 

 cels shorter than the petioles ; stipular hood rufous, silky. Sepals and 

 petals about 12, similar, '5 in. long, linear-lanceolate. Stamens linear. 

 Fruit ovoid (young "5 iu. long) on a short gynophore, rufous-pubesceut. 

 Carpels 6 to 8. 



Perak. Father Scortechini, 



The only known specimens of this have unripe fruit. The ovariea' 



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